[Event Follow-Up] Understanding Unified Approvals: Direction, Reporting, and What’s Next – 3/26/26 | Community
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LeslieSpier
Adobe Employee
LeslieSpierAdobe Employee
Adobe Employee
March 26, 2026

[Event Follow-Up] Understanding Unified Approvals: Direction, Reporting, and What’s Next – 3/26/26

  • March 26, 2026
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A HUGE thank you to ​@MikeEngel  for sharing all his knowledge on the Unified Approvals transition! We realize there were a lot of unanswered questions from the chat so we are working on a consolidated Q&A that we’ll post here later, as well as discussing additional webinars to address these! 

 

As discussed today, access to Unified Approvals will be based on your Workfront contract renewal date, but if you want to get access earlier, reach out to your account team to see if you can recontract early!

 

Below are a summary, links to the slide deck, recording, and resources!

 

Senior Product Manager Mike Engel shared updates on the new Unified Approvals experience, bringing enhanced review and collaboration tools for both video and non-video assets. Mike demo’d the new experience, including annotation and collaboration tools. He also discussed the transition, which will allow teams to adopt it in stages (using both legacy and new approvals, as needed) as well as potential future capabilities.

 

 

Resources from the chat:

 

➡Let’s hear from you! What are you most excited for with the new unified approvals experience? What questions do you still have?

    4 replies

    Lyndsy-Denk
    Community Advisor
    Lyndsy-DenkCommunity Advisor
    Community Advisor
    March 27, 2026

    Much like the AMAs we’ve had not too long ago, this is a great thread for those to ask additional questions. Some admins are already in the Unified Approvals and can probably chime in with their experiences.

     

    One major clarification I took away from the event: Unified Approvals is already launched and there are updates and new features rolling out regularly. So why don’t you have it? Instances won’t have the option in their Setup area to turn it on until they sign a new contract. If you want to initiate this sooner, contact your account representative.

      RuthMo2
      RuthMo2
      Level 2
      March 27, 2026

      For those registered for Understanding Unified Approvals: Direction, Reporting, and What’s Next, would you be interested in follow‑up working sessions to unpack the upcoming approval workflow changes? Looking to exchange implications, open questions, and practical change‑management strategies—comment or react if you’d like to participate or suggest discussion topics.

        KristenS_WF
        KristenS_WF
        Level 7
        March 27, 2026

        I was unable to attend, but I just listened to the recording.  My question surrounds reporting and the API.  We’re currently working on a process to extract info on proofs (e.g., reviewer role, reviewer decision) through the Workfront Proof connector in Fusion and update a custom document form where the info can then be accessed through regular Workfront reporting and in Power BI via an API call.

        I just tested out the Unified Approval process in our sandbox preview environment.  I see that the API Explorer lists a Document Approval object and shows Approvals as a collection under the Document object.  I used a Custom API Call module in Fusion to search for my test document and show the Approvals collection.  The call ran without error, but the Approvals array shows as empty.

        I know some approval information is available via Canvas Dashboards--we’re in the beta, and I played around a bit, but the builder is difficult to navigate and the report result was underwhelming.

        What is the timeline for making the Document Approvals object API fully functional and reportable?  The switch to Unified Approvals is a non-starter for us until this is implemented.  Thanks.

        K
        KristenSw
        Level 2
        March 27, 2026

        I’m seeing from earlier posts that DOCAPL is actually for an older Document Approval object--so nothing yet for Unified Approvals?  Customers who renew from Jan 1 onward must use Unified Approvals, but the reporting supporting this change is stuck in beta?

        LeslieSpier
        Adobe Employee
        LeslieSpierAdobe EmployeeAuthor
        Adobe Employee
        March 27, 2026

        🔥🔥Hot off the press! Our writing team just added a new article in the documentation (will also add to the resources in the main post above)!

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