Approving a Report

The approval of reports rests with the Administrator, who should either approve or reject the report, which 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.
   
   
   
   
3. Click Request Approval on the left navigation pane.
   
   
   
   The Activity Summary category with Submitted, Pending, Processed and Rejected tabs appears as shown in the following screen shot. The Submitted tab comprises submitted requests, while Pending, Processed and Rejected denote pending, approved and rejected requests respectively.
   
   
   
   
4. Click the Pending tab to view the pending requests.
   
   
   
   
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.
   
    
   
   

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.

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

   
   
   
   

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

11. To approve the report, click Approve.

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

    
    
    
    A message box appears.
    
    
    
    

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

13. Click Ok.

14. Select the Pending tab and click the checkbox on the top left side to initiate the bulk approval or rejection of the pending requests.

    To individually select a pending request, click the checkbox adjacent to the pending request.

    

    
    
    
15. To initiate the bulk approval of the pending requests, click the Approve  icon, whereas to initiate the bulk rejection of the pending requests, click the Reject  icon.
    
    
    
    Once you click the Approve  icon, a confirmation message appears, as shown in the following screen shot:
    
    
    
    
16. Click Yes.
    A confirmation message, indicating the approval of requests, appears.
    
    
    
    
17. Click Ok.