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title: "Approval of inventory journals"
slug: "approval-of-inventory-journals"
tags: ["Life Sciences", "Supply Chain Management"]
updated: 2026-06-25T10:24:11Z
published: 2026-06-25T10:24:11Z
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# Approval of inventory journals

Inventory journals (for example, transfer, profit/loss, movement, counting) can be used for different purposes, including routine activities such as inventory adjustment or GMP-critical activities such as changing item codes. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain Management allows the configuration of approval workflows to manage multiple approval steps for inventory journals.

For actions that do not require multiple approvers to play a role, Life Sciences Supply Chain Management allows identifying inventory journals that require approval by setting the **Approval status** field in the **Inventory journal names** form (**Inventory management > Setup > Journal names > Inventory**) as follows:

- **Not required** if the journal can be posted without approval.
- **Pending** if the journal requires approval before being posted.

When users create a new inventory journal, its **Approval status** is defaulted based on the selected journal **Name**. When it is set to **Pending**, an authorized user must update its value to **Approved** before the journal can be posted.