> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.menaia.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Submit and approve > Submit a finished job plan for review, then review and approve it so the job is ready to schedule. Once a plan is built, it goes through two quick steps before the job can be scheduled. First the planner **submits** the plan for review. Then a reviewer opens it, checks it over, and **approves** it. This page walks through both sides. Submitting and approving are separate actions, often done by different people. The planner submits; a reviewer approves. If you do both yourself, just follow the page top to bottom. ## Submit a plan for review When a plan is ready, you submit it from the **Job Planner** screen. You can get there from the **Job Plan** tab on the job's project page by choosing **Continue Planning** (or **Create Plan** if you're starting fresh). ### Make sure the plan is complete The **Submit Plan** button only turns on once everything the plan needs is in place. Until then it stays greyed out. To make it active: If the job has crew notes, open the **Important Notices** section and confirm them. The plan can't be submitted while a notice is still waiting to be acknowledged. A plan needs at least one day. Each day must be filled out completely — its sections should all be marked done. Every work order item has to be fully allocated across your plan days. If any quantity is left over, the plan isn't ready and submitting is blocked. Make sure at least one crew member is requested for the work. Not ready to submit? Use **Save Draft** (shown as **Save as draft** on mobile) at any time. Your work is kept and the plan stays a draft, so you can come back and finish later. ### Click Submit Plan When everything checks out, the **Submit Plan** button becomes active. Press **Submit Plan**. On mobile it's the button at the bottom of the screen. The plan is saved and sent for review, and you're taken back to your jobs list. After submitting, the job moves to **Pending Review** and the plan shows as **Plan Complete**, along with who submitted it and when. From here it's the reviewer's turn. If something's still missing, submitting will tell you exactly what to fix — for example, a remaining quantity to allocate, an unconfirmed crew note, or a missing crew member. Resolve the message and try again. ## Review and approve a plan A submitted plan waits for a reviewer to approve it. Reviewing is done from the jobs list. In your jobs list, look for jobs in the **Pending Review** stage. You can filter to that stage using the tabs at the top of the list. A job that's waiting on you shows a **Review Plan** action. Choose it to open the plan. The plan opens in a read-only view that shows **Submitted By** and the date. Read through the days, the work that's been assigned, and the requested crew. If something needs changing, choose **Edit Plan** to open it for edits. ### Approve the plan When the plan looks good, you sign off by moving the job forward to the next stage. On the job in your jobs list, open the status control next to the job (it shows the current stage, **Pending Review**). Choose **Requires Scheduling**. This advances the job past review. You'll see a short confirmation that the status was updated. The job is now in **Requires Scheduling**; the plan itself keeps showing **Plan Complete**, with who submitted it and when. Changing a job's stage is permission-controlled. If the status control is unavailable for you, your team's setup doesn't allow you to advance this job — ask whoever handles approvals for your branch. Once the job is in **Requires Scheduling**, it's ready for scheduling. Its action becomes **Schedule Job**, and the plan is the basis for the work. ## What's next See how a plan comes together — days, work assignments, and crew requests — before you submit it. Track every job by stage, from Pending Review to Requires Scheduling and beyond.