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title: Design the Approval Request Page for Classic Approval Processes
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description: The approval page is where an approver responds to an approval request from a classic approval process. Customize which fields appear on that page and in which order. This page is used only for this classic approval process.
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# Design the Approval Request Page for Classic Approval Processes

The approval page is where an approver responds to an approval request from a classic approval process. Customize which fields appear on that page and in which order. This page is used only for this classic approval process.

### 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: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class="" id="approvals_create_approvalpagefields__d3269e54"><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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Important Try [Flow Approval Processes](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.automate_automated_approvals.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "As your company grows, so does the complexity of your approvals, often requiring input from multiple people in different departments across different time zones. This complexity can mean that you spend more time waiting for each person to complete their review in the right order. Flow Approval Processes helps you coordinate multistep reviews that involve users, systems, and conditional paths."), a modern alternative to Classic Approval Processes. This new feature provides a more flexible, user-friendly flow-based interface, and it can trigger on record changes, supporting Apex extensibility and detailed logging for compliance and audit trails. It supports dynamic routing based on data and business rules, unlike Classic Approval Processes, which are tied to specific objects and offer limited support for processes by using conditions. With Flow Approval Processes, you can monitor submitted records and quickly identify bottlenecks, giving you unprecedented visibility into approval workflows. And, like Classic Approval Processes, Flow Approval Processes don’t consume automation credits or orchestration runs.

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            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d101281e83">Option</th>
            <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d101281e86">Description</th>
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            <td data-label="Option" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d101281e83 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Selected Fields</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d101281e86 ">Specifies which fields to show on the approval request page. Keep in mind that
              approvers can view this page on a mobile device. Select only the fields necessary
              for users to decide whether to approve or reject records.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Option" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d101281e83 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Display approval history information...</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d101281e86 ">If selected, the approval request page displays the approval history of the
              associated record. This option is available only in Salesforce Classic. In Lightning
              Experience, the approval history appears only on the record being approved.</td>

          </tr>
          <tr class="">
            <td data-label="Option" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d101281e83 ">
              <strong class="uicontrol">Security Settings</strong>
            </td>

            <td data-label="Description" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d101281e86 ">
              <p>Controls whether users have to log in to Salesforce to see the approval request.</p>
              <dl>

                <dt style="font-weight:bold;padding-top:.25rem;">Allow approvers to access the approval page only from within the application
                  (Recommended)</dt>

                <dd style="padding-left:1.5rem;padding-bottom:.5rem;">Default. Users log in to Salesforce to view the approval page.</dd>


                <dt style="font-weight:bold;padding-top:.25rem;">Allow approvers to access the approval page only from within the
                  application, or externally from a wireless-enabled mobile device</dt>

                <dd style="padding-left:1.5rem;padding-bottom:.5rem;">Users can access an external version of the approval page from a browser,
                  including browsers on mobile devices, without logging in to Salesforce. If
                  selected, you can’t add approval steps that let users manually select the next
                  approver.</dd>

              </dl>
            </td>

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