---
title: "The Approvals interface"
url: "https://docs.4hse.com/suppliers/approvals/interface"
description: "The list, the filters, the detail tabs and the columns of the Approvals section, for both sides of the workflow."
---

# The Approvals interface

The **Approvals** interface is the same for both parties: it shows every request sent or received, with the complete history of the steps, so the process can be traced end to end.

![The list of approvals](/_astro/workflow-supplier-3.nAZb5ag0_Z1UhTSK.webp)

## Step and status

[Section titled “Step and status”](#step-and-status)

The two are not the same thing, and the filters treat them separately:

-   the **step** is a single action within the process;
-   the **status** is the overall condition of the request.

Values

**Step**

New · Approved · Rejected

**Status**

In progress · Completed

When a request is created, the step is “Creation” and the status “In progress”. At the end — after an approval, for example — the row shows step “Approved” and status “Completed”.

## Search filters

[Section titled “Search filters”](#search-filters)

Filter

What it does

**Text search**

free text

**Status**

filters on the overall process status

**Step**

filters on the individual phase

## The detail tabs

[Section titled “The detail tabs”](#the-detail-tabs)

Clicking a row opens the details:

Tab

Contents

**Details**

the specific information of the approval

**Events**

every step carried out: who did it, the type of step, the date and any notes

**Attachments**

the files attached to the approval, such as the certificate submitted for validation

## The columns of the list

[Section titled “The columns of the list”](#the-columns-of-the-list)

Column

Description

**Name**

generally “Approval” plus the name of the action

**Step**

New, Approved or Rejected

**Status**

In progress or Completed

**Requested by**

email of the user who performed the step

**Dates**

creation and modification dates of the step

## A complete cycle

[Section titled “A complete cycle”](#a-complete-cycle)

1.  The supplier creates the request: a step with status **New** is generated and the request is **In progress**.
2.  The project manager approves it: a new step **Approved** is generated and the request becomes **Completed**.

If the request is rejected, a step with status **Rejected** is generated instead, and the supplier has to submit a new one.

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