After a user has logged in and selected a published document, the user can navigate and view the data for approval, either by looking at the view file or loading the data into a document configuration as described above. Workflow is used to inform the user that a document needs to be approved, and standard SmartPlant Foundation functionality, such as relationship expand and view, is used to inspect the data. There is also functionality to compare data from the unapproved area to the data contained in the approved area.