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title: Add an approver to review a change request
description: Add a group member, or approver, manually to your approval group to review your Operational Technology \(OT\) change request.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/operational-technology/operational-technology-change-management/select\_an\_approval\_group.html
release: australia
product: Operational Technology Change Management
classification: operational-technology-change-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Operational Technology change approval, Use, Operational Technology Change Management, Operational Technology]
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# Add an approver to review a change request

Add a group member, or approver, manually to your approval group to review your Operational Technology \(OT\) change request.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **User Administration** > **Groups**.

2.  From the Groups list, select the **OT Change Default Approvers** group.

3.  Select the Group Members related list.

4.  Select **Edit**.

5.  In the Collection list, select the members that you want to add to the approval group.

6.  Move the selected members to the OT Change Default Approvers list by using the middle arrows.

7.  Select **Save**.


## Result

New members have been added to your approval group. Now, the approval group can review your change request.

Once you complete the Initiate and Plan stages of your OT change request in the Advanced OT Change Model playbook, you can request an approval in the Approve stage. The member or members in your approval group must open the change request record to approve it in the Industrial Workspace using either of the following methods.

-   In the change request record, select the **Approvers** tab and change the **State** field from **Requested** to the appropriate option.
-   In the **Playbook** tab, select the Approve stage and change the **State** field from **Requested** to the appropriate option.

**Parent Topic:**[Operational Technology change approval](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/operational-technology-change-management/ot-change-approval.md)