---
alias: user-guide-request-change-set-approval
tags:
- change management
description: "Request approval for a change set, ensuring preconditions are met for processing"
---

# Request Change Set Approval

:lock: ChangeSet.**RequestApproval**

## Overview

This operation is used to request approval for a **Change Set**.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* **Change Set** exists and it is in the "Active" / "Created" state.
* The **Change Set** contains at least one **Change Set** Item.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1

1. Select an existing **Change Set** whose state is "Created".
2. Optionally, enter a comment.
3. Click on **Request Approval** and the system will confirm that approval for the **Change Set** approval has been requested.

    ![request_approval][request_approval]

4. Once the **Change Set** approval has been requested, feedback will be provided about the status of the **Change Set**, which can be one of the following:
   * **Change Set** is "In Approval".
   * **Change Set** has been "Approved" and all **Change Set** Items have been made "Effective" (in case the **Change Set** and all **Change Set** Items have an Approval Date set and all **Change Set** Items were made "Effective").
   * **Change Set** has been "Approved" and All **Change Set** Items have been made "Active" (in case the **Change Set** and all **Change Set** Items have an Approval Date set and at least one **Change Set** Item failed to become "Effective").

!!! warning
	If a **Change Set** has an approval context defined by **Role**, the **Role** of the **User** approving the **Change Set** must match the **Role** defined in the [ChangeSetApprovalContext](../../administration/tables/smart-tables/changesetapprovalcontext.md) Smart Table entry. Additionally, if there is a approval context defined by workflow, the workflow defined for the approval must match the workflow in the same entry of the Smart Table.

[request_approval]: images/request_approval.png