Approving Program Budgets Using PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface

This section discusses approving program budgets using PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface.

You can use the Delegation Framework to delegate program budgets approval authority to other users, who can then act on specific transactions on your behalf.

For more information on setting up and using Delegation Framework, see:

Understanding Delegation

Configuring Delegation Transactions

Working with Self-Service Delegation

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Approvals Tile

Review pending and historical approvals that are associated with the user.

Pending Approvals Page

EOAWMA_MAIN_FL

View the program budgets routed for approval. Access summary details for a specific program budget to review and approve or return the request.

For general information, see the Using Fluid Approvals.

Program Budget Approval Page

EOAWMA_TXNHDTL_FL

Review and approve or return a program budget plan.

General information about Mobile Approvals is available in FSCM Application Fundamentals documentation. See

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Use the Approvals tile to access the Pending Approvals page.

Navigation:

This tile can be placed on any PeopleSoft Fluid Home page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Approvals Tile. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Approval Tile

For information about how to add a tile to a PeopleSoft Fluid Home page, see Adding Homepages and Tiles.

The tile can show the total number of pending approvals. If no pending approvals are available, the tile does not display a number count.

Use the Pending Approvals page (EOAWMA_MAIN_FL) to view the program budgets routed for approval. Access summary details for a specific program budget to review and approve or return the request.

Navigation:

Select the Approvals tile and then select Program Budget Approval.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Pending Approvals Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Program Budget Pending Approvals page

Review header information for the program budgets currently routed for approval. To access and approve or return the budget details, select the row. You can also use the filter to narrow results on the page. For more information about using the filter, see Filters Page.

Use the Program Budget Approval page (EOAWMA_TXNHDTL_FL) to review and approve or return a program budget plan.

Navigation:

Select a program budget entry in the list on the Pending Approvals page.

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Program Budget Approval Page. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Program Budget Approval page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Program Budget Approval Chain. You can find definitions for the fields and controls later on this page.

Approval Chain - Program Budget page

The approval chain reflects approval status generated by the Approval Framework. For more information, see the product documentation for the PeopleSoft Approval Framework. See also Understanding Transaction Approval Flows.

Field or Control

Description

Approve

Perform an action on this approval by selecting the Approve action button.

Upon selecting the Approve button, you have the option to select Submit to continue the action, or Cancel to back out of the action. Upon submitting the action, the system generates a message that the action is successful and sets the program budget plan status to Active.

Return

Click to return a program budget approval request back to the requester without approving it.

Program Budget Plan

Click to view the program budget plan details.

Approver Comments

Enter comments in the text entry field.

Approval Chain

Click to review approval chain information. You can expand or collapse the approver information for each line. You can also select the approver name to view approver details.