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title: Approving Change
slug: helium-en/approving-change
description: Learn how the Change Advisory Board (CAB) can easily approve or reject changes with a majority voting rule. Access the change management menu, select changes for approval, and save the decision using the step-by-step instructions in this document. Discove
createdAt: 2021-10-19T00:33:06.000Z
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This functionality allows the <font color="#2166ae">**Change Advisory Board**</font> to approve or reject the change.

To approve a change, pay attention to the configuration of **parameter 303** "**RFC voting using the absolute majority rule (50% + 1) (Values: “Y” or “N”, Default: “Y”)**", where the "**Y**" value defines the change approval when there is more than 50% of the CAB approval and the "**N**" value defines the change approval when there is 100% of CAB approval.

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Only members of the "**Change Advisory Board**" (**CAB**) can approve the change.&#x20;
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## Before getting started

- [x] To approve or not a change, it's necessary to define that the group to which the user is registered will have the value equal to "**YES**" for the Change Advisory Board;
- [x] It is also necessary that the non-emergency or standard (Normal) flow types, and "**workflow permissions**" of the group of which the user is part are enabled.

## Procedure

1. Access the main menu `Processes > Change Management > Change`;
2. Click on the first icon on the left side of the screen (placed next to the word "**Change**") and then on "**Requests for voting**";
3. Click on the change you want. To view it, click on the icon of the same name.
4. To register the approval or rejection, click on the icon "**Voting**", and select the better option for your scenario and provide the necessary information;
5. Click on "**Save**".