Run a review
An end-to-end walkthrough — create a review, add items and reviewers, cast votes and request changes, and track it to completion.
This guide takes a review from setup to a recorded decision. It uses the universal item actions from Working with items — including Send for Review straight from an item — and focuses on running a full review session. For the concepts behind each step, see Creating a review session, Participating in a review, and Workload & status.
Create the review
Before you start Know what you're reviewing and who should weigh in. For a quick start, you can also right-click an item and choose Send for Review.
- Start a new review and choose the type — Peer review for feedback, or Approval review when sign-off is required.
- Add the items in scope.
- Add reviewers — Add from your organization, search by name or email, or Invite by Email — and set a Moderator.
- Set the rules: the Vote label, Votes per user, and Required approvals to complete.
- Add instructions or context for reviewers, check the Review Summary, and choose Create Review.
Result The review opens and reviewers are notified. It moves from Draft to Active, and you can track it in the Review Center.
Participate
Before you start Open the review assigned to you from the Review Center.
- Work through the items in scope and read the context the moderator provided.
- Leave comments where you have feedback or concerns.
- Cast your vote — Approve, Request Changes, or Reject.
Result Your decision and comments are recorded against the items, visible to the moderator and the other reviewers.
Track & complete
- As moderator, watch progress against the required approvals.
- If a reviewer is unavailable or the review stalls, Escalate it to the right person.
- Once the required votes are in and changes are addressed, close the review.
Result The review reaches Completed with a full record of who reviewed what, what they decided, and when. See Workload & status for tracking across many reviews.
Note A review gathers feedback and decisions; a formal, regulated sign-off with an electronic signature is an approval. The two often work together — a review precedes the approval gate.
Where to go next
When a record needs a formal, signed sign-off, see Sign an approval.