# How to progress a permit
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A permit is only progressable by the person who requested it.
Permits are only progressable if they have at least one progression category defined in their template and when in the Approved or Active state. Furthermore, there must be at least one of these defined progression categories that have not already been added to the permit.
- Find the permit you want to progress
Follow the instructions on how to view a permit.
- Open the progress permit dialog
Under Actions in the permit summary panel, click 
to open the progress permit dialog.
- Progression description
Give this progression a description that is unique to this permit. This is required to progress a permit.
- Progression categories
Select the progression categories you wish to include in this progression and fill out the prompts. You may also need to select the category sign off users for these categories.
- Confirm
Once you're done, click confirm. The new progression category will now require approval before the permit can be again signed off.