Add additional approvers or reviewers to an asset or document

Last update: February 21, 2025

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You can add additional approvers or reviewers to an asset or document that already has pending approvals.

IMPORTANT
The content of this article refers to updated document approval functionality that is only available for specific accounts. For information on standard approval processes, see the articles listed in Work approvals.

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

Adobe Workfront plan*Any
Adobe Workfront license*Review or higher
Access level configurations*

View or higher access to Projects, Tasks, Issues, Templates, Portfolios, Programs, Reports, Dashboards, and Calendars, Documents

Note: If you still don't have access, ask your Workfront administrator if they set additional restrictions in your access level. For information on how a Workfront administrator can modify your access level, see Create or modify custom access levels.

Object permissions

View or higher access to the object associated with the request access or approval

For information on requesting additional access, see Request access to objects.

*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.

Add additional approvers or reviewers from the Document Details page

  1. Go to the document page by clicking on the name of the document, then select the version of the document you would like to add an approver or reviewer to in the version dropdown. The latest version will be selected by default.

  2. Select Approvals in the left pane. All existing approvers and reviewers are listed here.

  3. To add an approver, ensure that the Approver checkbox is checked then begin typing in the Reviewers text box. You can add Workfront users or teams by name. If you would like to add a reviewer instead, simply uncheck the Approver checkbox before typing.

  4. Repeat the previous step to add additional approvers or reviewers.

Add additional approvers or reviewers from the Document Summary

  1. Go to the project, task, or issue that contains the document, then select Documents.

  2. Click on the document you need and the Document Summary pane will open.

  3. Select the version of the document you would like to add an approver or reviewer to in the version dropdown. The latest version will be selected by default.

  4. Scroll down to the Approvals section in the Document Summary pane, where all of the existing approvers and reviewers are listed. To add an approver, ensure that the Approver checkbox is checked then begin typing in the Reviewers text box. You can add Workfront users or teams by name. If you would like to add a reviewer instead, simply uncheck the Approver checkbox before typing.

  5. Repeat the previous step to add additional approvers or reviewers.

Add additional reviews and approvers from a previous version

If you need approval on a new document version, you can easily add

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