ANS-0917 · ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL CONFIGURATION
How to Edit and Resubmit NetSuite Expense Reports After Rejection?
NetSuite allows employees to edit and resubmit expense reports after rejection by either a supervisor or accounting, streamlining the approval process.
Short answer
Employees can edit and resubmit NetSuite expense reports after rejection. If rejected by a supervisor, the report can be re-edited and submitted from the Employee Center. For accounting rejections, NetSuite's 2015.1 release and later versions enable employees to edit and resubmit directly, facilitating a quicker resolution.
Scenario
Users often encounter situations where an expense report needs modification after it has been rejected by an approver. This can occur when a supervisor identifies issues or when the accounting department rejects the report due to discrepancies, requiring the employee to make corrections and resubmit it for approval.
Solution
NetSuite provides functionality for employees to edit and resubmit expense reports after they have been rejected.If an expense report has been rejected by a supervisor, the employee can typically re-edit and resubmit it directly from their Employee Center role.For expense reports rejected by accounting, the ability to edit and resubmit was introduced in the NetSuite 2015.1 release. In versions 2015.1 and later:Expense reports rejected by accounting can now be edited and resubmitted by employees with supervisors. Previously, when an employee had a designated supervisor, an expense report rejected by accounting could not be edited until it was also rejected by the supervisor. Now, when an expense report is rejected by accounting, the employee and supervisor receive an automatic email alert with a link to the rejected expense report. The employee can edit the expense report and resubmit it to the supervisor for approval. After the edited expense report is approved by the employee’s supervisor it is forwarded on for accounting approval.
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