# Notify a compliance lead about every Confluence approval in a space

To keep a compliance lead or manager informed of every approval decision in a Confluence space, a space administrator adds them on the **Watchers** tab of **Space Approval Settings**. Watchers hear about outcomes in that space without being asked to review anything. You can name up to 50 people per space.

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## Before you start

| **You need**                    | **Why**                                                 |
| ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| Space administrator permission  | Watchers are a space setting.                           |
| Watchers who can read the pages | A watcher who cannot read a page gets nothing about it. |

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## Steps

1. In the space, open **Space settings**, then **Capable** (**Capable Approval** if you use the standalone app), to reach **Space Approval Settings**.
2. Select the **Watchers** tab.
3. Use **Add users** to add each person who should hear about outcomes.
4. Save your changes.

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## What happens next

* Watchers hear about approval outcomes in the space, never about a request being raised.
* They get them on every channel they have switched on: email, Slack and Microsoft Teams.
* Watcher emails use the same wording as the requester's copy, so they can read as though the watcher asked. Worth telling them.
* For a whole team, a Slack channel can follow the space instead. See [Post Confluence approval updates to a Slack channel](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/post-confluence-approval-updates-to-a-slack-channel.html).

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## Related

### [Notifications](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/notifications.html)

Who hears about what, and when.

### [Space settings](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/space-settings.html)

Every space approval setting.

### [See who approved a Confluence page and which version](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/see-who-approved-a-confluence-page-and-which-version.html)

The record behind every outcome.

### [Setting up approval notifications](https://help.gocapable.com/approval/setting-up-approval-notifications.html)

All notification how-to guides.

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_The right people know, without sitting in every review._