# How to Approve Assessment?

Approving an assessment completes the quality check process and makes the assessment available to the operator for viewing feedback.

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## When It Will Be Useful
- AI assessment review is completed and necessary adjustments are made.
- You need to make the assessment available to the operator for viewing.
- You need to complete the quality check process and record the final result.

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## What's Important to Know
- **Approval** — finalization of the quality check process.
- **Assessment status** — after approval, status changes from "evaluated" to "approved".
- **Operator availability** — after approval, the assessment becomes available to the operator in the "My Assessments" section.
- **Changes** — before approval, all changes are automatically saved.

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## Before You Start
- [x] You are logged in with QA Lead or QA Specialist rights.
- [x] You have an assessment open with "evaluated" status.
- [x] You have reviewed and adjusted (if needed) AI criterion assessments.

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## Step-by-Step Instructions

### 1. Open Assessment Details

1. In the **Quality Assurance** module, go to the **"Assessments"** section.
2. Find the needed assessment in the list and click on it.
3. The **"Assessment Details"** page opens with dialogue transcript and interactive checklist.

### 2. Review Assessment

1. Review the dialogue transcript and check all criteria.
2. If needed, make adjustments to AI assessments (see [Adjust AI assessments](/en/quality_assurance/how-to/adjust-ai-assessment.md)).
3. Verify that all changes are saved.

### 3. Approve Assessment

1. After completing the review, click the **"Approve Assessment"** button (or **"Save Changes and Approve"** if there were changes).
2. If there were criterion changes, the system shows a confirmation modal with information:
   - Number of changed criteria.
   - Final assessment score.
3. Review the information and confirm approval.
4. The system shows a loading indicator during approval.

### 4. Confirm Approval

1. In the confirmation modal, review information about changes.
2. Click the **"Confirm"** or **"Approve"** button.
3. The system makes a request to approve the assessment.

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## What Happens After

The assessment is approved:
- Assessment status changes from "evaluated" to "approved".
- All changes are saved (criterion adjustments, QA comments).
- The final score is fixed and displayed in the assessment.
- The assessment becomes available to the operator in the "My Assessments" section.
- The operator can view the dialogue transcript, criteria with assessments, and QA comments.

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## How to Verify Everything Worked
- Check that the assessment status changed to "approved" in the Assessments list.
- Check that the assessment is displayed in the "My Assessments" list for the operator.
- Open the assessment as the operator and verify that all data is available for viewing.

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## Related Materials
- [View assessment details](/en/quality_assurance/how-to/view-assessment-details.md)
- [Adjust AI assessments](/en/quality_assurance/how-to/adjust-ai-assessment.md)
- [Create assessment](/en/quality_assurance/how-to/create-assessment.md)

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## Important Notes
- ✅ **Saving Changes**: Before approval, all changes are automatically saved — no need to separately save changes before approval.
- 📊 **Final Score**: The final score is automatically calculated based on all criterion assessments (including changes) — it is fixed after approval.
- 🔒 **Irreversibility**: After approval, the assessment is difficult to change — make sure all adjustments are made before approval.
- 👤 **Operator Availability**: After approval, the operator can view the assessment in read-only mode — they cannot change assessments but see all comments and feedback.