Multiple Approvals
You can set up the system so that expense reports can potentially be approved by multiple designated managers and can be sent up the hierarchy for approvals depending on the amount. You use a distribution list and workflow to manage multiple approvals.
You set up a distribution list that includes the individuals that submit expense reports as well as the hierarchy of managers that approve the expense report. You can include several managers on each level to enable approval requests to be routed to alternate managers, should a manager not be available.
In the distribution list, you can set up amount threshold and time escalations for expense report approvals. Depending on the amount, an expense report might have to be sent up the hierarchy to be approved by a manager with the appropriate amount threshold. When a manager approves an expense report, the system displays a message stating that the approval is being routed to the next level. If the workflow message is no longer active for the expense report, the system generates error messages.
You can also set up an escalation time limit that determines how long an expense report can remain in a manager's inbox. If the time limit is exceeded, workflow automatically routes the expense report to the appropriate next-level manager.