Ask for Ad Hoc Approval activity

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title: Ask for Ad Hoc Approval activity
description: Enable agents and fulfillers to specify which users must complete approval requests during a playbook run.
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product: Workflow Studio
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topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-11-02"
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# Ask for Ad Hoc Approval activity

Enable agents and fulfillers to specify which users must complete approval requests during a playbook run.

## Roles and availability

Users with the playbook.admin or pd\_author role can add these activities to a playbook.

## Inputs

Open the activity properties panel and configure your activity to add values for the following inputs. If the input value varies, use the pill-picker to show where to get the value. To learn more about the pill-picker, see [Dot-walking examples](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/platform-user-interface/dot-walking-examples.md).

<table id="table_asm_m4j_35b"><thead><tr><th>

Input

</th><th>

Type

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Label

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

Title to display as activity and playbook card.

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

Description

</td><td>

String

</td><td>

Information to display about activity usage or outcome.

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

Run condition

</td><td>

Condition Builder

</td><td>

Conditions that must be met to run an activity or stage. You can use data from prior activities to build conditions.**Note:** Select **Show additional options** to see this field.

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

Start Rule

</td><td>

Choice

</td><td>

Under **Schedule** &gt; **Start Rule**, select a start rule for when your stage should start running:-   **When process starts**: Your stage starts running as soon as the playbook starts.
-   **After specific stages**: Your stage starts running after specified stage\(s\) have finished running.

Under Schedule &gt; Start Rule, select a start rule for when your activity should start running:-   **When stage starts**: Your activity starts running as soon as its stage starts running. Your stage starts running when your playbook is triggered.
-   **After specific activities**: Your activity starts running after specified activities have finished running.

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

Start with delay

</td><td>

True/False

</td><td>

Option to wait for a duration of time before running an activity or stage. When enabled, this input displays the [Start with delay input properties](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/build-workflows/workflow-studio/start-with-delay-properties.md).**Note:** Select **Show additional options** to see this field.

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

Approver

</td><td>

Choice

</td><td>

Individual users that will receive approval requests.

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

Approver group

</td><td>

Choice

</td><td>

User Group that will receive approval requests.

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

Table

</td><td>

Choice

</td><td>

Table that you want to choose the associated record from.

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

Record

</td><td>

Choice

</td><td>

Associated record for the approval requests.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>## Outputs

-   Records of your approval requests.
-   The states of your approval requests.