Add an approver

task brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read add-an-approver.md

Add a single or multiple approvers to the document approval and review rule for document approval.

Before you begin

Role required: platform_document_management_admin or admin

About this task

The procedure described in this task applies to newly created records. For existing records, go to the document record, select the additional actions icon ([Omitted image "AdditinalActions.png"] Alt text: Additional actions icon.) and select Refresh Approvers and Reviewers to match the rules and add approvers.

Note: The document reviewer and approver can be directly added through the document record but they aren't added to the Document approval and revision rule.

Procedure

Navigate to All > Documents > Approval and Revision Rules.
Go to the rule that you want to add a reviewer or approvers to.
Select the Approvers tab.
Select New.
In the Approvers field, enter the name of the reviewer.
In the Sequence field, enter the sequence for the approver.

Note: The document is sent to approvers in ascending order based on the sequence number entered. If two approvers have the same sequence number, only one approver's approval is needed to move on to the next approver in the sequence or to publish the document if there’s no approver in the sequence.
Select Submit.
Repeat steps 3–7 to add multiple approvers.

Parent Topic:Document approval and publish process

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---
title: Add an approver
description: Add a single or multiple approvers to the document approval and review rule for document approval.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/servicenow-platform/document-management-services/add-an-approver.html
release: brazil
product: Document Management Services
classification: document-management-services
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Document approval and publish process, Use, Document Management, Document Services, Manage content capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
---

# Add an approver

Add a single or multiple approvers to the document approval and review rule for document approval.

## Before you begin

Role required: platform\_document\_management\_admin or admin

## About this task

The procedure described in this task applies to newly created records. For existing records, go to the document record, select the additional actions icon \(\[Omitted image "AdditinalActions.png"\] Alt text: Additional actions icon.\) and select **Refresh Approvers and Reviewers** to match the rules and add approvers.

**Note:** The document reviewer and approver can be directly added through the document record but they aren't added to the Document approval and revision rule.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **Documents** &gt; **Approval and Revision Rules**.

2. Go to the rule that you want to add a reviewer or approvers to.

3. Select the **Approvers** tab.

4. Select **New**.

5. In the **Approvers** field, enter the name of the reviewer.

6. In the **Sequence** field, enter the sequence for the approver.

**Note:** The document is sent to approvers in ascending order based on the sequence number entered. If two approvers have the same sequence number, only one approver's approval is needed to move on to the next approver in the sequence or to publish the document if there’s no approver in the sequence.

7. Select **Submit**.

8. Repeat steps 3–7 to add multiple approvers.

**Parent Topic:**[Document approval and publish process](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/servicenow-platform/document-management-services/document-review-approval.md)