Reassigning Reviews

Reassigning is different from delegating, in that reassigned items are no longer the responsibility of the original reviewer. The person the items are reassigned to assumes complete responsibility for all decisions on those items, and must sign off on those decisions themselves. However, the original owner of the overall access review (that is, the person doing the reassigning) typically still retains responsibility for making sure the person the items were reassigned to completed the review.

Reassigning is done through the Bulk Decisions menu, even if you only want to reassign one item. Depending on how the certification was configured, you can reassign the whole identity, a single line item, or a specific set of items in bulk. When you reassign items, they no longer appear in your own list of access review items.

The default behavior for a reassignment is that the person who reassigns the items cannot sign off on their own certification until the reassigned items are completed and signed off by the person you reassigned them to. This means that although you are no longer responsible for the decisions in the certification, you still retain responsibility for making sure the new reviewer completes their review. However, there is a configuration option in the Certification setup that lets you override this requirement, so that the original owner can sign off on his or her own reviews even if some or all of the reassigned items are still pending action.