ApproveThis manages your JetBrains Space Integration approvals.

When Bureaucracy Meets Code

Let’s be real – most software teams would rather fight a merge conflict than chase down approvals. But between leave requests, budget sign-offs, and production deployments, someone’s gotta keep the paperwork (and the lawyers) happy. That’s where hooking ApproveThis to JetBrains Space via Zapier turns “approval purgatory” into a background process that doesn’t derail your sprint.

Why This Combo Works Like Git for Business Processes

JetBrains Space is where your team lives – issues, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, even those heated debates about tabs vs spaces. ApproveThis? It’s the bouncer at the door making sure nothing moves to production (or payroll) without the right nods. Together, they automate the “adulting” part of software development so your team can focus on shipping code.

Key benefits:

• HR stops chasing managers for leave approvals in Slack
• DevOps gets clean audit trails for deployments
• Project leads automate stakeholder sign-offs without leaving Space

Three Ways This Integration Actually Gets Used

1. Absence Approvals That Don’t Require a Company-Wide Email Thread

When someone submits a PTO request in Space, ApproveThis automatically routes it based on your rules:

Example: A 10-person dev team at a healthcare SaaS company uses conditional logic to:

• Auto-approve single-day sick leave if coverage exists
• Route 2+ week vacations to both tech lead AND HR
• Block Christmas week requests if >30% of team is already out

Approvers get email links (no Space license needed) – crucial when dealing with external contractors or clients who shouldn’t have full system access.

2. Approval-Backed Teams That Don’t Require a Jira Ticket

Start an ApproveThis workflow for a new client project? It spins up a dedicated Space team with:

• Pre-configured access roles
• CI/CD pipeline approval thresholds
• Automatic stakeholder adds based on budget size

Real-world impact: A fintech startup reduced client onboarding from 3 days to 4 hours by linking contract approvals to team provisioning.

3. Issue Triage That Doesn’t Require a Meeting

Critical bug in Space? ApproveThis calculates:

• Severity based on affected users + revenue impact
• Required approvers (Tech Lead for SEV-1, CTO if >$50k potential loss)
• Auto-escalation if no response within SLA

How it’s used: A gaming studio routes crash reports through ApproveThis before creating Jira tickets. Result? 60% fewer false-positive issues clogging their backlog.

Features Your CFO and CTO Will Both Love

ApproveThis doesn’t just move buttons around – it solves actual gripes:

• Approval thresholds: Auto-approve dev environment deployments under $500, require CFO sign-off above that
• Calculated fields: Dynamically determine whether a feature request needs legal review based on data residency rules
• Vacation coverage: John’s OOO? Critical DB migrations route to Sarah without missing SLAs

Setting This Up Without Involving IT (Seriously)

If you can configure a CI pipeline, you can connect ApproveThis to Space:

1. Create Zapier account (free tier works)
2. Choose trigger in Space (new absence, issue, etc.)
3. Map fields to ApproveThis request template
4. Set up approval rules, thresholds, escalations
5. Test with a $0 budget request → approve via email

Pro tip: Use Space’s API docs to handle custom approval logic for compliance-heavy industries.

Who Actually Benefits (Beyond Just “The Company”)

Engineering Managers

Stop playing approval tag. Get notified via Space chat when deployments need sign-off, with all context embedded. Reject with requirements → no more 5-email threads.

HR in Scaling Startups

Enforce PTO policies without being the bad guy. ApproveThis auto-denies requests that violate handbook rules, so you’re just the messenger.

Client-Facing Teams

External stakeholders approve SOWs or feature specs via email → updates auto-post to Space projects. No more “I thought Bob replied?”

The Part Where We Tell You What to Do Next

If your team’s approval process involves more Slack pings than a failed deployment, it’s time to:

Register for ApproveThis (free 14-day trial, no sales call required)

Or if you prefer someone else to do the heavy lifting:

Book a 20-minute demo (we’ll show how 10+ dev teams use this integration)