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description: With Salesforce for Slack, you can manage your approvals from within your Slack workspace. Typically, a user creates a record in Salesforce and submits it for approval. The assigned approvers receive a request notification in Slack, enabling them to approve or reject the request.
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# Approvals in Slack

With Salesforce for Slack, you can manage your approvals from within your Slack workspace. Typically, a user creates a record in Salesforce and submits it for approval. The assigned approvers receive a request notification in Slack, enabling them to approve or reject the request.

### 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: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Performance</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions</td></tr></tbody></table>

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d12502e61 ">To create an approval process:</td>

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Before you can work with approvals in Slack, follow these steps.

1. [Set Up an Approval Process](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.approvals_getting_started.htm&type=5&language=en_US).
2. [Prepare Your Org for Approvals](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.approvals_prep_org.htm&type=5&language=en_US).

![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-slack-slack_apps-264-0-0-production-enus/68481d6c-8c01-419d-9d5c-ebe6efa3b5f3/images/icon_note.png)

Note Approval notifications are automatically enabled in Slack if you have the Salesforce for Slack app installed. See [Enable Approval Notifications in Slack](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.approvals_for_slack_enabling.htm&type=5&language=en_US).

- **[Approve or Reject a Request in Slack](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=slack.slack_apps_digital_hq_approvals_use.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    If you’re an assigned approver, you can approve or reject a request from within a Slack workspace.