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title: Action or dismiss a savings opportunity
description: Convert a savings opportunity into a pipeline project, or dismiss it with a reason.
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product: Sourcing and Procurement Operations
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# Action or dismiss a savings opportunity

Convert a savings opportunity into a pipeline project, or dismiss it with a reason.

When a savings opportunity is created, it has an **Open** status by default. After reviewing the opportunity in the Now Assist Panel, the opportunity moves to one of two outcomes:

-   **Closed**: The user accepts the opportunity. A pipeline project is created from the opportunity and linked to it, moving it into the sourcing pipeline for execution.
-   **Dismissed**: The user rejects the opportunity and provides a reason. The card is removed from the Potential savings opportunities page and the dismissal reason is saved on the opportunity record.

**Note:** After an opportunity is closed or dismissed, the action is not reversible.

-   **[Review a savings opportunity and create a pipeline project](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/sourcing-and-procurement-operations/savings-opportunity-create-pipeline.md)**  
Open a savings opportunity discovered by the Savings Opportunity Discovery agentic workflow and create a pipeline project that tracks the savings.
-   **[Dismiss a savings opportunity](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/sourcing-and-procurement-operations/savings-opportunity-dismiss.md)**  
Reject a savings opportunity that you do not intend to pursue, recording who dismissed it, when, and why so it stays on record for auditing.

**Parent Topic:**[Using Spend and Savings Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/sourcing-and-procurement-operations/using-spend-mgmt.md)

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