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title: Set up approvals for your activities
description: Learn how to use the Approvals app to make sure customers have the right skills or qualifications before they book certain activities.
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# Set up approvals for your activities

## Learn how to use the Approvals app to make sure customers have the right skills or qualifications before they book certain activities.

Some activities are only right for customers with certain skills or experience. The Approvals app lets you mark activities as requiring approval, so only customers your team has approved can book them.

You can use it to check skills, such as "Advanced climbing" or "RYA Level 2 Sailing", or to build a progression through your courses.

Approvals is free to use and currently in beta, so we're continuing to add to it. If you'd like a hand getting set up, contact our team at [**help@eola.co**](mailto:help@eola.co).

**Switch on Approvals**

1. Go to Toolset -\> Apps
2. Select 'Approvals'
3. Select 'Add to eola' and confirm if prompted

**Create approval types**

Go to Toolset -\> Policies -\> Approvals and create the approval types you need, such as "Advanced climbing" or "RYA Level 2 Sailing".

**Add approvals to a product**

1. Go to Products and select the product
2. Open the Options tab
3. Select the approval types needed to book this product
4. Save your changes

When a customer books a product that requires approval, they're prompted to request the approvals they need. They can book once your team has approved them.

**Helpful tips:**

- Use names your team and customers will recognise, such as qualification levels
- Explain in the activity description what customers need to be approved for
- Make sure instructors know how to approve customers after a session

**Related guides**

- [Approve a customer](https://help.eola.co/approve-a-customer?hsLang=en)
- [Create an activity](https://help.eola.co/create-an-activity?hsLang=en)
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