Check your approvals by using ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent

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title: Check your approvals by using ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent
description: Check the approvals that are assigned to you by using the ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent AI chat window. By checking your approvals before you begin your tasks, you avoid working on tasks that weren't approved and focus on what needs to be done.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/check-your-approvals-using-now-assist-virtual-agent-emp-exp.html
release: brazil
product: Employee Experience Foundation
classification: employee-experience-foundation
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Use, ServiceNow Otto for Employee Experience, EmployeeWorks, Employee Service Management]
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# Check your approvals by using ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent

Check the approvals that are assigned to you by using the ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent AI chat window. By checking your approvals before you begin your tasks, you avoid working on tasks that weren't approved and focus on what needs to be done.

## Before you begin

You can also perform the following steps in ServiceNow Otto for Virtual Agent for Microsoft Teams. You can check your pending approvals similarly.

Role required: None

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-Service** > **Employee Center**.

2.  Select **Open chat**.

    ServiceNow Otto appears.

3.  Enter your query.

    To check your to-do approvals, you can enter instructions like `Show my approvals`, `Show my pending approvals`, or `Show me my approvals due today/due this week/due later/due soon`.

4.  View the list of approvals, under the To-do approvals, by selecting **Start**.

5.  View the list of pending approvals in detail by selecting **Task Center** in the response.

6.  From the list of approvals displayed, select the approval that you want to work on.

    The approval details are displayed in the card.

7.  Select **Approve** or **Reject**.

8.  Skip the action by selecting **Skip**.

9.  Check other approvals by selecting **Continue**.

10. End the chat by selecting **End chat**.


**Parent Topic:**[Using ServiceNow Otto for Employee Experience](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/employee-service-management/employee-experience-foundation/use-now-assist-for-emp-exp.md)

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