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1874937 - How to Update Existing Expense Report Approval Process

Symptom

You are trying to create approval process of Expense Report but you are unable to create change project.

You would like to know how to change/update existing approval process. 

Resolution

You can update the existing Expense Report Approval process by delimiting the validity with new process using Copy button.

  1. Go to the Application & User Management Work Center.
  2. Go to the Task Distribution view & press Approval Processes link.
  3. You will get Default approval process for Expense Report.
  4. Select the process & press Copy button.
  5. Enter the new Process Name, Define Conditions etc.. as per your choice & Save.

Once new process is created & available in draft mode, you need to change the validity..

  1. Select the new process and press Edit Validity.
  2. You will get the existing Active process and newly created process.
  3. In the Old process remove the Unlimited Validity check box and update Validity To date.
  4. In the new process Update the Valid From Date (similar to the Validity To date of old process) and select Unlimited Validity.

    Now once the defined start date/time will come, new process will become enabled automatically.

Keywords

KBA , process name , SRD-CC , Cross Components , How To

Product

SAP Cloud for Customer core applications 1305 ; SAP Travel OnDemand 1302 ; SAP Travel OnDemand 1305