Managing approval requests

Approving or rejecting knowledge articles by using Approval Central

You can use Action Request SystemApproval Central to approve knowledge articles. This is especially important if your current access permission does not allow you to access the knowledge articles. Not all approvers have access to the BMC Helix ITSM: Knowledge Managementapplication through their home pages, yet still have the role to approve knowledge articles before they can move forward in the workflow.

You must have appropriate permissions to modify a knowledge article, to view the knowledge article, and approve it. For more information on roles and permissions, see Roles-and-permissions in the BMC Helix ITSMdocumentation.

To approve knowledge articles using Approval Central

1. Log in to the AR System serveras the approver.

2. Open Approval Central.
   Approval Central displays all pending knowledge articles that are assigned to you. You can filter them by using the fields in the Search Criteria area.

   Click the Article ID link to view the details of a knowledge article.

3. Approve, reject, hold, reassign, or view the desired knowledge articles.

   Important

   When BMC Helix Single Sign-On is installed and configured for AR System, in Approval Central, when you click the Approve, Reject, or Hold options, two dialog boxes are opened: the credential sign in dialog box and the double authentication dialog box.

   After you approve a knowledge article, it is removed from the Pending Approvals table. The appropriate approvers are notified of any reassigned approvals.
   If approvers need more information about a knowledge article, they can view the request details and add a question in the approval activity log. Their signature is on hold while they are waiting for the information and the status is set to More Information.