Supervisor Approval of Expense Reports
If the Approval Routing feature isn't enabled, an employee's immediate supervisor must approve an expense report after it’s submitted. If Approval Routing is enabled and set up, one or more supervisors or approvers can approve the report before it goes to accounting.
If you change an employee’s approval hierarchy, any expense reports that aren’t approved yet are reset and have to start the approval process over. For example, if an employee gets a new supervisor, any open expense reports lose their approvals and are rerouted through the new approval chain.
A preference can be set so supervisors and approvers are notified automatically by email when expense reports have been submitted for their approval. For more information, see Notifying a Supervisor or Approver About Required Approvals.
Supervisors or other approvers usually approve expense reports in the Employee Center. For more information, see Approving an Expense Report.