Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science

QReserve Approver Guide

QReserve is a web-based system used to reserve the various rooms and resources available to the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science community. Please expand the topics below to view instructional steps and videos for resource approvers.

  1. Resource approvers will receive an automated email notification from QReserve (no-reply@qreserve.com) when a reservation is requested. To approve a request, click the “Quick Approve Request” or “Approve Request with a Comment” button.
    • Upon clicking “Quick Approve Request”, a confirmation message will display in a new tab
    • Upon clicking “Approve Request with a Comment”, a comment box will appear in a new tab. Enter an optional note to the user then click “Approve Request”.
  2. To deny a request, click the “Deny Request with a Comment” button. A comment box will appear in a new tab. Enter an optional note to the user then click “Deny Request”.
  3. After approving or denying the request, the original requester is notified and the approval status of the reservation is updated.

Note: When there are multiple resource approvers, if any approver denies an already approved meeting, the meeting will be canceled.

  1. Resource approvers can view pending approval decisions from within the QReserve Dashboard. On the Dashboard page, a list of Pending Approval Decisions will be displayed. Here you can see relevant information regarding requests in your queue.
    • Optional: at the bottom of the page, you can expand the “Dashboard View Settings” and toggle the button off for “Show approvals already approved by another person”.  
  2. To approve a request, click the “Approve” button.
  3. To deny a request, click the “Deny” button.
  4. If you would like to include a comment to your response, select the “Respond with Comment” button. Enter a comment then click “Approve Request” or “Deny Request”.
  5. After approving or denying the request, the original requester is notified and the approval status of the reservation will be updated.

Note: When there are multiple resource approvers, if any approver denies an already approved meeting, the meeting will be canceled.