Submit for approval

Published

June 5, 2025

When you’re ready, verify your model’s status, and then submit your model documentation or validation report for approval.

Prerequisites

You are logged in to ValidMind.
The model you are documenting is registered in the model inventory.¹
The approval workflow has been configured by an administrator.²
You are a Developer or Validator, or assigned another role with sufficient permissions to perform the tasks in this guide.³

To configure workflow states and transitions, you must have sufficient workflow permissions.

By default, the Customer Admin role has these permissions.

In the left sidebar, click Inventory.
Select a model or find your model by applying a filter or searching for it.⁴
On the landing page of your model, locate the model status section:
- Click See Workflow to open the detailed workflow associated with that model.
- The current workflow state will be highlighted on this detail view.
Summary view of example workflow steps for a model

Hover over a workflow step to view an animation of the steps connecting to and from that step.

While your lifecycle statuses and workflows are custom to your organization, some examples are:

In Documentation — The model is currently being documented and can be submitted for validation next.
In Validation — The model is currently being validated and can be submitted for review and then approval.

For you to be able to transition a model through the approval workflow, you must have completed all the previous required workflow steps.

For example, you cannot submit a validation report for review until the model documentation itself has been submitted.

In the left sidebar, click Inventory.
Select a model or find your model by applying a filter or searching for it.⁵
If an action is available to your role, you’ll see it listed under your model status on the model’s landing page.
- Click to open up the transition panel for your selected action. This arrow will be followed by the action name.
- Enter your notes and any other additional inventory fields⁶ then click Submit.

While your lifecycle statuses and workflows are custom to your organization, some examples are:

To submit model documentation for validation — Click Ready for Validation to indicate that a model developer has completed the initial model documentation and is ready to have it validated. Add any notes that need to be included and then click Ready for Validation.
To submit validation reports for review and approval — Click Ready for Review to indicate that you have completed your initial model validation report, fill in the mandatory notes, and submit.
To request revisions to model documentation or validation reports — Click Request Revision, fill in the mandatory notes to explain the changes that are required, and submit.
To have your model documentation and validation report approved — Click Ready for Approval, fill in the mandatory notes, and submit.