Approval Statuses are custom labels built by organizations meant to communicate what products are approved, denied, or may have other conditions of use. This functionality is designed to streamline product searches and inquiries for internal users and the public.
Approval Status Visibility
Approval statuses are visible to end users in the Catalog. They appear on the Catalog product card, and the cards can be sorted via the Approval Status dropdown seen below.
To learn how to customize approval statuses, view this Knowledge Base article.
Assigning a Status to a Single Product
You must have the Can Manage Products permission in order to assign an approval status to a product. This is different from the permission to create approval statuses, which is Can Manage Approval Status.
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Select any given product with no status
- Select the Edit button in the top-right corner of the page
- Select the edit pen for the Approval Status
- Drop the status menu down to choose the status
- Optional: Add an approval comment
- Optional: Make the approval comment visible to all users in the TMS by selecting the checkbox for "Show to All Users"
- Save your changes.
Bulk Assignment of Approval Statuses
If you wish to assign an approval status in bulk -- to numerous products at once -- please click here to view our Knowledge Base article on how to use the Bulk Assignment feature.
Approval Status Visibility
When you look at the product profile, product card in the catalogs, and the product row in the directory, there will now be a symbol and/or label for all products that have a status.
