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How can I use Dext Expense reports in ApprovalMax for Xero?

Updated over 2 months ago

When Expense reports get published to ApprovalMax, they are considered to be Invoices (Bills); the supplier for Expense reports is generated as "[User Name] - Expense Report".

An Expense report is created as a bulk of Costs in Dext, each Cost item creates a new line item in the body of an Expense report.

This is how it works:

  • In Dext, tick the checkboxes next to the Bills you want to add to an Expense report and click on the button Add to Expense Report:


  • Create a new Expense report, or select an existing one, and click on the Add button:


  • After adding the Cost items (Bills) to the Expense report, go to the Expense Report tab in Dext and click on Publish:


  • This is what it will then look like in ApprovalMax:


    Each Cost item creates a new line item in the body of the Expense report.
    In the corresponding PDF file, you'll find links to each of the Cost items in Dext.

Please note: The permalinks themselves are available in the Business Plus, Premium, Streamline and Optimize plans.

  • Once the Expense report has been published to ApprovalMax, the Supplier is created and can be selected in the matrix for the manager who approves employee expenses:


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