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The approval of reports rests with the Administrator, who should either approve or reject the report, which was has been created by the maker user. To approve the reports, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to Sigma Studio as an administrator.
   
   
   
   
2. Select the Target or End Application, e.g. SIGMA.
   
   
   
   The home page of Sigma Studio appears.
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3. Click Request Approval on the left navigation pane.
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   The Activity Summary category with Saved Submitted, Pending, Processed and Rejected tabs appears as shown in the following screen shot. The Saved tab comprises of saved reports Submitted tab comprises submitted requests, while Pending, Processed and Rejected denote pending, approved and rejected reports requests respectively.
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4. Click the Pending tab to view the pending requests.

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   To initiate the bulk approval of pending requests, refer Approving Reports in Bulk.

   
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5. You can choose a data range from the From and To Date fields to view the number of pending requests for the selected date range.
   
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6. You can select the Corporate Client of your choice from the Client lookup field, so as to view the number of pending requests for the selected corporate client.

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   For detailed information on creating corporate clients or customers, refer Creating Corporate Customers.

   
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7. You can select the Studio functionality or feature of your choice from the Business Function lookup field to view the pending reports.number of pending requests for the selected functionality or business function.
   
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8. Hover the mouse on the right side of the pending request and click the View History Image Added icon to view the details and history of the pending report requests. 
   
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9. Similarly, click the View Changes Image Added icon to view the Approve/Reject options. Click the performed changes for the pending request.
   
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10. To approve or reject the request, click the Approve/Reject to proceed further Image Added icon to either approve or reject the pending request.
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    The Authorize Request page  screen appears.
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11. To approve the report, click Approve.

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    For the approval of reports, the data appears in read-only mode.

    
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    A message box appears.
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12. Type your comments in the Approval Comments text field and click Submit.
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    A confirmation message, indicating a valid approval of the report, appears.
    
    
    
    

13. Click Ok.