# \#approvals **URL:** https://forum.asana.com/tag/approvals/594.md [Latest](https://forum.asana.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.asana.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.asana.com/tags.md) --- ## [Multiple approvals in the same task](https://forum.asana.com/t/multiple-approvals-in-the-same-task/1154465)
**Author:** [@Honor\_Gunesdogan](https://forum.asana.com/u/Honor_Gunesdogan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [4 September 2026 14:10 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/multiple-approvals-in-the-same-task/1154465 "2026-09-04T14:10:38Z")
I’m running into an issue with approval-based rules and hoping someone has found a workaround. I have a parent task with multiple subtasks, including two separate approval tasks: Leadership & Legal Review for Consider… --- ## [Creating or Self Customizing the Approval Status](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-or-self-customizing-the-approval-status/1153538)
**Author:** [@Scott\_Costin](https://forum.asana.com/u/Scott_Costin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [27 August 2026 13:06 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/creating-or-self-customizing-the-approval-status/1153538 "2026-08-27T13:06:46Z")
So after doing some research it looks like the approval options are hardcoded into the product. HOWEVER…it would be great to be able to customize those options based on different worflows. I won’t go into every example… --- ## [Multiple Department Approval Workflow](https://forum.asana.com/t/multiple-department-approval-workflow/1147794)
**Author:** [@Natasha\_Falke](https://forum.asana.com/u/Natasha_Falke)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [9 July 2026 18:32 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/multiple-department-approval-workflow/1147794 "2026-07-09T18:32:01Z")
Hello! I have a question that I have been trying to figure out on my own, and with some help from searching Asana Help - but have not been successful. Does anyone have a #workflow that requires #multiple approvals when… --- ## [Other's overdue Approval reassigning to me](https://forum.asana.com/t/others-overdue-approval-reassigning-to-me/1131705)
**Author:** [@anon28675761](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon28675761)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [19 March 2026 13:48 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/others-overdue-approval-reassigning-to-me/1131705 "2026-03-19T13:48:22Z")
I’m noticing that Approvals that I’ve assigned to others are being assigned to me once they’re overdue. The Approval is in a Parent Task that’s assigned to me. I do have a rule in my My tasks to move MY overdue Tasks t… --- ## [Approvals Overhaul For High-Stakes Usage](https://forum.asana.com/t/approvals-overhaul-for-high-stakes-usage/1131708)
**Author:** [@Ezra\_Kane-Salafia](https://forum.asana.com/u/Ezra_Kane-Salafia)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [18 March 2026 23:35 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/approvals-overhaul-for-high-stakes-usage/1131708 "2026-03-18T23:35:26Z")
Let’s be honest. Right now senior decisionmakers and stakeholders aren’t comfortable using Asana’s approval type tasks to confirm approval on high-stakes deliverables. That won’t be fixed until it’s more controlled and t… --- ## [Approvals workflow with view-only seats for form submitters](https://forum.asana.com/t/approvals-workflow-with-view-only-seats-for-form-submitters/1115786)
**Author:** [@Kayley\_Dempsey1](https://forum.asana.com/u/Kayley_Dempsey1)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [30 December 2025 01:45 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/approvals-workflow-with-view-only-seats-for-form-submitters/1115786 "2025-12-30T01:45:23Z")
Hello We have an enterprise license with 30 seats for the creative team. We need to be able to take creative work requests from the full organisation via a form submission. The form submitters will only have view-only s… --- ## [App stuck in review for months](https://forum.asana.com/t/app-stuck-in-review-for-months/1114349)
**Author:** [@Mathias\_Mikkelsen](https://forum.asana.com/u/Mathias_Mikkelsen)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [17 December 2025 12:18 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/app-stuck-in-review-for-months/1114349 "2025-12-17T12:18:51Z")
Hey, Our app has been stuck in review for months now. Is there a developer relations email or otherwise we can use to contact to understand what is happening? --- ## [Multiple approval levels in workflow](https://forum.asana.com/t/multiple-approval-levels-in-workflow/1113357)
