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title: "Aligning Requirements to a new Approval Workflow"
slug: "how-to-align-existing-requirements-to-the-new-approval-workflow-definitions"
updated: 2023-03-01T15:17:41Z
published: 2023-03-01T15:17:41Z
canonical: "success.panaya.com/how-to-align-existing-requirements-to-the-new-approval-workflow-definitions"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://success.panaya.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Aligning Requirements to a new Approval Workflow

**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-1673251015332.png)
2. Click the **Select Columns** button to add the **Approval** **Configuration** field![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673250935090.png)![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1673250966212.png)
3. Use [grouping](/v1/docs/how-to-sort-filter-group-development-activities) and **select the development items you wish to align** with the newly updated Approval Workflow
4. Click on the **Approval Workflow** button and select to **Apply Configuration to Selection** or to **All**  
By applying to **All**, all the requirements in the list (all pages) will be updated.![](https://cdn.document360.io/f404076c-de23-4609-848e-2dfd4ef701b0/Images/Documentation/image-1677683857983.png)

Use the [Approval Status Progress report](/v1/docs/how-to-track-and-monitor-the-overall-project-or-release-readiness) to track and monitor the [overall Project or Release readiness](/v1/docs/how-to-track-and-monitor-the-overall-project-or-release-readiness)[](/v1/docs/how-to-track-and-monitor-the-overall-project-or-release-readiness)**[](/v1/docs/how-to-track-and-monitor-the-overall-project-or-release-readiness)**

## Related

- [Approvals](/how-to-configure-the-approval-workflow.md)
- [Approvals Assignment](/changing-owners-approvers.md)
- [Mass Approving Requirements & Features](/how-to-approve-multiple-requirements.md)
- [Overall Project and Release Readiness](/how-to-track-and-monitor-the-overall-project-or-release-readiness.md)
- [Monitoring Requirements Approval](/how-to-monitor-requirements-approval.md)
- [Approval Status Risk Indicators](/approval-status-risk-indicators.md)