If a manual step is configured on a stage, the deployment pauses when it reaches the step, and you can either complete it or reject it. For example, if a user was assigned a task and completed it, you can complete the task to continue the deployment. Deployment Manager also sends you an email when there is a manual step in the pipeline. You can complete or reject a step either within the pipeline or through email.

Deployment Manager also generates a manual step if there are schema changes in the application package that the release manager must apply. For more information, see Schema changes in application packages.

To complete or reject a manual step within the deployment, do the following steps:

1. To complete or reject a manual step from within an email, click either Accept or Reject.

2. To complete or reject a manual step in the pipeline,

   1. In the Designer Studio footer, click Deployment Manager.

   2. Click a pipeline.

   3. Accept or reject the step by doing one of the following actions:

   • To resolve the task so that the deployment continues through the pipeline, click Complete.
   • To reject the task so that the deployment does not proceed, click Reject.