Approve a scenario

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title: Approve a scenario
description: Approve a scenario that aligns with your organizational goals and offers the best business outcomes to make the scenario your current plan.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/it-business-management/scenario-planning-in-spw/approve-a-scenario-in-strategic-planning.html
release: australia
product: Scenario Planning in SPW
classification: scenario-planning-in-spw
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Optimize planning with scenario planning, Portfolio Planning in Strategic Planning Workspace, Strategic Planning, Strategic Portfolio Management]
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# Approve a scenario

Approve a scenario that aligns with your organizational goals and offers the best business outcomes to make the scenario your current plan.

## Before you begin

Ensure that you have compared the scenarios and selected the one you want to approve. For more information, see [Compare scenarios](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/scenario-planning-in-spw/compare-scenarios-in-strategic-planning.md).

Role required:

-   sn\_align\_ws.scenario\_approver
-   sn\_align\_ws.spw\_funding\_user - to view and approve the financial changes.

## About this task

When you approve a scenario:

-   Planning items with the In Plan state are updated to the Prioritized state.
-   Planning items that you moved out of the plan are changed to the In Review state.
-   The approved dates are revised accordingly.
-   Changes made to the budget of a planning item is will be approved as the budget.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **Workspaces** > **Strategic Planning Workspace**.

2.  From the list of portfolio plans, select one and then select **Planning**.

3.  From the Create scenario menu, select **Compare scenarios**.

    The **Approve scenario** button is also available on the Scenario page. As soon as you have created a scenario, you can directly approve a scenario without comparing it with the other scenarios.

4.  Select the **Approve scenario** button relevant to the scenario that you want to approve.

    \[Omitted image "approve-scenario-modal-spw.png"\] Alt text: Approve scenario modal.

    While approving a scenario, you can:

    -   Convert the priotitized demands to projects to automatically build a portfolio plan by selecting the **Convert In-plan Demands to Projects** toggle.
    -   Delete the remaining scenarios by selecting the **Delete other scenarios** toggle.
    -   Enter a reason for approving the scenario in the Notes field.
5.  Select **Approve**.


## Result

The scenario is approved, and a notification is sent to the scenario approver and portfolio owner.