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title: Approve or reject obligation tasks
description: As an obligation fulfiller, review obligation tasks in Obligation Management that have been submitted for approval, and take the appropriate action.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-manage-ob-tasks.html
release: australia
product: Contract Management Pro
classification: contract-management-pro
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Obligation Management, Use, Contract Management Pro, Legal and Contract Operations, Employee Service Management]
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# Approve or reject obligation tasks

As an obligation fulfiller, review obligation tasks in Obligation Management that have been submitted for approval, and take the appropriate action.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_cm\_obligation.obligation\_fulfiller

## Procedure

1.  Open the obligation task from the notification email, Employee Center, or Contract Workspace.

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**From the email notification**

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Select the link in the notification email sent when an obligation task is assigned to you for approval to access the obligation task.

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**From Employee Center**

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1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Self-Service** &gt; **Employee Center**.
2.  On the menu bar, select **My Tasks**.
3.  Select the obligation task under the **Open** tab.


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**From Contract Workspace**

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**Note:** The sn\_cm\_workspace.contract\_workspace\_user role is required to access Legal Counsel Center.

 1.  Navigate to **All** &gt; **Contract Workspace**.
2.  Select the list icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-lcc-list-icon.png"\] Alt text: List icon\).
3.  Select **My work**.
4.  Select **Pending approvals**.
5.  Select the obligation record that needs approval.


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</table>2.  Review the obligation task and approve or reject it.

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**From Employee Center**

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-   To approve the task, select **Approve**.
-   To reject the task, select **Reject**.


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**From Contract Workspace**

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1.  In the **State** field, select Approved or Rejected.
2.  Select **Save**.


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## Result

If the obligation task is approved, the assigned user is notified and the state of the obligation task changes to Closed complete.

When the obligation task is rejected, the assigned user is notified and the state of the obligation task changes to Open.

**Parent Topic:**[Obligation Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/contract-management-pro/cncore-obligation-management.md)