22Approve expenses
33================
44
5- In Odoo, not just anyone can approve expense reports, only users with the necessary rights (or
6- permissions) can. This means that a user **must ** have at least *Team Approver * rights for the
7- *Expenses * app. Employees with the necessary rights can review expense reports, approve or reject
8- them, and provide feedback thanks to the integrated communication tool.
5+ In Odoo, most users cannot approve expense reports, only users with the necessary access rights, or
6+ permissions, can. This means that a user **must ** have at least *Team Approver * rights for the
7+ **Expenses ** app. Employees with the necessary rights can review expense reports, approve or refuse
8+ them, and provide feedback with an integrated :ref: `Refuse Expense <expenses/refuse-report >`
9+ communication tool.
910
1011Please refer to the :doc: `access rights documentation </applications/general/users >` to learn more
1112about managing users and their access rights.
1213
1314View expense reports
1415====================
1516
16- Users who are able to approve expense reports, typically managers, can easily view all expense
17- reports they have access rights to. Go to :menuselection: `Expenses app --> Expense Reports `, to view
18- the :guilabel: `All Reports ` dashboard.
17+ Users who are able to approve expense reports (typically managers) have an :guilabel: `Expense
18+ Reports ` main navigation button at the top of the **Expenses ** app. This allows managers to view all
19+ expense reports they have access rights for. Navigate to :menuselection: `Expenses app --> Expense
20+ Reports `, to view the :guilabel: `All Reports ` dashboard.
1921
2022A list of all expense reports with a status of either :guilabel: `To Submit `, :guilabel: `Submitted `,
21- :guilabel: `Approved `, :guilabel: `Posted `, or :guilabel: `Done ` appears . Expense reports with a status
23+ :guilabel: `Approved `, :guilabel: `Posted `, or :guilabel: `Done ` appear . Expense reports with a status
2224of :guilabel: `Refused ` are hidden, by default.
2325
2426.. image :: approve_expenses/expense-reports-list.png
25- :align: center
2627 :alt: Reports to validate are found on the Reports to Approve page.
2728
2829Approve expense reports
@@ -46,12 +47,13 @@ Approve individual reports
4647--------------------------
4748
4849To approve an individual report, navigate to :menuselection: `Expenses app --> Expense Reports `, and
49- click on an individual report to view the report form.
50+ click on an individual report to view the detailed report form.
5051
5152From here, several options are presented: :guilabel: `Approve `, :guilabel: `Refuse `, and
52- :guilabel: `Reset to draft `.
53+ :guilabel: `Reset to draft `. Click :guilabel: ` Approve ` to approve the report.
5354
54- Click :guilabel: `Approve ` to approve the report.
55+ .. image :: approve_expenses/approve-individual.png
56+ :alt: An individual expense report that can be approved or refused.
5557
5658.. _expenses/multiple :
5759
@@ -65,55 +67,47 @@ the checkbox next to each report being approved, or tick the checkbox next to th
6567
6668Next, click the :guilabel: `Approve Report ` button.
6769
68- .. image :: approve_expenses/approve-report.png
69- :align: center
70- :alt: Approve multiple reports by clicking the checkboxes next to each report.
70+ .. image :: approve_expenses/approve-multiple.png
71+ :alt: Select multiple expense reports at once.
7172
7273.. tip ::
73- It is possible for team managers to view all the expense reports for just their team members.
74+ It is possible for team managers to view all the expense reports for only their team members.
75+ While on the :guilabel: `All Reports ` page, click the :icon: `fa-caret-down ` :guilabel: `(down
76+ arrow) ` to the right of the search bar, then click :guilabel: `My Team ` in the :icon: `fa-filter `
77+ :guilabel: `Filters ` section. This presents all the reports for only the manager's team.
7478
75- To do so, while on the :guilabel: `All Reports ` page, click the :icon: `fa-caret-down `
76- :guilabel: `(down arrow) ` to the right of the search bar, then click :guilabel: `My Team ` in the
77- :icon: `fa-filter ` :guilabel: `Filters ` section.
78-
79- This presents all the reports for only the manager's team.
80-
81- .. image :: approve_expenses/my-team-filter.png
82- :align: center
83- :alt: Select the My Team filter.
79+ .. _expenses/refuse-report :
8480
8581Refuse expense reports
8682======================
8783
8884Expense reports can **only ** be refused on the individual expense report, and **not ** from the
8985:guilabel: `All Reports ` dashboard. To open an individual expense report, navigate to
9086:menuselection: `Expenses app --> Expense Reports `, then click on an individual expense report to
91- view the report form.
87+ view the detailed expense report form.
9288
9389If more information is needed, such as a missing receipt, communicate any necessary information
94- requests in the *chatter * of the report form. On the individual expense report, click
95- :guilabel: `Send message ` to open a message text box.
90+ requests in the *chatter * of the report form. On the individual expense report, click either
91+ :guilabel: `Send message ` or :guilabel: ` Log note ` to open a message text box.
9692
9793Type in a message, tagging the proper people, and post it to the *chatter * by clicking
98- :guilabel: `Send `. The message is posted in the chatter, and the tagged people are notified, via
99- email.
94+ :guilabel: `Send ` or :guilabel: ` Log `, depending on the method of communication. The message is posted
95+ in the chatter, and the tagged people are notified, via email.
10096
10197.. note ::
10298 The only people that can be tagged in a message are *followers * of the specific report. To see
103- who is a follower, click the :icon: `fa-user-o ` :guilabel: `(user ) ` icon to display the followers
104- of the expense report.
99+ who is a follower, click the :icon: `fa-user-o ` :guilabel: `(Show Followers ) ` icon to display the
100+ followers of the expense report.
105101
106102 .. image :: approve_expenses/chatter.png
107- :align: center
108103 :alt: Send messages in the chatter.
109104
110105To refuse an expense report, click :guilabel: `Refuse `, and a :guilabel: `Refuse Expense ` pop-up
111- window appears . Enter a brief explanation for the refusal beneath the :guilabel: `REASON TO REFUSE
112- EXPENSE ` field, then click :guilabel: `Refuse `.
106+ window loads . Enter a brief explanation for the refusal on the :guilabel: `Reason ` line, then click
107+ :guilabel: `Refuse `.
113108
114109.. image :: approve_expenses/refuse-expense.png
115- :align: center
116110 :alt: Send messages in the chatter.
117111
118112Once the expense report is refused, the status changes to :guilabel: `Refused `, and the only button
119- that appears in the top-left is :guilabel: `Reset to Draft `.
113+ that appears is :guilabel: `Reset to Draft `.
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