My Approvals

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All requests for profile checkout, existing profile access, profile creation, and secret access to be approved by the user are listed here. 

  1. Log in to Britive.
  2. Click on My Approvals from the navigation menu to manage the requests that need approval.
  3. You can filter the list of approvals by selecting the duration and/or filtering the approvals by 
    1. Pending Approvals
    2. Active Approvals: Approvals that are within the limit of approval expiry duration.
    3. All Approvals
  4. You can select one or multiple active approvals and click Revoke Access to revoke them. Approvals can be revoked for various reasons, which include: the request was approved by mistake, the requester submitted an incorrect access request that was approved, or the approver determines that the approval is no longer necessary.
  5. The following details are shown:
    • Request ID: Unique identifier of the request
    • Requested Date
    • Type: Profile Access, Create Profile, Profile Checkout, Secrets Manager
    • Resource:  Application Name:Profile Name. In case of a secret, a resource is a SecretPath.
    • Approver Group
    • Reviewed By
    • Justification: provided by the requester while sending a request
    • Requester: Name of requester
    • Status:
      • Approved: The request is already approved by the approver(s).
      • Pending: Click on the information icon to view the details of a profile before approving or rejecting this request.
      • Revoked: The approver or anyone from the approver groups revoked the request.
      • Rejected: The approver rejected this request.
      • Expired: The approver did not approve the request within the specified time, or the validity of this request expired.
      • Withdrawn: The request is withdrawn by the requester. 
    • Action: You can manage, revoke, or view any request. In the case of an email with a magic link, the approver clicks the link received in the email to either approve or reject the request without logging in.
      • Click on the View Request icon to view more details about the approval request, such as profile details, and review the approver groups to figure out who approved or rejected the request for Profile Access and Create Profile request types.
      • Click on the Manage Request icon to approve or reject a request. 
      • Click on the Revoke Access icon to revoke approved or active approvals. Select the End user's active sessions associated with these approvals if you want to end all active sessions for this approval. Enter the reason for revocation and click Confirm.

Users can act on approvals from a mobile device by clicking on the specified link.

For Britive-managed permissions:

  • If the newly created  Britive-managed permission has warnings/suggestions, an approver can view the details and take appropriate action on the submitted request. The page displays a warning message on opening a request with a link to Permissions.
  • On clicking Permissions, the approver sees an icon that indicates Findings.
  • On clicking Findings, the approver sees the warnings/suggestions for the role creation requested by the user.