To approve a commitment, open it, review every document in the package, then click Approve in the top-right corner. Your approval is recorded and the commitment moves to the next approver. Once the last approver signs off, the commitment flips to Approved and is ready to send to the vendor.
Landing on a commitment that needs your sign-off is a routine checkpoint in the approval flow, so here is what to check before you approve.
Applies to: Assigned approvers
Steps
Open the commitment from Notifications at the bottom of the left sidebar, or from the project's Commitments tab.
Confirm it is your turn. When the commitment is waiting on you, the top bar shows Your approval is requested under the buttons, and the reviewer chip reads Waiting on [your name] with the count so far, for example Waiting on Monique · 0/2.
Check where the commitment sits. The status badge next to the commitment name reads In Review while it is with the approvers, and the approval bar on the right shows the approver avatars, Waiting on [name] · 0/2, and your Reject and Approve buttons.
Review each document in the package. In the left panel, open each item under Package, and switch between the Form, Split, and Doc views to check the details against the source.
See who else approves and in what order. Click the reviewer avatars in the top bar to open the Approval flow panel, which lists every approver and the routing (Sequential, Parallel, or Conditional). This panel is read-only, so to change who reviews, open Manage in project settings.
Important: Approving is recorded against your name and moves the commitment forward, and you cannot take it back from this screen. Clicking Reject opens the Request changes dialog: type what needs to change, then click Request changes. The commitment moves to Changes Requested and goes back to the coordinator for edits. Review every document in the package before you choose.
Click Approve in the top-right to sign off, or Reject to send the commitment back for changes.
What happens next
When you click Approve, your approval is recorded and the Waiting on count ticks up, for example from 0/2 to 1/2. In a Sequential flow the next approver is notified only after you approve, and the commitment stays In Review until everyone has signed off; once the last approver approves, it flips to Approved. If you click Reject, the Request changes dialog opens. Type what needs to change and click Request changes, and the commitment moves to Changes Requested and goes back to the coordinator, who edits it and clicks Re-submit for approval.
If this doesn't work
If you do not see Approve or Your approval is requested → it is not your turn yet. In a Sequential flow each approver is notified only after the previous one approves, so wait for the Waiting on chip to show your name.
If the status badge still reads Draft or Changes Requested and there is nothing to review → the commitment has not been sent for approval yet. The coordinator has to click Send for approval (or Re-submit for approval) before any approver can act.
If the Approval flow panel is greyed out and you cannot edit the approvers → that panel is read-only. Approval rules are set per project, so open Manage in project settings to change who reviews.
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