Creating approval codes

An approval code is used to designate a resource or a team who is responsible for approving the period reconciliations. The approval code is selected for each reconciliation account and can contain multiple levels of approval .
  1. Select Approval Codes.
  2. Click Create.
  3. Specify this information:
    Approval Code
    Specify a code for the approval record.
    Description
    Provide a description.
    Approval Code Used for Non Batched Cash Ledger Payments
    Leave blank.
  4. Click Save.
  5. In the Approval Levels section, click Create.
  6. Select an Approver or an Approval Team.
    Note: You can assign a combination of individual approvers and teams to the approval code. When a team is assigned, the reconciliation is routed to all of the team members and one of them is required to approve the reconciliation.
  7. In the Escalation Settings section, specify this information:
    Escalate After
    Specify the number of hours after which this approval is escalated to the next level.
    Hours to
    Select whether to escalate the reconciliation to the next approval level or to a specific approval level.
    Approval Level Resource
    If you select Specific Approval Level in the Hours to field, then specify the level to which to escalate the invoice.
  8. Click Save.