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title: Talent Properties reference
description: Properties control how skills approvals are managed and whether Skills Foundation is used.
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# Talent Properties reference

Properties control how skills approvals are managed and whether Skills Foundation is used.

## Property to control manager skill approvals in Growth plans

-   Select **no** to skip approvals.
-   Select **optional** to recommend approval. Optional approvals aren’t required.
-   Select **required** to create required approvals.

## Set all activities to ready when Growth plans are launched

Select the check box to set the property to **Yes**. When the property is set to yes, all activities in the growth plan are automatically set to the ready state.

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