Work with Approval reports

If you need to know the approval details for a component, you can request that Inspire create a report for you. This report is also helpful if you want to include a list of all topics the source component references, and their state of approvals. You can create a report for a single component, multiple selected components, or for a map in the Components browser.

Tips and tricks

  • You don't need any special permissions to generate an approval report.
  • The component doesn't have to be approved (, ) to generate an approval report.
    • Draft components are marked as such in the report.

  • The component's lock can be in any state (, , , ) to generate an approval report.

  • You can run a report on just one component.

  • You can run a report on multiple components.
    • Use the components browser to select the checkbox for each component you want a report on
    • In the Selected Components panel, select the Reports menu, and then select Approval report...

    • You see a separate notification for each component you select.

    • You get a separate report for each component you select.

      View an Approval report for multiple components

  • The report includes the following information:
    • Report Date
    • Name of Component (file name of component) State
    • Last Updated Date
    • Last Updated By
    • Signed Date (or NOT SIGNED)
    • Signed By
    • Reason
  • You can create multiple reports for selected components at once. Follow the steps in: View an Approval report for multiple components.

If you want a report in the form of a CSV file, you can select one or multiple components from the browser, and on the Selected Components panel, use the Save as CSV button. For more information, read Save a CSV list of approved components.