# Automate Action Inquiry Responses

If you decline an action inquiry because it was already tracked and credited to a different source, enabling this option will send an automated response to the partner. Select the check marks to show the **channel** and/or **media partner** that was credited for the action.

#### Approval Rules

*Approval Rules* can be enabled to automatically accept action inquiries from specified partners.

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| **For Partner**                                                             | Use the dropdown to select the partner you want to automatically accept action inquiries from.                                                                                                                                  |
| **Approve Inquiry**                                                         | <p>Choose when action inquiries from this partner will be accepted:</p><p>• Immediately</p><p>• After (X days)</p><p>• After (X days after) end of month</p>                                                                    |
| **If Payout requested is less than $X**                                     | Choose a payout request limit—if a partner's action inquiry request is lower than this amount, it will automatically approve.                                                                                                   |
| **If total approved inquiry payout for the calendar month is less than $X** | impact.com keeps track of the amount of action inquiry payouts to a specific partner for each calendar month—enter a value here to set a limit. Once a partner reaches this amount, you must manually approve action inquiries. |
| **Default Event Type**                                                      | Select the default event type that tracks actions for this partner.                                                                                                                                                             |