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# Create an Approval Process for Document Tracking and Approvals

Create an approval process for the Document Checklist Item object.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Automotive Cloud, Consumer Goods Cloud, Education Cloud, Financial Services Cloud, Health Cloud, Insurance, Manufacturing Cloud, Media Cloud, Net Zero Cloud, Nonprofit Cloud, Public Sector Solutions, and Rebate Management</td></tr></tbody></table>

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-ind-document_management-264-0-0-production-enus/58b7d07c-d5c9-4956-9497-88d328dc7775/images/icon_note.png)

Note Approval Processes aren’t supported in Professional Edition.

Drive your approval process using the standard Status field or a custom field. Approvers for a document checklist item can be account teams, custom fields on the document checklist item, queues, or custom groups.

#### See Also

- [Approval Processes](https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=what_are_approvals.htm&language=en_US)