Approval of Trips
Every approver receives a notification when a trip is submitted to them. Approvers can scrutinize the submitted trips and approve them.
Approve Trips
To approve a trip submitted to you for approval:
- Go to Approvals on the left sidebar. All the trips, reports, advances, and purchase requests that are waiting for your approval will be listed in the Pending Approval tab.
- If you want to view only the list of trips that are submitted to you for approval, navigate to the Trips tab.
- Click the trip you would like to consider for approval.
- Verify the details of the trip, and add comments by clicking the Comments icon, if necessary. The submitter will be notified about your comments.
- If you’ve reviewed the trip, click Approve at the top right side of the page. The transaction will be approved and a notification will be sent to the submitter.
If a transaction has policy violations, you can choose to approve the trip, add comments, or reject the trip and ask the submitter to re-submit it after resolving the violations. Approvers can also approve a trip that was already rejected.
To approve a rejected trip:
- Go to Approvals on the left sidebar.
- Click the Rejected trip.
- Click Approve at the top right corner of the page.
- In the pop-up, click Approve again to confirm your action.
Reject Trips
The approver can choose to reject a trip if the budget amount or the trip itinerary does not comply with the organization’s policy. Once the approver rejects a trip, the submitter of the trip will receive a notification. The submitter can then resolve the violation or the comment on their trip and re-submit the trip for approval.
To reject a trip:
- Go to Approvals on the left sidebar. All the trips, reports, advances, and purchase requests that are waiting for your approval will be listed in the Pending Approval tab.
- If you want to view only the list of trips that are submitted to you for approval, navigate to the Trips tab.
- Click the trip you would like to consider for approval.
- Verify the details of the trip, and add comments by clicking the Comments icon, if necessary. The submitter will be notified about your comments.
- If you’ve reviewed the trip, click Reject at the top right side of the page.
- Provide a reason for rejecting the trip and click Confirm. The trip will be rejected.
Reject an Approved Trip
Approvers can revoke the approval of a trip by rejecting it. Here’s how:
- Go to Approvals on the left sidebar.
- Open the trip in Approved status.
- Click Reject at the top right corner of the page.
- In the pop-up, specify a reason for rejecting the trip and click Confirm.
Update the Submitted Trips
You can make changes to the trips that are submitted to you for approval by updating them.
Note: You cannot update Closed and Cancelled trips.
To update the submitted trips:
- Go to Approvals in the left sidebar.
- Navigate to Trips tab and select the trip you want to update.
- Click the More icon at the top right corner of the page.
- Click Update.
- Make the necessary changes and click Update. Your trip itinerary will be updated with the changes you’ve made.