What is happening with the Review functionality?
ApprovalMax launched a basic Review and Coding functionality for only Xero Bills in 2017. We have since developed an advanced and new Review and Editing functionality that is more flexible and efficient, and covers most Xero workflows.
Therefore, we're planning to discontinue the support of our old Review functionality.
What is the old Review functionality?
Approvers who were added as a Reviewer to the first step can review and edit Bills during the approval process according to the specified rules:
They can modify these fields:
- Tax
- Account
- Tracking Category
- Quantity
- Price*
- Bill attachments
*The Total Bill Amount for each Line Item should not change if the fields Quantity, Price or Tax are altered.
Bills can only be edited in the very first step of the approval process. There is no specific order for Reviewers to check Bills. However, if a Reviewer makes changes to a Bill that another Approver in the step has already approved, the approval process will restart.
What is the Editing on Approval functionality?
Approvers with editing privileges can change requests during the approval process without having to reject them.
ApprovalMax Administrators and Workflow Managers can grant editing permissions to individual Approvers:
Once enabled, Approvers can edit requests at any stage without restarting the workflow. Mandatory editing of certain fields can be put in place to ensure that essential changes are made.
Additionally, you can restrict Approvers with editing permissions in terms of certain values, as specified in the editing matrix:
Additionally, you can restrict Approvers with editing permissions in terms of certain values, as specified in the editing matrix:
What is the difference?
Old Review functionality | Editing on Approval |
Only in the first approval step, Review tab | In any approval step |
Only certain fields can be modified | All fields can be modified |
| Compatible with the Review step Not compatible with Editing on Approval Please note: If you enable Editing on Approval, this will remove the old Review functionality | Compatible with the Review step Not compatible with the old Review functionality |
The delegation of review permissions is not supported | Editing on Approval permissions for Approvers are inherited for the duration of the substitution period |
If a Reviewer makes changes to a Bill that another Approver in the step has already approved, the approval process will restart | Editing is possible in any step and does not restart the workflow |
| Standard, Advanced, Premium plans | Advanced and Premium plans, trials and All Features trials |
Xero | Xero |
Workflow for Xero Bills | Workflows for Xero Bills/Purchase Orders/Sales Invoices/Quotes |
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