Approving and denying bills
Bills can be approved from the Approvals page on the left navigation menu or the Bill Approvals tab on the Overview page.
Filters
Bill Approvals can be filtered by:
- Vendor Name
- Approval Type
- Ready to approve - Bills ready for you to approve
- Approved - Bills you previously approved
- Denied - Bills you have denied approval on
- Upcoming - Bills coming to you for approval after they have been approved by another approver
- Due Date
Review and approve
- Click Approvals in the left navigation pane
- Click on the Invoice # to approve
- Review bill details
- Click approve
Tip: Have more than one bill to approve? Click on a bill, approve/deny it, then use the arrows to the right or left to move to the next bill or back to a previous one.
Approve without review
- Click Approvals in the left navigation pane
- If there is a note on the bill, there will be a note icon
- Hover over the note icon or click into the bill to see the note
- If there is a document associated, there will be a paper clip icon
- If there is a note on the bill, there will be a note icon
- Select the bills to approve
- Click Approve
Denying bills
- Click Approvals in the left navigation pane
- Click on the Invoice # to approve
- Review bill details
- Click More actions
- Click Deny
- Select the appropriate option:
- Needs review
- Duplicate bill
- Incorrect bill detail
- Notify the bill creator why the bill was not approved
- Click Submit
The Bill creator will be notified the bill needs review and will see the details provided in the "Add more info" box.
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