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# Understand Approvals by Role Type

## What This Does

This guide explains how approval policies work when approvers are selected by organization role, team role, or additional direct users.

## Approval Role Types

Approval policies may use:

* organization-level roles
* team-level roles
* additional explicit approvers

## How Organization-level Roles Work

Use organization-level roles when the same type of approver should be eligible across the organization.

Examples:

* organization admin
* governance lead
* compliance reviewer

## How Team-level Roles Work

Use team-level roles when the approver should come from the team associated with the record.

Examples:

* team admin
* team lead
* delivery manager for the owning team

## How Additional Approvers Work

Use additional direct approvers when a specific person must also be included for a particular policy or rule.

## Steps to Review Approval Behavior

1. Open the approval policy.
2. Review the subject type.
3. Review the approver roles listed.
4. Check whether the roles are organization-scoped or team-scoped.
5. Confirm minimum approvers.
6. Review any extra approvers added through automation rules.

## Tips

* Use organization roles for broad governance paths.
* Use team roles for operational ownership.
* Keep approval design simple where possible.