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title: Approve the plan for the scenario analysis
description: Approve the plan for the scenario analysis in Operational Resilience Workspace if you're the plan approver. You can track the actions for the scenario analysis by checking your email notifications.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/governance-risk-compliance/plan-approve-sce-analysis.html
release: australia
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Request the plan approval, Enable the legacy scenario analysis flow, Legacy scenario analysis, Scenario analysis, Manage, Operational Resilience, Governance, Risk, and Compliance]
---

# Approve the plan for the scenario analysis

Approve the plan for the scenario analysis in Operational Resilience Workspace if you're the plan approver. You can track the actions for the scenario analysis by checking your email notifications.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_oper\_res.manager

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Operational Resilience Workspace** > **All scenario analysis** and select the scenario analysis that you’re working on.

2.  Log in as the plan approver of the scenario analysis and navigate to the **Approvals** tab.

    A sample scenario analysis form is shown in the following example.

    \[Omitted image "approvals-tab.png"\] Alt text: Sample scenario analysis form.

3.  Check your emails for notifications.

    1.  Log in as an administrator and navigate to **All** **> Emails** in the application UI.

        During the execution of a scenario analysis, the email notifications are automatically sent to the owner, approver, and participants. You can view the email notifications as displayed in the following example.

        \[Omitted image "email-notification.png"\] Alt text: Email notifications in the application UI.

    2.  Select the email record from the list.

    3.  In the email record, select **Preview Email**.

        The Preview Email is displayed as shown in the following example.

        \[Omitted image "preview-email.png"\] Alt text: Email notifications in the application UI.

    4.  In the email, select **Approve**.

        You can approve or reject the scenario analysis from the **Comments** section or you can view the **Approval Request** links as shown in the example. The approved analysis is updated to the **Analyze** state. The rejected scenario analysis is reset to the **Draft** state.

4.  To approve, reject, or cancel the scenario analysis, double-click the state column on the **Approval** tab.

    A sample form for updating the state of the scenario analysis is shown in the following example.

    \[Omitted image "approval-requested-pending-plan-approval.png"\] Alt text: Sample form for updating the state of the scenario analysis.

5.  Update the state from **Requested** to **Approved**.

6.  In the scenario analysis form, select **Save**.

    As a plan approver, you've approved the scenario analysis as shown in the following example.

    \[Omitted image "plan-approved-sca.png"\] Alt text: Scenario analysis that is approved.