Approvers (tdpur2105m000)
Use this session to view, enter, and maintain a list of valid approvers (individuals or departments) who can approve purchase requisitions and to define a hierarchy in the approval structure.
The approver list is limited to valid employees and valid departments. An approver can be:
- A normal approver
- An approver that belongs to the purchase office
- A normal department
- A department that is a purchase office
Field Information
- Approver Type
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Indicates whether the approver is a person or a department.
- Approver
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The employee code of an approver who has authority to approve a purchase requisition.
The approver receives requisitions submitted by requesters. The approver can approve or reject a requisition.
- Department
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If the Approver Type field is Individual, this field defaults to the Department that is linked to the Approver.
If the Approver Type field is Department, enter the department code of an approver department.
- Parent Approver
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The employee code of an approver's senior in the organization.
- Level
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The hierarchial position of an employee as an approver in the approval structure.
Example
If X, Y, and Z are approvers in the approval structure, with Z reporting to Y and Y reporting to X, then:
Approver Parent Approver Level X - 0 Y X 1 Z Y 2 Level 0 is the highest level.
- Effective Date
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The date and time as from which the individual/department is authorized to be an approver.
- Expiry Date
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The date and time on which the approver status of the individual/department expires.