# Add the Approval Status button to the Opportunity Lightning Record page
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The following steps explain how to add the **Approval Status** button to your Opporuntiy Lightning Record page. The button enables you to see the status of your opportunities as they go through the approval process.

**To add the button**

1. Sign in to your Salesforce organization as a system administrator. 

1. Navigate to the **Opportunity Lightning Record** page. 

1. Choose the highlighted panel to open the properties pane.

1. Select **Upgrade now**.

1. Select **Migrate existing actions**, then select the page layout from which you want to upgrade the actions.

    —OR— 

   Start from scratch and add the actions manually.

1. From the **Actions** list, choose **Approval Status**.

1. Choose **Save**.

**Note**  
You only need to complete steps 4 and 5 once. 
The **Approval status** button only appears in the **Opportunity Lightning Record** page for AWS-referred opportunities.