Managing inquiries about pending attestation cases
To gather information about pending attestation cases, you can send inquiries about them to any identity.
Once you have sent an inquiry about an attestation case, the attestation case is reserved for you (Hold status). As long as the attestation case is reserved for you, only you or the chief approval team can make an approval decision about the attestation case. You can withdraw the inquiry at any time. You can cancel the reservation at any time so that another approver can make approval decision about the attestation case.
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Submitting inquiries about pending attestation cases
Before you make an approval decision about an attestation case, you can send a question to an identity about it.
NOTE: Once you have sent an inquiry about an attestation case, the attestation case is reserved for you (Hold status). As long as the request is reserved for you, only you or the chief approval team can make an approval decision about the attestation case.
You can revoke the reservation with the following actions:
To send a inquiry about an attestation case
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Pending Attestations.
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(Optional) To control which attestations to display, on the Pending Attestations page, click (Filter) (see Using filters).
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Click the attestation case that you want to inquire about.
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In the View Attestation Case Details side panel, click Send inquiry.
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In the Send Inquiry side panel, in the Recipient of the inquiry drop-down, select the identity to which you want to send the inquiry.
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In the Inquiry field, enter your inquiry.
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Click Save.
To send a inquiry about multiple attestation cases
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Pending Attestations.
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(Optional) To control which attestations to display, on the Pending Attestations page, click (Filter) (see Using filters).
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Next to the attestation cases that want to inquire about, select the check box.
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Click Actions > Send inquiry.
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In the Send Inquiry side panel, in the Recipient of the inquiry menu, select the identity to which you want to send the inquiry.
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In the Inquiry field, enter your inquiry.
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Click Save.
Withdrawing inquiries about pending attestation cases
If your issue with an attestation case has become irrelevant, you can withdraw your inquiry again. Once you have withdrawn the inquiry, the attestation case reservation is also revoked and all the original approvers can approve the attestation case again.
To withdraw and inquiry
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Pending Attestations.
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(Optional) To control which attestations to display, on the Pending Attestations page, click (Filter) (see Using filters).
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Click the attestation case that you inquired about.
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In the View Attestation Case Details side panel, click Withdraw inquiry.
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(Optional) In the Withdraw Inquiry side panel, in the Reason for your decision field, enter why you are withdrawing the inquiry.
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Click Save.
To withdraw multiple inquiries
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Pending Attestations.
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(Optional) To control which attestations to display, on the Pending Attestations page, click (Filter) (see Using filters).
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Next to the attestation cases that you have inquired about, select the check box.
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Click Actions > Withdraw inquiry.
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(Optional) In the Withdraw Inquiry side panel, in the Reason for your decision field, enter why you are withdrawing the inquiry.
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Click Save.
Revoking reserved attestation cases
Once you have sent an inquiry about an attestation case, the attestation case is reserved for you (Hold status). As long as the attestation case is reserved for you, only you or the chief approval team can make an approval decision about the attestation case.
To release the attestation case again for attestation and to allow other approvers to edit it, you can revoke the reservation with the following actions:
To cancel an attestation case reservation
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Pending Attestations.
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(Optional) To control which attestations to display, on the Pending Attestations page, click (Filter) (see Using filters).
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Click the attestation case that you inquired about.
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In the View Attestation Case Details side panel, click Cancel reservation.
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(Optional) In the Cancel Reservation side panel, in the Reason for your decision, enter a reason for canceling the reservation.
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Click Save.
To cancel multiple attestation case reservations
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In the menu bar, click Attestation > Pending Attestations.
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(Optional) To control which attestations to display, on the Pending Attestations page, click (Filter) (see Using filters).
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Next to the attestation cases that you have inquired about, select the check box.
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Click Actions > Cancel reservation.
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(Optional) In the Cancel Reservation side panel, in the Reason for your decision, enter a reason for canceling the reservation.
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Click Save.