Approvals

Managing action approvals in the web dashboard.

Approval Queue

Access at /approvals

The queue shows all actions pending your approval based on your role level.

Queue Columns

  • Action: Type of action requested
  • Incident: Related incident
  • Requested By: Who/what requested it
  • Requested At: When requested
  • SLA: Time remaining to respond

Filtering

  • Approval Level: Analyst, Senior, Manager
  • Action Type: Specific actions
  • Incident Type: Phishing, malware, etc.

Approval Detail

Click an approval to see full context.

Context Section

  • Full incident details
  • AI reasoning (if from triage)
  • Related actions already taken

Decision Section

  • Approve: Execute the action
  • Reject: Decline with reason
  • Delegate: Assign to another approver

Approving Actions

Single Approval

  1. Click on pending action
  2. Review incident context
  3. Click "Approve" or "Reject"
  4. Add optional comment
  5. Confirm decision

Bulk Approval

For related actions:

  1. Select multiple actions (checkbox)
  2. Click "Bulk Approve" or "Bulk Reject"
  3. Add comment applying to all
  4. Confirm

Rejection

When rejecting:

  1. Click "Reject"
  2. Required: Enter rejection reason
  3. Optionally suggest alternative
  4. Confirm

The requester is notified of rejection and reason.

SLA Indicators

ColorMeaning
GreenPlenty of time
Yellow< 50% time remaining
Orange< 25% time remaining
RedSLA exceeded

Notifications

You receive notifications for:

  • New actions requiring your approval
  • SLA warnings (50%, 75% elapsed)
  • Escalations to your level

Configure notification preferences in Settings.

Delegation

If unavailable:

  1. Go to Settings > Delegation
  2. Select delegate user
  3. Set date range
  4. Delegate receives your approvals

Audit Trail

All approvals are logged:

  • Who approved/rejected
  • When decision was made
  • Time to approve
  • Comments provided

View at Settings > Audit Logs.