**Author:** [@anon86115405](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon86115405)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [10 December 2025 07:47 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/multiple-approval-levels-in-workflow/1113357 "2025-12-10T07:47:13Z")
I am trying to create a process for approval of documents. There is a workflow in which after review is complete, the document is going for approval of one person and then another. I set both steps as approvals. For some… --- ## [Add 'Pending Approval' as an option in the Rule builder](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-pending-approval-as-an-option-in-the-rule-builder/1102379)
**Author:** [@Justin\_Roberts](https://forum.asana.com/u/Justin_Roberts)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [10 October 2025 18:01 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-pending-approval-as-an-option-in-the-rule-builder/1102379 "2025-10-10T18:01:17Z")
Approvals have 4 possible statuses, but in the Rule Builder it only allows you to select 3 of the 4. --- ## [Commenters should be able to use Feedback tool](https://forum.asana.com/t/commenters-should-be-able-to-use-feedback-tool/1101393)
**Author:** [@Leigh\_Flynn](https://forum.asana.com/u/Leigh_Flynn)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [3 October 2025 21:01 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/commenters-should-be-able-to-use-feedback-tool/1101393 "2025-10-03T21:01:26Z")
I have a project where my team puts files to be reviewed by multiple departments. Each department has an identified user assigned to an approval subtask, so they are all providing feedback on a single copy of the documen… --- ## [Nâo conseguindo convidar novos funcionarios para projetos.](https://forum.asana.com/t/nao-conseguindo-convidar-novos-funcionarios-para-projetos/1098217)
**Author:** [@Marcio\_Almeida](https://forum.asana.com/u/Marcio_Almeida)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [18 September 2025 15:45 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/nao-conseguindo-convidar-novos-funcionarios-para-projetos/1098217 "2025-09-18T15:45:42Z")
Boa tarde, Estamos com prolemas para adicionar novos usuarios a alguns projetos . Adicionamos porem não recebem o convite por email . Isso esta osorrendo com diversos emails. Gmail, yahoo,hotmail, icloud, uol. Poder… --- ## [承認リクエストを差し戻しや却下した場合、タスクが完了状態とならないようにしてほしい](https://forum.asana.com/t/topic/192724)
**Author:** [@植田れいな](https://forum.asana.com/u/%E6%A4%8D%E7%94%B0%E3%82%8C%E3%81%84%E3%81%AA)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [18 August 2025 09:02 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/topic/192724 "2025-08-18T09:02:11Z")
承認リクエストについて、「差し戻す」「却下する」を選択した場合もタスクが完了状態となり、完了したタスクとして認識されますが、リクエストが承認されたわけではないので、完了状態とならないようにして頂きたいです。 特に、承認リクエストに依存関係を設定して承認フローを作成した場合、前の承認者が却下したのに、次の承認フローに回ってしまう（タスクが完了されたため、先行タスクによるブロックが解除される）ため、承認フローとしての活用が難しく困っていま… --- ## [Add "Change Approval Status to..." Rule Action](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-change-approval-status-to-rule-action/1048347)
**Author:** [@cosmo](https://forum.asana.com/u/cosmo)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [23 July 2025 19:39 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/add-change-approval-status-to-rule-action/1048347 "2025-07-23T19:39:19Z")
I’d like to be able to mark an Approval as Rejected, Changes requested, or Approved via a Rule Action. Currently… I can add a Rule Action to Change completion status to either “Complete task” or “Mark task incomplete”… --- ## [Using approval subtask to trigger main task changes](https://forum.asana.com/t/using-approval-subtask-to-trigger-main-task-changes/942662)
**Author:** [@Rahul\_Kunhiraman](https://forum.asana.com/u/Rahul_Kunhiraman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [10 July 2025 10:43 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/using-approval-subtask-to-trigger-main-task-changes/942662 "2025-07-10T10:43:41Z")
I have an approval subtask. When it is marked as approved, I want Asana to automatically change a custom field in the main task. Is there a way that I can do this with Asana’s current setup? The closest I’ve gotten is s… --- ## [Multi step approval (subtasks) workflow in Asana](https://forum.asana.com/t/multi-step-approval-subtasks-workflow-in-asana/1052927)
**Author:** [@APVECO](https://forum.asana.com/u/APVECO)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [23 April 2025 02:03 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/multi-step-approval-subtasks-workflow-in-asana/1052927 "2025-04-23T02:03:03Z")
I’m building a multi-step approval workflow in Asana using automation. The first approval is a subtask (assigned to someone like a Department Head). :white\_check\_mark: When that subtask’s approval status is changed to “… --- ## [Approvals cannot block subsequent approvals](https://forum.asana.com/t/approvals-cannot-block-subsequent-approvals/1039539)
