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title: Secret Data Vault Managerial Approval
slug: singleconnect-reference-guide-3-1-0/secret-data-vault-managerial-approval
description: Learn how to establish a seamless managerial approval process for user groups to access confidential information in this comprehensive guide. With easy-to-follow steps detailing how to navigate to the Policy Control section, select the Secret Data Vault A
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createdAt: 2022-07-31T14:59:49.000Z
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A managerial approval mechanism can be established for some user groups so that approvals are required to retrieve secret data. To set up an approval requirement for a user group:

1. Navigate to **Policy Control **> **Portal Functions**.
2. Open the **Realm Definition** tab.
3. Select the **Secret Data Vault Approval Requirement Function Group** and the **User Group** (The Secret Data Vault function group still needs to be included in the realm, so the users can see the Secret Data Vault portal), and click **Save**.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/g9cApVza9NIhSh0pjZYtA/l0RggCQIIL5wGwo1OiD6g_image.png "Portal Functions Realm for a Secret Data Approval Requirement Group")

When a user solicits access to secret data that requires administrator approval to retrieve, a **Secret Data Vault Approval Request **email is sent to the following users:

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  User groups with the **sc.secret.data.vault.admin** portal function (or Secret Data Vault Admin function group)
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  User groups with the FULL\_CONTROL permission for the Secret Data Vault Account for which the approval was requested for.