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Sign off and approve work

This page refers to approvals, which is a feature in team-managed business projects that’s only available for:

  • Jira Cloud Premium and Enterprise licenses

  • Jira Service Management Cloud Premium and Enterprise licenses

There are a few different ways that you can sign off and approve work if an approval has been set up for your project.

Sign off through the approvals view

To view work items pending your approval:

  1. Select Approvals in your project navigation.

  2. Select Pending your approval at the top-right of your approval view. This is where you’ll see all work items that are pending your approval.

  3. Select either the tick or cross icon under Action to approve or decline the work.

Another way you can approve work is by opening the work item, and selecting Approve or Decline in the right section of the dialog.

Approval notifications

When your approval is required, you’ll receive a notification and an email. The notification and email will link you directly to the work item, where you can view more information, and approve or decline the work.

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