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For more information on Payment manners, please check the Payment manner article.

Other relevant roles

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  • Can delete Resource reports created by other users

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    • Enables the user to delete resource reports created by other users

  • Can edit the “Payment due on” field in Resource reports

    • Enables the user to edit the “Payment due on” field in the Resource reports pages.

  • Can see resource rate related info in basic user pages

    • Will show information such as rate breakdown in the My menu > Resource report generator page

System configuration

By default, the system applies one approval step to the Resource reports.

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If used, the “Processed by accounting” column in the Resource reports page will change to reflect the number of steps:

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Relevant roles

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  • Can approve resource report step 1

    • Allows the user to approve or un-approve the first step in the approval process.

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  • Can approve resource report step 2

    • Allows the user to approve or un-approve the second step in the approval process.

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  • Can approve resource report step 3

    • Allows the user to approve or un-approve the third step in the approval process.

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  • Can un-approve resource report

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  • at all levels

    • Allows the user to

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    • un-approve

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    • any step in the approval process.

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Can un-approve resource report at all levels

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Requiring manager approval for resource report items

The creation of resource reports by resources can be limited based on an approval step performed by a manager.

From Finance > Billing > Resource report generator, it’s possible to add an additional column, Approve for billing.

Only items that have been approved for billing can be used to generate a resource report.

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Basic resources will only be able to mark for billing items that have been approved by a manager, as indicated by the icon:

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This functionality can be enabled from Administrator > Web administrator > Configuration > Settings.

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Naming conventions

The names of the steps can be customized from Administrator > Web administrator > Name conventions.

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Once a user submits their resource report, it will be available on this page, where managers can keep track of the current status of a report.

Resource reports page

Key columns

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  1. Resource - The resource the report belongs to

  2. Resource report number - The unique ID of the resource report

  3. Description - An editable field. Defaults to “billing in (report currency)”

  4. Full view - A detailed listing of the tasks and files included in the resource report

  5. Items - A detailed listing of the tasks included in the resource report

  6. Total billed - The total amount in the due in the resource report

  7. Currency - The currency of the resource report

  8. Submitted by resource - Confirmation if the resource report was submitted or not

  9. Submitted on - The date in which the resource report was submitted

  10. Reject by accounting and send rejection mail - Click to reject a resource report. More info under Rejecting a resource report

  11. Processed by accounting - Current status of the approval

  12. Billing messages - Messages related to the resource reports. More info in the billing messages article

  13. Accounting date - The date in which the approval process was completed

  14. Billing Hold - A toggle (Can Pay/On Hold) to flag if a resource report can, or cannot, be paid

  15. Payment due on - The date the payment is due. Can be autopopulated using the Payment manner

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This step can be approved at any moment, and is unaffected by the current approval step.

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Required role: Can perform management review

Users with this role can approve or un-approve the “Management review” column items

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Billing hold

If necessary, the approval of a resource report can be suspended by using the “Billing Hold” option:

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Required role: Can put resource report on hold

Users with this role can change the status of the Billing Hold.

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When clicking, the icon will change and the “Processed by accounting” and “Management review” icons will be disabled until it is changed back to “Can Pay”:

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Users with the necessary role can approve and un-approve a step: Can un-approve resource reports at all levels.

If the approval has already been done, clicking on the icon will instead ask the user if the step should be unapproved:.

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This will also clear that step from the approval log in the tooltip.

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Rejecting a resource report

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