Choosing your Find Approver Method
To choose your Find Approver method:
Open/edit the Manager (Spending) Approval Process and edit the properties of the Find Approver activity. Select the Find Approver attribute value and choose the appropriate Find Approver Method.
There are three predefined methods for Find Approver:
- Go Directly to Person with Signing Authority: If the expense report cost center is the same as the default employee cost center, this method requires only the approval of the person who has appropriate signing authority within the employee's organization. If the direct manager does not have appropriate signing authority, then the direct manager is notified of the preparer's expense report.
If the expense report cost center is different from the default employee cost center and an Overriding Approver is entered, this method requires only the approval of the person within the Overriding Approver's organization with appropriate signing authority. The direct manager is notified of the preparer's expense report.
- Go Up Management Chain: If the expense report cost center is the same as the default employee cost center, this method requires the approval of everyone within the management chain of the preparer up to and including the person with appropriate signing authority.
If the expense report cost center is different from the default employee cost center and an Overriding Approver is entered for an expense report, approval is required from everyone within the Overriding Approver's management chain up to and including the person with appropriate signing authority. The direct manager is notified of the preparer's expense report.
- One Stop Then Go Directly: If the expense report cost center is the same as the default employee cost center, this method requires the approval of the preparer's direct manager and the person within the preparer's organization with appropriate signing authority.
If the expense report cost center is different from the default employee cost center and an Overriding Approver is entered, approval is required from the Overriding Approver and the person with appropriate signing authority within the Overriding Approver's organization. The direct manager is notified of the preparer's expense report.
See Also
Oracle Workflow Guide
