# Change requests in AWS Clean Rooms
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Change requests allow you to propose changes to existing collaboration settings for approval by other collaboration members. With change requests, you can submit a request to add new members, update existing member abilities, and modify collaboration auto-approval settings. All collaboration members must approve change requests for the proposed changes to take effect.

Change requests are collaboration-specific and can be submitted by the collaboration creator.

You can submit a change request in the following ways:
+ Add a new member to a collaboration
+ Update existing member abilities
+ Edit collaboration auto-approval settings

**Note**  
You must be the collaboration creator to submit a change request.

## Add a new member to a collaboration
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To add a new member to a collaboration, you must be the collaboration creator. Adding a new member to a collaboration requires manual approval from existing collaboration members, and will submit a change request.

You can add new members to a collaboration by following these steps:

**To add a new member to a collaboration**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the [AWS Clean Rooms console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cleanrooms/home) with your member AWS account.

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Collaborations**.

1. Select your collaboration to navigate to your collaboration details.

1. On the collaboration page, navigate to the **Members** tab.

1. In the Members table, select **Edit members**.

1. Choose **Add another member**.

1. Input the new member information:
   + Member display name
   + Member AWS account ID
   + Specify whether the member can receive results. Check the box to grant this member ability.

1. Choose **Save changes**.

1. Confirm your change request submission. In the confirmation modal, confirm the changes and select **Submit change request**.

**Note**  
If auto-approved change types are supported in your collaboration, manual approval of change requests may not be required. You can review which change types do not require a change request in the "Overview" section of the collaboration. For more information, see [Edit collaboration auto-approval settings](#edit-auto-approval-settings).

## Update existing member abilities
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To update existing collaboration member abilities, you must be the collaboration creator. Updating abilities for existing collaboration members requires manual approval from existing members, and will submit a change request.

The member abilities that can be updated are:
+ Can receive results

You can update the member abilities for existing collaboration members by following these steps:

**To update existing member abilities**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the [AWS Clean Rooms console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cleanrooms/home) with your member AWS account.

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Collaborations**.

1. Select your collaboration to navigate to your collaboration details.

1. On the collaboration page, navigate to the **Members** tab.

1. In the Members table, select **Edit members**.

1. Specify the member ability to change.

1. Choose **Save changes**.

1. Confirm your change request submission. In the confirmation modal, confirm the changes and select **Submit change request**.

**Note**  
If auto-approved change types are supported in your collaboration, manual approval of change requests may not be required. You can review which change types do not require a change request in the "Overview" section of the collaboration. For more information, see [Edit collaboration auto-approval settings](#edit-auto-approval-settings).

## Edit collaboration auto-approval settings
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To edit the collaboration settings for auto-approvals, you must be the collaboration creator and submit a change request for approval by other collaboration members.

You can edit the auto-approval settings for a collaboration by following these steps:

**To edit collaboration auto-approval settings**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the [AWS Clean Rooms console](https://console.aws.amazon.com/cleanrooms/home) with your member AWS account.

1. In the left navigation pane, choose **Collaborations**.

1. Select your collaboration to navigate to your collaboration details.

1. On the collaboration page, choose the **Actions** button and select **Edit auto approvals**.

1. **To grant member abilities to existing members without manually approving a change request:**

   1. Navigate to the **Grant member abilities** section.

   1. Specify which member abilities can be automatically granted.
**Note**  
By default, all collaboration members can "Contribute data".

   1. (Optional) To allow new members to instantly join a collaboration with the specified abilities without manually approving change requests, select **Auto-approve new members with these abilities**.

1. **To allow removal of abilities from existing members without a change request:**

   1. Navigate to the **Abilities that can be automatically revoked** section.

   1. Specify which member abilities can be automatically removed.

1. Choose **Save changes**.

1. Confirm your change request submission. In the confirmation modal, confirm the changes and select **Submit change request**.