--- title: "Thesaurus Approval" canonical: "https://support.soutron.net/space/HG/3278744/Thesaurus%20Approval" format: markdown --- Whenever a user attempts to make a change to a thesaurus, by adding, editing or deleting a term, the change must be approved by a user of the appropriate role. --- **To access Thesaurus Approval, select** **Thesaurus > Thesaurus Approval**. # Approving Thesaurus Changes Upon navigating to Thesaurus Approval, the following page will be displayed: ![image](media://0b68cad4-6ebb-41a3-96b5-c442fde5f73c) By default, all changes are listed from oldest to newest. You can filter the list of changes in one of two ways, or a combination of both. 1. By typing a key word into the "Filter" box and pressing the "Enter" key, the system will filter out all changes not containing the word entered. 2. By selecting a thesaurus from the drop down box, only changes that match the thesaurus will be listed. Once a change has been chosen, click **View** next to the corresponding change. The following screen will be displayed: ![image](media://f81f9c85-2ac5-47b9-8a13-91ce64d74fef) Underneath "Outstanding Decisions" will be a brief description of what has changed.  For a more in-depth look at what has changed, selecting each of the tabs will present a "before and after" comparison of the particular entry. Once a decision has been made for the change: 1. Select the **Summary** tab. 2. Select whether you Approve, Reject or are Undecided about the change. 3. Write a comment in the **Comments** box if desired. 4. Click **Update** from the **Actions** menu. # Editing a change waiting to be approved By clicking **Edit** next to the corresponding change rather than view, a new window will open. This will allow you to make amendments to the requested change. Information regarding the creation and editing of terms is available in [**Thesaurus Search**](https://soutron.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/HG/pages/3278725).