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Approval

The Approval menu shows expenses waiting for your decision and the progress of expenses moving through approval workflows.

Find a request

  1. Open Approval.
  2. Search by title, user, or transaction reference.
  3. Use status filters and sorting to prioritize your work.
  4. Select a request to open its details.

Review a request

Before making a decision, check:

  • the transaction information and expense owner;
  • vendor, date, category, and payment method;
  • items, amounts, tax, and total;
  • attachments;
  • approval progress and history;
  • any possible duplicate indicator.

If a duplicate review is unresolved, complete that review first. Approval actions may remain unavailable until the duplicate status is resolved.

Approve a request

  1. Make sure the information and transaction evidence are appropriate.
  2. Select Approve.
  3. Add a reason or note if needed.
  4. Confirm the decision.

The request moves to the next approver or is completed if you are on the final step.

Reject a request

  1. Select Reject.
  2. Enter a rejection reason. This is required so the expense owner knows what action is needed.
  3. Confirm the decision.

Understand progress

  • Waiting: cannot be processed until an earlier step is completed.
  • Pending: waiting for an approver's decision.
  • Approved: the step has been approved.
  • Rejected: the request was rejected.
  • Skipped: the step was skipped according to the applicable rule.

Make decisions from your own account so the approval history remains clear.

Next

Continue to Disbursement.

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