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# Creating change approval policies

# Creating change approval policies {#ariaid-title1}

* Versão de lançamento: Australia
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* Atualizado 12 de mar. de 2026
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 min. de leitura

Use the change approval policy to create change approval definitions and the change
approval policy workflow to control the approval process for a change request.
* **[Create approval definitions](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/tLhGph_T9ieq3DHSM2_UGw)**   
  Use approval definitions to define a set of criteria that are evaluated automatically before the policy is marked as approved.
* **[Create change approval policies](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Vd9xS2Dg4MFQl3kB~hAsvg)**   
  Use a change approval policy to define approvals that should be generated for your change.
* **[Change Approval Policy workflow activity](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/pooM5Fh5VOS~fOTfT8R3zA)**   
  Use the Change Approval Policy workflow activity to control the approval process for a change request by creating user and group approvals according to a change approval policy record. Multiple activities can be used in a workflow, where each activity can reference the same or different Change Approval Policies.
* **[Use the Change Approval Policy workflow activity](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/DFeNDGOV~xNqyP9evYILfg)**   
  Apply your Change Policy in your Change Request workflow to manage the approvals.
* **[Use the Apply Change Approval Policy flow action](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Hhp7ikTZK0RxxfKsP2YB~w)**   
  Apply your change approval policy in the Change Management Workflow Studio action to control the approval process for a change request. You can create user and group approvals according to a change approval policy record.
* **[Create a Change approval policy using decision builder](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/5HaCtld2u6dc~faUiouejA)**   
  Create a change approval policy using the Change approval policy decision builder to define the approvals that should be generated for your change.