> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.opal.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Delegate reviews

> Learn how to schedule delegated access request reviews.

If you're going on vacation or need to delegate reviews to other members of your organization for a set period, you can create a schedule to temporarily add additional reviewers to access requests.

> [!NOTE]
>
> On self-hosted Opal, delegated reviews are available on versions 1.1032.0 and later.

## Schedule delegated request reviews

Non-admin users can create delegations for themselves from their profile settings, while Opal Admins can create delegations for any user from **Inventory** > **Delegations** or via the API.

To create a delegated request review for yourself:

1. Select your profile in the lower left corner of the Opal dashboard, then **Settings** > **Delegates**.
2. Select **+ Reviewer Delegation** and enter one or more delegate users to add to reviews, a date range, and a reason for the delegation.

You can view and delete delegated reviews from the same page, select a delegation's start or end date to change it, and see schedules for reviews delegated to you.

![](https://mintcdn.com/opalsecurity/4Xj9diJ3E3kX-9Xd/images/docs/d803d69e957f8948fa5898e855ffc55764693fd7b7336d94a3e83d5f5fc22482-delegate-settings.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=4Xj9diJ3E3kX-9Xd\&q=85\&s=fc2f3ee71e80e7244e61836308cc9af9)

## Review delegated requests

Delegated access requests appear in the **Inbox** tab on the **Requests** page, as any other pending request, and the delegated reviewer is shown as **Delegated**.

Delegated reviewers are added as additional reviewers, not replacements.

## Manage delegations

Admins can create, view, edit the dates of, and delete all schedules for delegated reviews from **Inventory** > **Delegations**. When creating a delegation, admins can also attach an optional **Delegation Script** ([OpalScript delegation condition](https://docs.opal.dev/docs/opalscript-delegation-conditions.md)) to dynamically control which delegates are eligible for each request.

## Notifications and events

Delegated reviewers receive the same [notifications](https://docs.opal.dev/docs/notifications.md) as any other reviewer.

[Events](https://docs.opal.dev/docs/event-types.md) are logged when you create and delete delegation schedules. Access requests and revocation events include details in descriptions if reviews were delegated from another user.

## Manage delegations programmatically

Use the `/delegations` [endpoints](https://docs.opal.dev/api-reference/delegations/get-delegations.md) in the REST API and the delegations [resource](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/opalsecurity/opal/latest/docs/resources/delegation) and [data source](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/opalsecurity/opal/latest/docs/data-sources/delegation) in Terraform to programmatically manage your request delegations.

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