Approving Labor Distribution Lines Immediately

Once you create and release labor distribution lines, they must be approved to be eligible for salary encumbrance and labor distribution processing.

If you entered the template and have authority to approve it, you can use the Approve form action on Labor Distribution Template Entry (GM10.2) to approve all template lines immediately.

Note: Labor distribution lines must have an approved status to be eligible for Salary Encumbrance Processing (GM110) and labor distribution processing during Payroll Close (PR197) or Non-Lawson Payroll Tran Import (GM500). Unapproved template lines - including lines on hold - are skipped during salary encumbrance processing. During labor distribution processing, unapproved template lines use the distribution in the original time record or imported transaction.

Labor distribution template lines must have a released status to be eligible for approval. You can release template lines on Labor Distribution Template Entry (GM10.2), or using Labor Distribution Mass Status Change (GM115).

Note:  If you do not want the Approve form action available to all users, you can hide the Approve button with Design Studio, or secure it to appropriate users.

To approve labor distribution lines on GM10.2

  1. Once all template lines are created and released, select the Approve form action on Labor Distribution Template Entry (GM10.2) to immediately approve the lines.
  2. To approve individual distribution lines, select Approve in the FC field for each line to be approved and then select the Change form action.