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# Add Approval Submissions to Record Pages Without Custom Buttons

Add a component for your users to submit records for approval without you creating a custom button. The Request Approval component works in both Lightning App Builder and Experience Builder. Configure built-in options for approver selection and submission comments.

**Where:** This change applies to Lightning Experience in Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, all Einstein 1, and Developer editions.

**Who:** To customize record page layouts in Lightning App Builder, you must have the Manage Flow user permission. To customize an Experience Cloud site, you need to be a member of the site and have the Create and Set Up Experiences user permission. Or you need to be a member of the site and an experience admin, publisher, or builder in that site.

**How:** Before you add the Request Approval component to a record page layout, consider what input you want from the submitter. If you plan to require that the submitter select an approver, design a flow approval process to assign one or more approval steps to the `firstApprover` input variable. To expose optional submitter comments to approvers, use the `submissionComments` input variable in your flow approval process.

After you add the Request Approval component to a page, configure it to reference the relevant active autolaunched flow approval process.

The component shows an Approval Request Comments field by default. To prevent the submitter from adding comments about a submission, select **Hide submitter comments**.

To require the submitter to select a first approver, select **Require submitter to select an approver**.

#### See Also

- [_Salesforce Help_: Add the Request Approval Component to a Record Page](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.automate_automated_approvals_deploy_request_approval_component.htm&type=5&language=en_US)
- [_Salesforce Help_: Add the Request Approval Component to Experience Cloud Sites](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.automate_automated_approvals_deploy_request_approval_component_to_site.htm&type=5&language=en_US)