The Approvals tab in StreamWork’s main navigation gives you a complete view of every approval routing across all projects in your account—plus a dedicated section to easily access all review links you’ve created or been invited to review.
To access the Approvals tab:
1. In the main navigation panel on the left side of your StreamWork account, click "Approvals."
2. The Approvals dashboard will open, showing all approval routings you have access to across every project in your account.
3. Use the filter and search tools to quickly locate approvals:
- Project: Filter by the project where the approval lives.
- Deadline: Filter by due date or use quick selects (Today, Tomorrow, Next Week, Next Month).
- Status: Filter by overall approval status: In Review, Approved, Changes Required, or Approved with Feedback.
Note: This shows the overall approval status for all media in the routing. For media-level status, click into the approval for a detailed view.
- Manager: Filter by designated approval managers.
- Created date: Filter by when the approval was created, with quick selects like Today, Yesterday, Last Week, Last Month.
In addition to powerful filters, StreamWork also offers Search and sort options.
How to open and review an individual approval:
1. In the dashboard, click the approval routing name (or anywhere on its row). A gray hover highlight shows the row is clickable.
2. A detailed approval dashboard will appear, displaying:
- Media routed for approval
- All stages in the workflow
- Due dates and deadlines
- Approval managers
- Overall status and progress
3. To see review status for a specific media file, click the row for that file. This opens a detail tray showing:
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Which version was routed
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Stages and assigned reviewers
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Reviewer activity (opened link, comments, decisions)
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Status across all stages
Tip: Use the Approvals dashboard for a high-level overview, then click into rows for media-level insights and reviewer activity.
To access all review links you've generated:
1. To access a list of all review links you've generated, navigate to the "Review approvals" tab from within the Approvals area in the main navigation. This tab contains all review links you’ve generated as an approval manager. It also shows any review links you’ve been invited to as a reviewer.
2. Click on any review link to open it. From here, you’ll be able to:
- View all media included in the review.
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Leave comments, annotations, or decisions (if your reviewer permissions allow).
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Track your own activity alongside other reviewers.
Tip: The Review Approvals tab is the fastest way to stay on top of all your active and past review links without needing to hunt through individual projects.