---
title: Monitor an approval plan
description: Monitor approval plans to understand how the overall approval process is progressing.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/view-approval-plan.html
release: australia
product: Accounts Payable Operations
classification: accounts-payable-operations
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [APO, Accounts Payable Operations, admin, invoice automation, APO Admin, approval plan]
breadcrumb: [Invoice approvals, Using Accounts Payable Invoice Processing, Use, Accounts Payable Operations, Finance and Supply Chain]
---

# Monitor an approval plan

Monitor approval plans to understand how the overall approval process is progressing.

## Before you begin

To monitor an approval plan, you must have already defined an approval rule. For more information on how to create approval rules, see [Create an approval rule](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/invoice-approval-rule.md). You can review and update the plans if required. Approval plans are not created manually.

Role required: admin

## About this task

The approval engine converts each approval rule into one or multiple approval plans. You can monitor approval plans to understand how the overall approval process is progressing, the routing and decision methods used, the list of approvers involved, the status of the approvals, the list of invoice lines the approval is planned for, and so on.

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Accounts Payable Operations** > **Administration** > **Approval plan**.

2.  Select a record.

3.  On the Approval Plan form, review the fields.

    For a description of the field values, see [Approval Plan form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/approval-plan-form.md).


## What to do next

Use the related lists of the Approval Plan form to view the approval plan details and approvers associated with this approval plan.

**Parent Topic:**[Invoice approvals](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/accounts-payable-operations/invoice-approvals.md)