How can I make tracking categories mandatory for Requesters?

How can I make tracking categories mandatory for Requesters?

This is how you can make a Xero tracking category (e.g. Department) a mandatory field:
  1. Under the main menu select your Organisation and open "Approval workflows" page under "Workflows and settings" section.
  2. Choose the workflow:

  3. Open the Requester matrix.

  4. Under "Department", click on "Set as optional".

  5. Change the setting to "Field is mandatory".


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