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Configuring User Approval Limits for Time Sheets

After a user submits a time sheet for approval, the user who is designated in the Submit To field of the time sheet can access the Time Sheet Approval view to approve or reject that time sheet.

The user approval limit is the maximum number of time sheet hours that a user has the authority to approve. If an approver approves a time sheet with a number of hours that exceeds the approver's authority, then the manager of that approver must also approve the time sheet. An approved time sheet is automatically routed up the organizational hierarchy until an approver with the necessary authority approves the time sheet. For more information, see Approving Time Sheets.

After final approval, the user who submitted the time sheet for approval can further process the approved time sheet.

Administrators can configure the approval limits for the users who approve time sheets. They can configure lower approval limits for users at lower levels of the organizational hierarchy and higher approval limits for users at higher levels of the organizational hierarchy. Consequently, a user at a higher level must approve only time sheets with hour quantities that exceed the approval limits of the user's immediate subordinates.

This task is a step in Process of Configuring Time Management.

To configure a user approval limit for time sheets

1. Navigate to the Administration - User screen, then the Employees view.
2. Drill down on the Last Name field for the record of the user for whom you want to configure an approval limit for time sheets.
3. Navigate to the More Info view.
4. In the Approval Authority section of the form, enter the approval limit in the Time Sheet Hours Approval Limit field.