---
title: Approval Record widget
description: The Approval Record widget shows the full record for an approval including the activity stream. You can use this base system widget as-is in your portal or clone it to suit your own business needs.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/platform-user-interface/service-portal/approval-record-widget.html
release: australia
product: Service Portal
classification: service-portal
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Example widgets, Widget library, Using portal widgets, Configuring Service Portal, Service Portal, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Approval Record widget

The Approval Record widget shows the full record for an approval including the activity stream. You can use this base system widget as-is in your portal or clone it to suit your own business needs.

\[Omitted image "WidgetApprovalRecord.png"\] Alt text: Approval Record widget showing all of the information available about the approval including comments by the requestor.

## Instance options

The approval record widget does not include instance options.

**Parent Topic:**[Example widgets](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-user-interface/service-portal/sp-example-widgets.md)

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