The evidence descriptor record is the common or central record for all evidence types. When evidence is submitted for approval, this table provides the link between the evidence descriptor record and the associated approval request record.

Example

A case worker captures income evidence for participant Linda Smith as part of her income support benefit. Once Linda is finished data entry of the evidence, she selects to apply the evidence change. The system identifies that the evidence change requires approval based on the configured approval checks and therefore submits the evidence for manual approval by the case supervisor. A record is created in the evidence descriptor approval request table to link the evidence descriptor for the income evidence to the approval request record.