--- title: Journey designer plan configuration approvers description: Plan configuration approvers review and approve plan configurations. locale: en-US canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-dsgnr-config-plan-approvers.html release: australia product: Journey Designer classification: journey-designer topic_type: concept last_updated: "2026-03-12" reading_time_minutes: 1 breadcrumb: [Plan configuration components, Use, Journey designer, Employee Journey Management, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management] --- # Journey designer plan configuration approvers Plan configuration approvers review and approve plan configurations. ServiceNow administrators [assign plan configuration approvers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-assign-pconfig-owner-approver.md) for different plan configurations. Approvers are assigned by ServiceNow administrators. Approvers are subject matter experts \(SME\) with specialized skills related to plan configurations. When an owner publishes updates to a plan configuration an approval task is created for any approvers. - **[Review and approve plan configuration changes](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-dsgnr-approval-requests.md)** Approvers receive approval tasks to track reviewing, approving, and rejecting changes to a plan configuration. **Parent Topic:**[Journey designer plan configuration template process, owners, and maintenance](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-process-owners-maint.md)