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title: Merging a scenario
slug: merging-a-scenario
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createdAt: 2021-11-29T00:16:04.000Z
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Once you and your stakeholders have agreed on the changes proposed in a scenario, you can merge those changes into the primary branch of your ChartHop organization using the **Merge to primary** feature.

Only users with the **Owner** or **Org editor** role can merge a scenario to the primary branch of an organization, regardless of whether approvals are required.

When approvals are enabled for a scenario, approvers must review and fully approve the scenario before it can be merged. [Learn more.](https://docs.charthop.com/enabling-approvals)

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Merges are permanent actions. Once a merge is complete, all proposed changes in a scenario are put into effect and are displayed to the rest of your organization in ChartHop (depending on the sensitivity of the change and the level of user access level).
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### Merge a scenario without approvals

When approvals are not enabled for your organization, you have the ability to merge a scenario to primary when you have the **Owner** or **Org editor** role. [Learn more.](https://docs.charthop.com/user-roles-and-permissions)



To merge a scenario to primary:

1. Access the scenario you want to merge.
2. Select **Merge to primary**.
3. Select **Merge** to confirm.
   - Once a scenario has been merged, the status of the scenario changes to **Merged **and the scenario displays in the **Merged** tab of the Scenarios page.
   - Accessing the merged scenario displays the date/time the scenario was merged and the name of the user who merged it.
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### Merge a scenario with approvals

When you are notified to merge scenarios to primary, ChartHop sends you an email notification once a scenario is approved and ready to be merged.



To merge an approved scenario to primary:

1. Access the scenario you want to merge.
2. Review the changes proposed within the scenario.
3. Select **Merge to primary**.
4. Select **Merge **to confirm.
   - ChartHop sends an email notification that the scenario has been merged to you, the approvers, and the proposer.
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### View merged scenarios

Once you merge a scenario, the status of the scenario changes to **Merged** and the scenario displays in the **Merged** tab of the Scenarios page.

Accessing the merged scenario displays the date/time the scenario was merged and the name of the user who merged it. 

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