Current Employee Approvals API Tab

This section includes the fields and descriptions for the Current Employee Approvals API tab.

Current Employee Info island

Field Description
Current Employee No. This field shows the employee number for the currently logged in user.
Employee Enter or select an employee number to view the approval lines for that employee. By default, this field displays the same value as the Current Employee No. field.
Employee Type This field shows the selected employee's employee type.

General Selection Criteria island

Field Description
Show Rejected Lines Select this check box to show rejected lines.
Show Non-Active Lines Select this check box to show approval items that are inactive.
Job Select or enter a job to view only the lines related to it.
Note: This is applicable only for selected approval types, as described in the Approval Type, Count Approvals for island.

Approver Role island

Field Description
Show My Approval Lines Select this check box to display the number of approval items where you are the designated approver.
Field Description
Show Substitute Lines

Select this check box to display the number of approval items where you are the designated substitute approver.

When you select this check box, the Approver field is displayed. Refer to the field description below for more information.

Show Super Approver Lines

Select this check box to display the number of approval items where you are the designated super approver.

When you select this check box, the Approver field is displayed. Refer to the field description below for more information.

Approver Select or enter the employee number or name of an employee to display the total number of approval items that are originally assigned to him or her, and of which you are the substitute or super approver.
Note: This field is shown only when you select the Show Substitute Lines or Show Super Approver Lines check boxes.

Count for Totals for Approvals with Selected Approver Reference Type and Approval Type island

Field Description
All with Me as Approver Select this check box to show all approval items where you are the designated approver.
All with Me as Substitute Select this check box to show all approval items where you are the designated substitute approver.
All with Me as Super Approver Select this check box to show all approval items where you are the designated super approver.
All Approvals Available for Me

This field shows the total number of approval items requiring your approval, depending on which check boxes you select in this island.

For example, if you have selected both the All with Me as Substitute and All with Me as Super Approver check boxes, this field displays the sum of those two fields.

Additionally, if an approval line has the same approver and substitute approver, it is counted twice in this field.

If you have selected only one check box, such as All with Me as Approver, this field shows the same value.

All My To-Dos island

Field Description
All My To-Dos This field shows the total number of items displayed in the All Approvals Available for Me and All My Rejected Items fields.

Approver Reference Type (only for items with Approval Hierarchy)

Field Description
Show Approvable by All Approval Lines Select this check box to show approval lines with the Approvable by All reference type. This also covers detailed counters from the Approval Type, Count Approvals for island and total counters in the Count for Totals for Approvals with Selected Approver Reference Type and Approval Type island.

Approval Type, Count Approvals for island

Field Description
Time Sheets / Time Sheet Lines Select this check box to display the total number of time sheets or time sheet lines that require approval. The number of time sheet lines requiring approval depends on the job entered in the selection criteria.
Expense Sheets / Expense Sheet Lines Select this check box to display the total number of expense sheets or expense sheet lines that require approval. This also depends on the job entered in the selection criteria.
Purchase Orders / Purchase Order Lines Select this check box to display the total number of purchase orders or purchase order lines that require approval. This also depends on the job entered in the selection criteria.
Vendor Invoices / Vendor Invoice Allocation Lines Select this check box to display the total number of vendor invoices or invoice allocation lines that require approval. This also depends on the job entered in the selection criteria.
Draft Invoices Select this check box to display the total number of draft invoices that require approval. This also depends on the job entered in the selection criteria.
Job Budgets Select this check box to display the total number of job budgets that require approval. This also depends on the job entered in the selection criteria.
Job Quotes Select this check box to display the total number of job quotes that require approval. This also depends on the job entered in the selection criteria.
Jobs Select this check box to display the total number of jobs that require approval.
Employees Select this check box to display the total number of employee records that require approval.
Customers Select this check box to display the total number of customer records that require approval.
Company Customers Select this check box to display the total number of customer records that require approval.
Customers and Company Customers This field shows the total number of customer and company customer records that require approval.
Absence Select this check box to display the total number of absence requests that require approval.
Note: Absence approval items are not set up with approval hierarchies, so they are counted only when the Show My Approval Lines or All with Me as Approver check boxes are selected.
Allowance Select this check box to display the total number of allowance requests that require approval.
Note: Allowance approval items are not set up with approval hierarchies, so they are counted only when the Show My Approval Lines or All with Me as Approver check boxes are selected.
Sum of Selected Approval Lines This field shows the total number of approval lines for all the approval types in this island.

Count for Number of My Rejected island

Field Description
Time Sheets Select this check box to display the total number of rejected time sheets.
Expense Sheets Select this check box to display the total number of rejected expense sheets.
Mileage Sheets Select this check box to display the total number of rejected mileage sheets.
Purchase Orders Select this check box to display the total number of rejected purchase orders.
Absence Requests Select this check box to display the total number of rejected absence requests.
Allowance Requests Select this check box to display the total number of rejected allowance requests.
All My Rejected Items This field shows the total number of rejected approval items of each selected approval type in this island.