How can I use Dext Expense reports in ApprovalMax?
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:

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.

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

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