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title: Managing approvals (administrators)
description: When an application owner submits an application for promotion approval, administrators can view the application and its approval status on the Promotion Approvals page, located under the Management tab.
component: pingcentral
version: 2.2
page_id: pingcentral:pingcentral_for_iam_administrators:pingcentral_manage_approvals
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingcentral/2.2/pingcentral_for_iam_administrators/pingcentral_manage_approvals.html
revdate: December 14, 2023
section_ids:
  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
---

# Managing approvals (administrators)

When an application owner submits an application for promotion approval, administrators can view the application and its approval status on the **Promotion Approvals** page, located under the **Management** tab.

## About this task

From this page, you can:

* Filter for approved, promoted, pending, rejected, or canceled approvals, or by environments or integration type. Use the **Visible** filter, which is enabled by default, to hide approvals that are in a canceled, promoted, or rejected status.

* **Approve**, **Approve and Promote**, or **Reject** an approval.

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|   | You see a bell icon in the top navigation bar when there are pending approval requests. |

![Screen capture of console for IAM administrators that displays the Promotion Approvals page with active approval requests. Status is filtering for Approved and Pending approval requests.](_images/tvm1687890488058.jpg)

## Steps

1. Select your filters.

   You can filter by:

   * **Status**: **Approved** or **Pending**. The page automatically filters for any approved and pending approvals.

   * Environments.

   * Integration types (OAuth and OIDC or SAML).

   * Requested (the user that made the request).

   Click the filters to add or remove them.

2. To approve promotion requests from application owners, click **Approve** in the row for the promotion request that you want to approve.

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   |   | If the **Allow JSON editing for application promotions** is enabled for the targeted environment and the promotion request requires approval, you'll be able to compare the submitted application JSON to the original application JSON. |

   1. **Optional:** To approve the request and promote the application to an environment, after you click **Approve**, select the **Promote Application to Environment** check box in the dialog that opens, and click **Approve** to approve the request and promote the application.

      For more information, see [Promotion processes](pingcentral_promotion_processes.html)

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      |   | If an environment is offline or if a PingCentral administrator has set the environment status to **Disabled**, you will see a note indicating that the environment is inaccessible, and you will be unable to promote the application while the environment is disabled or offline. |

3. To reject an approval request, click **Reject** in the row for the request that you want to decline.

   1. **Optional:** Supply a rejection explanation in the dialogue box that displays.