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What are tracking categories used for?

Updated over a month ago

In Xero, you can set up tracking categories to see how different areas of your business are performing (such as departments or locations).

This is an example of what it can look like:

In ApprovalMax, you can use Xero tracking categories to split responsibilities between Approvers. To achieve this, use the approval matrix to assign certain tracking options to particular Approvers.

This is how it can be set up:

  • Go to Organisation > Workflow and Settings > Approval workflows. Select the respective workflow and define approval conditions.

  • Hover the tracking category for approver and click on the . Then choose a positive or negative condition for the Tracking Category.

  • When finished, click on Done in the Approval matrix and "Update the workflow".

This is how it can be used:

  • Assign a tracking option to each item during the request creation:


For a full walkthrough of the steps covered in this article, watch our how-to video below.




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