---
title: Requests and Approvals widget
description: Allow a user to refer to their open requests and approvals in the Service Catalog. 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/requests-and-approvals-widget.html
release: australia
product: Service Portal
classification: service-portal
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 4
breadcrumb: [Service Catalog widgets, Widget library, Using portal widgets, Configuring Service Portal, Service Portal, Configure UIs and portals, Configure user experiences]
---

# Requests and Approvals widget

Allow a user to refer to their open requests and approvals in the Service Catalog. You can use this base system widget as-is in your portal or clone it to suit your own business needs.

## Using the widget

The Requests and Approvals widgets includes two tabs: **My Requests** and **My Approvals**.

A user opens the My Requests tab to see data from the Task \[task\] table. If the user has opened any task record, such as an incident or a change request, the record is displayed in the widget.

\[Omitted image "requests-and-approvals.png"\] Alt text: My Requests tab

A user opens the My Approvals tab to see data from the Approvals \[sysapproval\_approver\] table. If the user has been assigned to approve a request, the approval record is displayed in the widget.

\[Omitted image "requests-and-approvals2.png"\] Alt text: My Approvals tab

If the user doesn't have any open requests or approvals, the widget remains hidden on the page.

## Instance options

The Requests and Approvals widget doesn't include instance options.

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

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