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Review a JODA draft before it changes JobBuddy

Distinguish an answer from a proposed write, inspect the exact draft, revise or reject it, and apply only the live current approval. Follow the current customer-facing workflow and verify access, status, and resulting records before continuing.

6 min read Updated Standard user with target permission, manager, company admin

Before you begin

  • Audience: Standard user with target permission, manager, company admin.
  • JODA produced a structured draft
  • user has permission for the target mutation
  • approval is live/not superseded
  • required fields pass validation.

JODA conversation approval card in overlay/full-screen; related record may also appear in Approvals (#/approvals) where applicable

Review a JODA draft before it changes JobBuddy

  1. Open the workspace

    In JobBuddy, go to JODA conversation approval card in overlay/full-screen; related record may also appear in Approvals (#/approvals) where applicable.

  2. Confirm access and starting state

    JODA produced a structured draft; user has permission for the target mutation; approval is live/not superseded; required fields pass validation.

  3. Complete the main setup

    Remember: ordinary answers and previews do not change data.

  4. Review the important choices

    Review card summary/details, inspect target and before/after, revise through conversation, approve/reject/cancel, superseded/stale cards, applying indicator/result, failed apply, reopening the source record, and duplicate-click protection.

  5. Check status and follow-up

    Review only the tools available to your role; access differs across items, estimates, expenses, invoices, payments, catalog, forms, routes, Skills, and Automations.

  6. Verify the result

    Distinguish an answer from a proposed write, inspect the exact draft, revise or reject it, and apply only the live current approval.

    Expected result: Distinguish an answer from a proposed write, inspect the exact draft, revise or reject it, and apply only the live current approval.

Troubleshooting

The page, control, or action is unavailable.

Confirm the required access and starting state: JODA produced a structured draft; user has permission for the target mutation; approval is live/not superseded; required fields pass validation.

The result is incomplete or unexpected.

Draft creation, approval-card visibility, live versus stale/superseded approvals, target permission, validation, signature/review data, apply status, retries, and idempotency determine whether anything changed.

The issue remains after checking the record.

Capture the exact visible error, record status, approximate time, and intended result. Give support only the minimum customer-safe evidence needed to trace the problem.

What happens next

  • Distinguish an answer from a proposed write, inspect the exact draft, revise or reject it, and apply only the live current approval.
  • Review the resulting record, status, notifications, and related history before continuing downstream work.
  • Use the related guide when the next action belongs to another JobBuddy workflow.
Open JobBuddy