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Invoice and Expense Auditing - How to process expense entries needing manual review including overriding a manual action

Manual Approve/Deny  Expenses that require a manual review will be indicated on the screen under the "Needs Review" column.  These expenses will have and buttons under the "Action" column. When

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Manual Approve/Deny

Expenses that require a manual review will be indicated on the screen under the "Needs Review" column. These expenses will have

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and

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buttons under the "Action" column.

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When

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is pressed, a mandatory Reject Reason field appears in the Confirm Action pop-up window. Enter the reason and click

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. A reason must be given for the outcome to be rejected. When

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is clicked, the screen is automatically refreshed.

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After the user has manually reviewed the expense and clicked on either

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or

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the "Needs Review" Column is updated to "No" and the "Expense Status" is updated based on the action taken by the user.

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The

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button provides an audit trail of the expense. In the column "Rule Name", a hyperlink directs the user to the rule definition on the Expense Audit Settings screen if the user has access to that screen based on their security role's rights.

After an expense has been reviewed, a new line is added to the summary table detailing the outcome of the manual review, the date of the review and the name of the reviewer. A Rejected Reason appears for any manually rejected expenses.

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Override

A user can override the results of the audit process for vouchers that have been manually reviewed (approved or rejected). The

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button appears if an expense has been approved or rejected.

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After clicking the

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button a user must selected either <Approved> or <Rejected> from the Expense Status drop down list and populate the Reason field before clicking

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on the Override Expense pop-up window.

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Each time an expense has been overridden, a new line is added to the summary table detailing the outcome of the user override, the date of the override, the name of user who did the override and the Rejected / Approval reason.

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Summary Rule Colors

Note that every rule executed will have their individual result reinforced by a color code.

Approved - Approved with no need for review

Rejected - Rejected with no need for review

Approved - Approved however requiring a Review

Rejected - Rejected however requiring a Review

Non-Auditable - Rules linked with one/several preconditions that failed

Bulk Approval / Rejection

When selecting several records, the user can also bulk approve/reject several expenses in a single action only if the selected expenses require approving or denying.

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If a selected record has "No" in the "Needs Review" column, the

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and

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will not appear and expenses cannot be updated in bulk using a single action.

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