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title: Approving Change
slug: pink/approving-change
description: Learn how the Change Advisory Board (CAB) can approve or reject changes with this document. It provides step-by-step instructions for CAB members to follow, ensuring certain conditions are met. These conditions involve the user being in a registered group
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createdAt: 2021-10-27T19:19:12.000Z
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This functionality allows the <font color="#3b9f0f">**Change Advisory Board to approve or reject the change**</font>. Only members of the "**Change Advisory Board**" **(CAB)** can approve the change.&#x20;

To approve a change, pay attention to the configuration of **parameter 303** "**RFC voting using the absolute majority rule (50% + 1) (Values: “Y” or “N”, Default: “Y”)**, where the "**Y**" value defines the change approval when there is **more than 50% of the CAB approval** and the "**N**" value defines the change approval when there is **100% of CAB approval**.

## Before getting started

To approve or not a change, it is necessary to define:

- [x] That the group to which
  &#x20;the user is registered will have the value equal to '**YES**' for the Change Advisory
  &#x20;Board.
- [x] It is also necessary that the non-emergency or standard (Normal) flow types, and
  &#x20;"**workflow permissions**" of the group to which the user is part are enabled.

## Procedure

1. Access the main menu `Processes >
    Change Management > Change`;
2. Click on the first icon on the left side of the screen (placed next to the word
   &#x20;"**Change**") and then on "**Requests for voting**";
3. Click on the change you want. To view it, click on the icon of the same name.
4. To register the approval or rejection, click on the "**Voting**" icon, and select
   &#x20;the better option for your scenario and provide the necessary information;
5. Click on "**Save**".