Managing inquiries about pending requests
To gather information about pending requests, you can send inquiries about them to any identity.
Once you have sent an inquiry about a request, the request 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 request. You can withdraw the inquiry at any time. You can cancel the reservation at any time so that another approver can make an approval decision about the request.
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Sending inquiries about pending requests
Before you make an approval decision about a request, you can send a question to an identity about it.
NOTE: Once you have sent an inquiry about a request, the request 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 request.
You can revoke the reservation with the following actions:
To make an inquiry
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In the menu bar, click Requests > Pending requests.
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On the Pending Requests page, click the request that you want to inquire about.
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In the View Request Details pane, click Send inquiry.
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In the Send Inquiry pane, 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.
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Recalling inquiries about pending requests
If your issue with a request has become irrelevant, you can withdraw your inquiry. Once you have withdrawn the inquiry, the request reservation is also revoked and all the original approvers can approve the request again.
To withdraw and inquiry
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In the menu bar, click Requests > Pending requests.
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On the Pending Requests page, click the request that you inquired about.
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In the View Request Details pane, click Withdraw inquiry.
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(Optional) In the Withdraw Inquiry pane, in the Reason for your decision field, enter why you are withdrawing the inquiry.
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Click Save.
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Canceling reservations of pending requests
Once you have sent an inquiry about a request, the request 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 request.
To release the request again for approval and to allow other approvers to edit it, you can revoke the reservation with the following actions:
To cancel a reservation
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In the menu bar, click Requests > Pending requests.
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On the Pending Requests page, click the request that you inquired about.
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In the View Request Details pane, click Cancel reservation.
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(Optional) In the Cancel Reservation pane, in the Reason for your decision, enter a reason for canceling the reservation.
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Click Save.
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