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title: "Approvals Assignment"
slug: "changing-owners-approvers"
updated: 2026-08-12T11:10:41Z
published: 2026-08-12T11:10:41Z
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> ## Documentation Index
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# Approvals Assignment

Panaya provides a [default approval workflow](/v1/docs/how-to-configure-the-approval-workflow) for incorporated in any newly created Release Dynamix Projects. This article explains how you can change **o****wners** and **a****pprovers** for an existing approval workflow.

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## Project Level Assignment

1. Hover over the **Overview tab** of your project and select **Project Details**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673252026008.png)
2. **Scroll down** to the **Approval Workflow section**
3. Find the **Approval Step** for which you wish to change the **Owner** or **Approver** and set the relevant **user.**

![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1639663410643.png)

**Good to Know!** Applied changes will only affect newly created Requirements, but you can easily change the Owner or Approver for a specific Requirement only - see below.

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## **Changing Owners and Approvers for Selected Requirements**

From within a Project -

1. Click on the **Development** / **Requirements / Workstreams / Workspace tab** in your Panaya project.![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673252102062.png)
2. Select one or more **Requirements** / **Features**
3. Click on **Approval Workflow** and select to **Assign Step to Owner** or **Assign Step to Approver**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1677683875767.png)
4. Define the **Approval Step** for which you wish to change the **Owner** or **Approver** and set the relevant **user**  
**![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673252197936.png)**
5. Click **OK**

**Good to Know!** You can change the [default approval workflow](/v1/docs/how-to-configure-the-approval-workflow) and then [align any existing development items](/v1/docs/how-to-align-existing-requirements-to-the-new-approval-workflow-definitions).

## Related

- [Portfolio List](/portfolio-list.md)
- [Approval Status Risk Indicators](/approval-status-risk-indicators.md)
- [Creating New Projects](/creating-new-projects.md)
- [Creating New Releases](/how-to-create-a-new-release.md)
- [The Projects & Releases View](/how-to-view-all-projects-and-releases-risk.md)
- [Release Risk Cockpit](/how-to-read-the-risk-cockpit-for-a-release.md)
- [Portfolio Planning Board](/portfolio-planning-board.md)