# Error Message: You do not have permission to act on approval documents - /v3/doc/approval/action

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**Created:** [March 9, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://community.getswipe.in/t/error-message-you-do-not-have-permission-to-act-on-approval-documents-v3-doc-approval-action/4375 "2026-03-09T06:26:35Z")\
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From the above error message, we can see that you do not have access to approve the document created by the user.

Please contact your admin to provide you with access to approve documents.

Please refer to the article below as a reference to know how to provide document approval permission to the users.

> [@How to set Document Approval permission for the documents created by the users on Web?](https://community.getswipe.in/t/how-to-set-document-approval-permission-for-the-documents-created-by-the-users-on-web/4370):
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> To set a document approval permission for documents created by users, please follow the steps mentioned below: Step 1. Click on Invite Users from the home page. Step 2. Select All Users / Roles and click on Approval Workflow. Step 3. Scroll down and select the Approvers Name of the approver, the person responsible for approving the document, for the document you wish to set permissions for, and click Inactive to make it Active. Now when your users create a docum…