Initiate an ad hoc approval for a contract document revision

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title: Initiate an ad hoc approval for a contract document revision
description: Initiate an ad hoc approval for a contract document revision from a user or a user group.
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product: Legal Service Delivery
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Initiate an ad hoc approval for a contract document revision

Initiate an ad hoc approval for a contract document revision from a user or a user group.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_lg\_cnt.contract\_fulfiller

## About this task

As a collaborator added to a request, you can access and work on the request just as assignees can. However, you can't modify the **Assigned to** and **Assignment group** fields.

You can assign these approvals to any user or user group in your organization who have the sn\_lg\_cnt.contract\_fulfiller role. When you initiate an approval, the approvers receive an email notification and can review and act on the approval.

**Note:** If a contract document revision already has a pending approval record, you cannot initiate another approval for the same item.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Legal request** > **Legal Counsel Center**.

2.  Click the list icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-lcc-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon\).

3.  In the **Lists** tab, navigate to **Legal Requests** or **Contract Requests**.

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Option

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Steps

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**As an assignee**

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1.  Select the **Assigned to Me** option.
2.  Select a contract request to work on.


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**As a collaborator**

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1.  Select the **Collaborations** option.
2.  Select a contract request to work on.


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</table>4.  If you have opened contract request from the **Legal requests** listing, select **Contract request** tab.

5.  In the **Approvers** tab, click **Initiate Approval**.

    You can also initiate an approval by clicking the more actions button \(\[Omitted image "more-button-icon.png"\] Alt text: More actions button icon.\) and selecting **Initiate Approval**.

6.  On the Initiate Approval dialog box, fill in the fields.

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Field

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Description

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Contract type

</td><td>

Contract type for which you need to initiate approval.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Document revision

</td><td>

This field is automatically populated with the latest document revision.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Approval by

</td><td>

Approval required at user level or user group level.-   **User**: Get approval from an individual user.
-   **User group**: Get approval from a set of users. The **Select user** field is replaced by the **Select user group** field.


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Select user

</td><td>

User or user group who must approve the item.**Note:** Users or user groups with the sn\_lg\_cnt.contract\_fulfiller role are listed.

 -   If you selected **User** in the **Approval by** field, select a user from whom the approval is required.
-   If you selected **User group** in the **Approval by** field, select a user group from whom the approval is required.


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Approval note

</td><td>

Note for the selected user or user group.

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</table>7.  Click **Initiate**.


## Result

Assigned approvers are added in the **Approvers** tab based on the following conditions:

-   If you selected **User** in the **Approval by** field, an approval record is created for the selected user.
-   If you selected **User group** in the **Approval by** field, an approval record for each user in the selected user group is created. Anyone from the group can approve.

The assigned approvers get an email notification with a link to open the record for review and action.

The approval details appear under the **Approvals** tab on the Standard Ticket page.

**Parent Topic:**[Work on NDA legal requests](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/legal-service-delivery/snlc-work-on-contract-request.md)