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title: Edit requests in External Legal Service Center
description: Edit requests that are saved as draft in External Legal Service Center.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: External Legal Portal
classification: external-legal-portal
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Using External Legal Service Center, External Legal Service Center, Legal Service Delivery, Legal and Contract Operations, Employee Service Management]
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# Edit requests in External Legal Service Center

Edit requests that are saved as draft in External Legal Service Center.

## Before you begin

You can only edit requests that are saved as draft. Once you submit a request, you cannot edit it.

Role required: sn\_lg\_ext\_portal.ext\_user

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to the External Legal Service Center home page by accessing your instance URL and adding a /elp suffix.

    For example, https://example.com/elp.

2.  Log in with your user name and password.

3.  Navigate to **My Requests** from the header.

4.  Navigate to the Drafts tab.

5.  Select a request.

6.  Select **Update Draft**.

7.  Edit the Summary description or Description.

8.  Work on the attachments.

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Action

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Steps

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**Add attachments**

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1.  Select Add icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-ext-portal-add-attachment.png"\] Alt text: Add icon\).
2.  You can add attachments by selecting, dragging, or pasting a file.


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**Rename attachments**

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1.  Select Edit file name icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-ext-portal-edit-filename.png"\] Alt text: Edit file name icon\).
2.  Edit the file name.


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**Delete attachments**

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1.  Select Delete icon \(\[Omitted image "lsd-ext-portal-delete-attachment.png"\] Alt text: Delete icon\).
2.  Select **OK** on the delete attachment confirmation.


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</table>9.  Select **Update Draft** to save the file.

10. Select **Submit** if you want to submit the request.