Troubleshooting: why can Approvers not approve a Bill? (Xero)

If an Approver is not able to approve a Bill and sees the error message "Please fill in the missing information before you approve this Bill", it means the Bill should be coded according to the rules specified in the Reviewer matrix - and then it will be possible to approve.

Values specified in the Reviewer matrix must be applied to the Bill during review.

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For example: if your approval rules are based on the 310-Account 

but the Reviewer rules are for Account 400, 

the Approver needs to change the account in the Bill to 400 and then approve:

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