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We’ve started our Summertime Fun and I’m entering events as we have them. I’ve entered for all our scouts but I’m running into a problem with an AOL, my own child. I get an error message of “User cannot approve requirement.” I am the den leader for the AOL Den as well as a Key Three, so I’m not sure why I can’t approve the requirement.
In the old SB we had an option to run a report of items that had been recorded as complete but not approved and you could mass approve them all or approve individually. I haven’t been able to find that in SBP. I played around with it and I marked one of my den members as complete for a requirement, but not approved, to see if I could find a report option to view items that need approval, however I still couldn’t find it. Is that an option on the new SBP? Sometimes Den Leaders forget to check “Mark as Approved/Recorded” when they enter advancements, and that report was helpful so I didn’t have to go to each individual scout’s record to see what needs approval.
There is a known issue where leaders cannot approve advancement for their own children. The developers are aware and working on a fix. An announcement will be posted in the change log forum when this is fixed.
Try removing your Scout then approving again then have another leader approve for your Scout.
Thank you! I unchecked the “Approve/Record” and it saved it. I’ll have the CC approve it for me. I appreciate your help!
I was able to approve the Knife Safety elective he did this past weekend.
I will look for the change log forum to keep an eye on an update.
Is there a way to run a report to see what needs to be approved? Or do we have to go into each individual scout’s record to see if things need approval?
Ok, thank you. I checked the Pending Items Tab when I was playing around with it and the requirement I only marked as recorded and not approved didn’t show up, but I didn’t hit ‘refresh’ on my page, which I’m finding I need to do for things to show up. I bet that’s why. I’ll keep playing with it and test it out. Thanks so much for the quick reply. Is there a known date of when SB will be officially done?
I just marked part of an adventure as recoreded but not approved. I have refreshed my page and it is still not showing up under Pending Items. It is however showing up as needing approval in old SB with I run a Need Approval Report. Any other suggestions on how I can fix that?
Sorry to bother you again. It’s been a day and the adventures I marked off but didn’t approve are still not showing up in Pending Items. Thinking it was a problem with my account I asked our CC to check and they do not appear for her either. I can see Pending Items for my older son’s Troop that I am a volunteer for as well, but not a Key Three for them, so I am able to see Pending Items. They’re just not showing up for my Pack. I can see them through the old SB Needs Approval Report, but was hoping I could use just one platform, but I may be getting ahead of myself! Thanks so much for all your help!
Still no Pending Items in SB+ in an incognito or normal window. Any other suggestions? I don’t mind using old SB to run the Needs Approval Report, but if this is a bug, can I/we report it anywhere? Thanks!
