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Budget manager

So, you have been assigned a manager of a budget. Congratulations; somebody in your organization has decided you should have the responsibility of overlooking expenses reported within this budget.

Go to Expenses > App Home and select “Budgets I manage” to list the budgets you are a manager of.

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Approving / rejecting expenses

Your main responsibility as a budget manager is making sure the reported expenses are valid and follow the budget policy. Depending on the budget configuration, you might need to approve the expenses explicitly, or they can be approved by default with an option to reject them.

Notifications

You will receive a notification whenever an expense is reported.

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In this case, the expense was approved automatically. If it is valid, you don’t need to take any action.

Approving

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If an expense requires your approval, you will receive this kind of notification.

  • Click “View”

  • Click “Approve”

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  • You can see the expense has been approved

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  • And the user who has reported this expense has received this kind of notification

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List of expenses to approve

  • Open Expenses > App Home, click “Expenses to approve” button

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  • See a list of all expenses pending for your approval

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Rejecting

  • Click “View”

  • Click “Reject”

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  • Provide a reason, click “Reject expense”

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  • The user who has reported this expense has received this kind of notification

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Expenses reported over the limit

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Editing expenses

Only budget managers can edit expenses, regardless of whether they’re pending, approved, or rejected.

  • Click “View”

  • Click “Edit”

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  • Make the changes, click “Next”

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  • Click “Confirm and save”

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  • The user who has reported this expense has received this kind of notification

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Managing eligibility

As a budget manager you can manage budget’s eligibility when it’s set to “Selected users” or “Selected user groups”.

  • Open budget, click “Manage eligibility”

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  • Add or remove eligible users, click “Save”

User group membership changes

When a budget has eligibility set to “Selected user groups” and a person who is eligible to use the budget is removed from the user group, you will receive this kind of notification

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When a person who is not eligible to use the budget is added to the user group, you will receive this kind of notification

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  • Click “Manage eligibility”

  • Make necessary changes, e.g. Add user > @frank

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  • Click “Save”

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