Manage tasks

Approvers need clear visibility and context for requests, so they understand what to approve and for whom. When a requester submits a request, tasks are assigned automatically to approvers based on the Request Type’s configuration. Approvers can view request details like request type, assignee, team, tags, and followers. Approvers who are a part of the team that owns the request type or are also request assignees can also modify the request. They can chat with the requester from within a request.

Manage tasks from the Access Requests web app

To approve or deny a task from the Access Requests web app, approvers can follow these steps:

1. Approvers go to the Okta Access Requests web app from their End-User Dashboard.

2. They select Inbox and go to the Open tab to view tasks awaiting approval.

3. They select a request and review the request details, such as request type and requester information.

   If a user submitted a request for someone else, the request creator is listed in the Requested By field and the person for whom they requested the access for is displayed as Requester.

4. Optional. They review the following information provided by the requester from the central pane:

   1. Responses submitted by the requester from the Questions section on the Actions tab.

   2. The activity log from the Activity tab.

   3. Notes in the chat from the right panel of the request. Approvers can also ask the requester for more information in the chat.

5. They select the appropriate option to approve or deny the request. The choices vary based on the task type:

   • Approval tasks: They click Approve or Deny.

   • Custom tasks: They click Complete.

   • Action tasks: They click Run or Mark as complete. If they click Mark as complete, the task is resolved without any action being taken in Okta.

After approvers take action on a task, Okta moves the request to the Pending tab if the request is awaiting an automated action.

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