I'm going on holiday. How can I set up Out of Office and substitute my approvals?

I'm going on holiday. How can I set up Out of Office and substitute my approvals?

When going on holiday or being on sick leave, for instance, you can activate Out of Office. The person you specify there will be your Substitute and take care of requests submitted for your approval while you're unavailable. The "Out of office" window allows to specify a start date, indicating when the substitution will become active.
During the substitution period, the Substitute will receive and handle the approval requests, ensuring a smooth workflow and continuity even when an Approver is away.

Please note:
  1. It is not possible to loop Substitutes
  2. Substitutes cannot set a Substitute for themselves
  3. Reviewer rules are also inherited

This is how you set up Out of Office:

  • In the top right-hand corner, click on your Avatar and select Out of Office:

  • A pop-up will open and allow you to select a Substitute for each of the Organisations you are involved in and let you set a start and end date for the substitution period:


    Set a Substitute and period of substitution, then click on SAVE to apply your changes.
    Specifying a substitution period is optional; if set, it includes both the start and end date.

  • Once a Substitute has been specified, the original Approver won't be notified about pending approvals. If the Substitute is removed before he/she has authorised all Bills waiting for approval, the original Approver will receive a notification about all the requests still pending approval.

Please note: the Substitute won't see requests approved by the original Approver.


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