Contents of the Approval History Dialog Box for Invoice Approvals

Review details for invoice approvals, including workflow steps, who performed the steps, and the dates on which they were performed.

History Grid

Field Description
Step This column displays the step number based on the configured workflow.
Description This column displays the description of the step.
Previous Approval Status This column displays the previous status of the step based on the configured workflow.
Responsibility This column displays the role that is responsible for the log.
Name This column displays the name of the employee who performed the step.
Due Date This column displays the date when the step is due.
Step Start Date This column displays the date when the step was started.
Action Taken Date This column displays the date when the employee performed an action for the step. By default, the action that has the oldest date displays as the first item.
New Approval Status This column displays the new status of the step after the needed action was performed.
Comment This column displays any comments that were entered when an employee approved or rejected an approval step.

In addition, comments are added automatically when the following actions occur:

Comments Added Action That Was Taken

Approval Workflow Disabled from Company AP Settings.

Approval Workflow Enabled from Company AP Settings.

Approval Workflow Restarted from Company AP Settings.

An approval workflow was disabled, re-enabled, or restarted using a different approval workflow.

These changes were made on the Accounts Payable tab in Settings > Accounting > Company AP.

<Employee Name> reassigned.

An approval step was reassigned to another employee.

You reassign an approval step to another employee using Approvals > Reassign on the toolbar of the form from which you approve an approval step, such as the AP Invoice Approvals form, the Purchase Orders form, the Absence Requests form, and so on.

Approved, conditions not met.

Completed, conditions not met.

An approval step is approved or completed because approval workflow conditions were not met.

Completed, Final Approved.

All the steps in an approval workflow are completed; the approval is final approved.