**Author:** [@Ericka\_Paz](https://forum.asana.com/u/Ericka_Paz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [19 March 2025 15:52 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/approvals-cannot-block-subsequent-approvals/1039539 "2025-03-19T15:52:37Z")
Recently realized that though you can establish a dependency between approvals, the “blocking” function doesn’t work. There appears to be a dependency, but approver can approve regardless of that dependency. Shouldn’t ap… --- ## [Streamlining approvals in between subtasks and relating them to prior subtasks](https://forum.asana.com/t/streamlining-approvals-in-between-subtasks-and-relating-them-to-prior-subtasks/1020662)
**Author:** [@Timur\_Dyrdin](https://forum.asana.com/u/Timur_Dyrdin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [8 February 2025 06:18 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/streamlining-approvals-in-between-subtasks-and-relating-them-to-prior-subtasks/1020662 "2025-02-08T06:18:29Z")
Hey guys, attaching loom since it’s much simpler. Many thanks to whoever can contribute or give a solution --- ## [Different Icon for Blocked Approvals](https://forum.asana.com/t/different-icon-for-blocked-approvals/862912)
**Author:** [@J-Niv](https://forum.asana.com/u/J-Niv)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [12 November 2024 06:57 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/different-icon-for-blocked-approvals/862912 "2024-11-12T06:57:08Z")
Can there PLEASE be a different icon for blocked approvals? It is really frustrating for our team to have to look into an approval task’s details in order to see if it’s blocked by other tasks. Perhaps a spinoff of the a… --- ## [how to automatically set the collaborator as the assignee to an approval](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-automatically-set-the-collaborator-as-the-assignee-to-an-approval/969894)
**Author:** [@Johann\_Stander](https://forum.asana.com/u/Johann_Stander)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [8 November 2024 12:59 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/how-to-automatically-set-the-collaborator-as-the-assignee-to-an-approval/969894 "2024-11-08T12:59:59Z")
I am trying to create a rule that automatically creates an approval subtask when a task is moved to a section. However, I want the collaborator to be the approval task assignee. I don’t see a way to do this. Do you have … --- ## [Dependencies on approval tasks aren't working correctly](https://forum.asana.com/t/dependencies-on-approval-tasks-arent-working-correctly/966506)
**Author:** [@Danny\_Harrington](https://forum.asana.com/u/Danny_Harrington)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2024 14:49 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/dependencies-on-approval-tasks-arent-working-correctly/966506 "2024-11-06T14:49:08Z")
I set up dependencies on 3 approval subtasks, but the dependency rules only kick in if I open the subtask. I’m still able to complete subtasks with dependencies if I do it from the parent task view. Is this a bug, or am… --- ## [Change the subtask from a task to an approval option](https://forum.asana.com/t/change-the-subtask-from-a-task-to-an-approval-option/922876)
**Author:** [@Tony\_Busko](https://forum.asana.com/u/Tony_Busko)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [6 November 2024 13:38 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/change-the-subtask-from-a-task-to-an-approval-option/922876 "2024-11-06T13:38:29Z")
When I hover over to change this task from the workflow, I get this This is the part I’m hung up on…it’s probably sitting right in front of me what to do, but I’m just not seeing it. --- ## [承認リクエストの”うっかり代理承認”予防策の機能実装](https://forum.asana.com/t/topic/147007)
**Author:** [@anon40358430](https://forum.asana.com/u/anon40358430)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [29 October 2024 02:56 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/topic/147007 "2024-10-29T02:56:49Z")
現在Asanaの承認リクエストとルール機能を使った社内承認プロセスの電子化、はんこレス化を進めていますが、承認リクエストのボタン（承認する、差し戻す等）はだれでも押せるようになっており、申請者やまだAsanaの習熟度の低いメンバーがうっかりボタンを押してしまう”うっかり代理承認”が増えています。 履歴も残るし、誰かが気づけば修正も出来るのですが、承認システムとしては少し心もとないと感じてしまいます。 上記のような”うっかり代理承認”… --- ## [Send status updates as draft's for approval before posting.](https://forum.asana.com/t/send-status-updates-as-drafts-for-approval-before-posting/262840)
