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title: Approve a space assist request
description: As a workplace manager, you can approve or reject a space assist request.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-central/approve-a-space-assist-request.html
release: australia
product: Workplace Central
classification: workplace-central
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-25"
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breadcrumb: [Manage, Workplace Central, Workplace Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
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# Approve a space assist request

As a workplace manager, you can approve or reject a space assist request.

## Before you begin

Make sure you have the following:

-   You have the permission to approve.
-   You're the manager to the user that raised the space assist request.

Role required: sn\_wsd\_core.workplace\_manager

## About this task

As a workplace manager, you can approve a space assist request raised by a user who is assigned to you. The Workplace Core Approval definition, provides the **Space Recommendation Approval** by default to perform space request approval. The approval definition consists of a **Space Recommendation Approval Config** performer criteria, in which all the workplace managers are configured to approve space assist requests.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Self-Service** > **My Approvals**.

2.  Select the approval that is in **Requested** state.

    You can also use filter options to view only those approvals that are in the **Requested** state.

3.  To view the request details before approving, in the **Approving** field, select the Preview this record icon \(\[Omitted image "preview-icon.png"\] Alt text: Preview this record icon\).

4.  Select **Open Record**.

5.  Review the request details.

6.  After reviewing the details, to approve or reject, perform the steps 1 and 2 again.

7.  On the form, do any one of the following:

    -   To approve the request, select **Approve**.

        The request is approved.

    -   To reject the request, do the following:
        1.  In the **Comments** field, specify the reason for rejection.

            If you want to suggest any changes in the request, briefly detail the changes.

        2.  Select **Post** after entering your comments.
        3.  Select **Reject**.

            The request is rejected.


**Parent Topic:**[Manage Workplace Central](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/workplace-central/manage-workplace-central.md)

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