Approve changes
How Astro asks before it changes something your team shares, and how plans work.
Astro changes some things at once, and asks first for others. It asks when the change touches something your whole team relies on.
When Astro asks
In Analytics and Sequences, these changes wait for your approval:
| Change | Asks first |
|---|---|
| Creating a segment | No |
| Changing or deleting a segment | Yes |
| Creating or changing a goal | Yes |
| Editing an insight that is on a dashboard | Yes |
| Removing an insight from a dashboard | Yes |
In the other products Astro edits the draft in front of you, and you undo with version history.
Answer an approval card
The card reads Approval needed and shows what will change: each changed field with its old value struck through and the new one beside it. When something else depends on the item, the card lists it under Used by.
- Approve makes the change.
- Reject leaves everything as it is. Press Add a reason first to tell Astro why, so it can try something else.
Only the person who started the task can answer. A chat that waits for you is marked Needs input.
If the item changed after you were asked, Astro applies nothing and tells you.
Plan mode
For a very large change in Analytics, Astro writes a plan before it does anything shared. The pill beside the model picker reads Plan mode, and then Plan ready.
While it plans, Astro can read your data and make insights inside the chat. Nothing your team shares changes.
The plan appears as a card.
- Go ahead starts the work.
- Discard plan drops it.
- To change the plan, type what should be different.
Typing "go ahead" does not start the work. Only the button does.
The checklist
During a long task, the Checklist tray above the text box shows each step and marks it when it is done. Use it to see how far Astro is.