Blanket Tab

The Blanket tab displays the expense reports, authorized dollar limit, and remaining balance associated with this expense authorization.

When do I use the Blanket tab?

Use the Blanket tab to see whether an open authorization has exceeded the remaining dollar amount, including any established tolerance limit, or whether it can still be selected on an expense report.

This tab only displays for blanket expense authorizations.

Open

Select Open to make the blanket authorization available for use with expense reports.

An open authorization that has exceeded the remaining dollar amount, including any established tolerance limit, can still be selected on an expense report, but the report is routed to the appropriate supervisor for approval.

Closed

Select Closed to make the authorization unavailable for use with expense reports.

Update

Click Update to save your selection.

Expense Report ID

This field displays the ID of the expense report that references the authorization. Click the hyperlinked ID number to open the associated expense report.

Description

This field displays description of the associated expense report.

Status

This field displays the current status of the expense report. Status options include the following:

• Draft

• Submitted

• Under Review

• Approved

• Rejected

• Processed

• Voided

Amount

This field displays the total dollar amount of the associated expense report in U.S. dollars.

Total Incurred

This field displays the combined dollar amount of all the associated expense reports.

Authorized

This field displays the total dollar amount of the authorization.

Remaining

This field represents amount of the authorization (Authorized field) minus all the associated expense report amounts (Total Incurred field).