Approve or reject an engagement in Audit Workspace

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title: Approve or reject an engagement in Audit Workspace
description: If you are an audit user and are assigned as an approver for an engagement, you can approve or reject an engagement in the Awaiting Approval state.
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last_updated: "2026-09-10"
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# Approve or reject an engagement in Audit Workspace

If you are an audit user and are assigned as an approver for an engagement, you can approve or reject an engagement in the **Awaiting Approval** state.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_audit.user, sn\_audit\_ws.auditor

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Audit** > **Audit Workspace**.

2.  Click the tasks icon \(\[Omitted image "TasksIcon.jpg"\] Alt text: Tasks icon\).

    The workspace opens listing all engagements assigned to you including the ones waiting for your approval.

3.  Click the **Needs my approval** button in the My pending tasks related list.

4.  Click the link to open the approval record associated with the engagement in the **State** column.

5.  Click **Approved** or **Rejected** in the **State** list.

6.  Click **Save**.

    One of the following actions occurs:

    -   If the engagement is approved and there are remaining open tasks or issues, it automatically moves into the **Follow Up** state.
    -   If the engagement is approved and there are no remaining open tasks or issues, it automatically moves into the **Closed** state.
    -   If the engagement is rejected, it automatically moves back to the **Fieldwork** state