**Author:** [@Itay\_Kurgan](https://forum.asana.com/u/Itay_Kurgan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [16 October 2024 23:00 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/send-status-updates-as-drafts-for-approval-before-posting/262840 "2024-10-16T23:00:16Z")
Hi, In the past few months at my company, we have begun using the Status Update feature for projects, portfolios and soon we will begin using it for goals too. What we are lacking is the ability to share a draft of the… --- ## [Quick approval process needed](https://forum.asana.com/t/quick-approval-process-needed/947279)
**Author:** [@Owen\_Buck](https://forum.asana.com/u/Owen_Buck)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [14 October 2024 14:15 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/quick-approval-process-needed/947279 "2024-10-14T14:15:17Z")
Hello all, looking for some assistance. I need to set up an approval process. What I’d like is, when a task is marked as ‘complete’, it triggers a task that seeks approval from a predefined approver - approval being need… --- ## [Como transformar aprovação em tarefa via regras de automação](https://forum.asana.com/t/como-transformar-aprovacao-em-tarefa-via-regras-de-automacao/928265)
**Author:** [@Amanda\_Felpeto](https://forum.asana.com/u/Amanda_Felpeto)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [25 September 2024 15:02 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/como-transformar-aprovacao-em-tarefa-via-regras-de-automacao/928265 "2024-09-25T15:02:53Z")
Olá, pessoal. Tenho um fluxo em que preciso que: Uma aprovação, quando mudar para status de “aprovada”, deve mover de seção e virar uma tarefa. Ou, assim que a aprovação mudar para status de “aprovada”, uma tarefa sej… --- ## [App Approval taking too long](https://forum.asana.com/t/app-approval-taking-too-long/900643)
**Author:** [@Bulent\_Dogan](https://forum.asana.com/u/Bulent_Dogan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [26 August 2024 16:24 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/app-approval-taking-too-long/900643 "2024-08-26T16:24:29Z")
I have submitted our app about 6 weeks ago. I have not heard anything back and the status is still showing as being reviewed. Is there a way to get more details on what is taking too long? We would like to get our app on… --- ## [Manage Similar Task Types Within My Tasks](https://forum.asana.com/t/manage-similar-task-types-within-my-tasks/898693)
**Author:** [@Jeremy\_Long](https://forum.asana.com/u/Jeremy_Long)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [22 August 2024 15:45 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/manage-similar-task-types-within-my-tasks/898693 "2024-08-22T15:45:26Z")
Leverage the new “Task is approval or milestone” condition in your My Tasks page to keep your tasks organized by type! I created an Approvals section in My tasks and then the following rule: I should note that I als… --- ## [Rules based on task types (milestones or approvals)](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-based-on-task-types-milestones-or-approvals/167964)
**Author:** [@Megan\_Kellums](https://forum.asana.com/u/Megan_Kellums)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [21 August 2024 09:30 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/rules-based-on-task-types-milestones-or-approvals/167964 "2024-08-21T09:30:39Z")
It would be incredibly useful to have the ability to set up Rules based on task types. For example, if a task is marked as an Approval, the rule could trigger an action such as adding that task to another project. If I … --- ## [Multiple possible approvers](https://forum.asana.com/t/multiple-possible-approvers/857816)
**Author:** [@Wes\_Smith](https://forum.asana.com/u/Wes_Smith)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [11 July 2024 05:23 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/multiple-possible-approvers/857816 "2024-07-11T05:23:47Z")
I’m sure this has been asked but I can’t find the answer as of now. I have a sub-task set as an approval but I have two possible team members who can approve the item, it doesn’t require both. I just need one. However, I… --- ## [Completed Tasks that Aren't Exactly Completed](https://forum.asana.com/t/completed-tasks-that-arent-exactly-completed/154151)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Berger\_lpb](https://forum.asana.com/u/Larry_Berger_lpb)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [18 June 2024 00:35 UTC](https://forum.asana.com/t/completed-tasks-that-arent-exactly-completed/154151 "2024-06-18T00:35:56Z")
When you “Mark Complete” :heavy\_check\_mark: a task it usually signifies that you carried it out. What if you didn’t actually carry it out, but you still want to get it out of your hair–no longer have it appear as Incompl… [Next page](https://forum.asana.com/tag/approvals/594.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=approvals)