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Approval and Rejection of Requests

Based on the approval process configuration, if an approval request is initiated and you are the assigned approver for the request, you receive an approval notification email. You can choose to approve the request from the My Approvals page or respond to the notification itself.

Approving or Rejecting a Request from the My Approvals Page

These instructions assume you have accessed Approvals from a Conga Cloud product, as described in the relevant product documentation.

Note: If you belong to a Role, Queue, or User Group, you must first reassign the request to yourself to access the Approve and Reject options. After reassignment, you can proceed with approval or rejection.

From the My Approvals page, you can approve or reject requests from the following locations:

Approve or Reject from the Top Right Corner

Open a request and use the Approve or Reject buttons in the top-right corner of the request details page. You can use these options to act on a single request or on multiple selected requests.

Approve or Reject from the Left Panel

You can also manage requests directly from the left navigation panel:

  • Use the Approve (✔) or Reject (✖) icons next to an individual request.

  • Select one or more requests and use the bottom action bar to approve or reject them in bulk.

For both approval and rejection, you are prompted to enter comments before confirming your action. After you confirm by selecting Approve or Reject, the action cannot be undone.

Approving or Rejecting a Request from Email

If an approval request is initiated, the assignee receives an email regarding the approvals assigned to them. The assignee can approve or reject an emailed request by:
  1. Using the keywords "approve" or "reject" in the first line of the body.
  2. Adding a comment to the second line.
  3. Ending the comments with a blank line.
    Note:

    When approving a request via email, add two spaces between the email signature and the comments as well as two spaces between the email signature and the approve or reject action.

The system processes the action based on the responder's input and, in case of failure, sends an email with the appropriate reason.

Recommendations for Receiving Emails

If you are using classic Outlook and have the option to upgrade to New Outlook, Conga recommends you do so.

In your email client, enable Include original message text for "Replies and forwards" as shown in this link: Change how the original message appears in replies and forwards - Microsoft Support

Every Approval email has critical identifier information. Do not alter it in your replies.