Introduction
Accounts with multiple entities can now assign Approvers from one entity to another. This feature will allow your staff from Company A to approve the claims submitted by another staff from Company B, and vice versa. The cross-company approval is available for the Leave, Expense, Benefit and Forms modules.
Please contact our Support Team if you require this function.
Steps
For this to work, both companies must enable the Share Directory.
Step 1: Log in to Company A.
Step 2: Go to User Admin.
Step 3: Click on .
Step 4: Click on .
Step 5: Click on
Enter the company ID for Company B
and click at the bottom right.
Step 6: Repeat step 1 to 5 for Company B to share the directory to Company A.
Once completed, you should have this updated section in both companies under the Share Directory.
Step 7: To assign a staff from company B as an Expense Approver in Company A, login to Company A.
Step 8: Click on .
Step 9: Click on go to
.
Step 10: Click on and the Edit
icon.
NOTE: The steps below apply for Leave, Benefit, Expense and Forms modules. For detailed steps on setting up multi-level approval workflow, refer to this guide here. The steps below show how to select an approver from another entity (cross-entity approver) in your approval workflow.
Step 11: To assign an employee from the other company (B), select Specific User.
Step 12: Click the dropdown to choose Company (B).
Step 13: Select the employee name you want to be the Approver for this level.
Step 14: If you have additional approval layers, repeat the steps.
Step 15: Click on , and select whether this approval flow will apply to all, or to specific individuals.
Step 16: Click .
Step 17: Follow the same steps to assign approvers from the other entities.