---
title: Review a metric data task
description: Review a metric data task for a manual or automated metric definition, and then either approve or reject the task based on your review.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/environmental-social-governance/review-mdt.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Using GRC: Metrics to provide data, GRC: Metrics, Operational Sustainability Management \(formerly Environmental, Social, and Governance\)]
---

# Review a metric data task

Review a metric data task for a manual or automated metric definition, and then either approve or reject the task based on your review.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_esg.data\_owner, sn\_esg.program\_manager, or sn\_esg.metric\_manager

## About this task

If you have been assigned as an approver as part of a metric definition record, your approval task appears in the approvals tab of a metric data task.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Operational Sustainability Management** > **Operational Sustainability Workspace**.

2.  Select the Metric data table icon \(\[Omitted image "metric-tasks.png"\] Alt text: Metric tasks icon.\).

3.  Review the metric data tasks and perform one of the following actions.

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Choice

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Action

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**Reject**

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1.  Select the cell for which you want to reject the data.
2.  Select **Reject** and provide your reason for rejection.


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**Approve**

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1.  Select the cell for which you want to accept the data.
2.  Select **Approve**.


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</table>    You can approve or reject cells in bulk at the individual metric definition level or for all cells by selecting the check box for each row or the check box in the header row of the Metric data tasks table.

4.  Select the check boxes that you want and then select **Reject** or **Approve**.


**Parent Topic:**[Using GRC: Metrics to provide data](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/environmental-social-governance/using-grc-metrics.md)