Oracle iExpenses flow.docx

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Oracle iExpenses flow

In this article we shall discuss the flow of an Oracle expense report. The flow comprises of the following parts.

1. End user creates an expense report and submits it for approval.

2. The expense report is approved by a manager

3. Once the expense report is approved the report is imported into Payables as an invoice

I have turned off personalization from my Oracle instance so that the standard features of Oracle iExpenses are

available. Because of this reason a warning message is shown on all the screens saying thatPersonalization is

disabled.

Step 1: Login to Oracle

Go to iExpenses responsibility

Click onExpenses Hometo the Expense Home page.


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You can check the tableAP_WEB_SIGNING_LIMITS_ALLtable for the signing limits as well.

If the manager does not have appropriate signing limit for the cost center and the operating unit, the expense report

will go to his manager for approval. The expense report will keep on going up the supervisor hierarchy until the

expense report is approved by someone who has appropriate signing limits or until it has reached the top of the

hierarchy. When it reaches the top of the hierarchy without an approval the expense report is automatically returned to

the employee who has raised the expense report with a message No Approver Found.

Step 2b: Import the Expense Report

Oracle iExpense home page


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Click on Export Spreadsheet button on the top right region.

On clicking the button Oracle will ask whether you want to save or open the spreadsheet like the following

Click on Save. Once the file is saved, open the file.


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Enter the expense report details into the spreadsheet.

Note:

The key fields like Expense Cost Center, Expense Template, etc. should match the values as set up in Oracle.

Once the values are filled in the spreadsheet, it will look like this

After you have filled out the expenses in the spreadsheet go back to the Oracle iExpense home page.


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Click onImport Spreadsheetbutton.

The Import Spreadsheet page opens. Now follow the steps

1. Clicking on Ctrl+A to select all the contents

2. Clicking on Ctrl+C to copy the selected contents

3. Click Ctrl+V to paste the spreadsheet contents into the field,Spreadsheet Import Area, on the OAF form.


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Click on Continue

You are now taken to the Create Expense report page. As you can see thePurposefield is already populated with

the value from the spreadsheet. Click on Next.

On the Expense report lines page the line has also been populated through the spreadsheet.


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Important:

This method is useful when the user wants to enter an expense report that has a lot of lines, e.g. more than 20 lines.

Then it saves a lot of time for the user as entering more than 20 lines in Oracle takes more time than entering the

lines in a spreadsheet and importing those into Oracle.

Step 3a: Enter expense lines for Cash expenses

You will be taken to the expense line entry page

Enter an expense line as shown below

Click on theDetails( ) button for this line.


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Now the expense line details page opens. Enter an Expense Location.

We entered a location named,Abu Dhabi. This field is mandatory. The reason for this field being mandatory is

becausePolicyhas been defined forExpense Type: Dinner. Click on return to come back to the Expense lines

page.

Note:

You can find out about setting up policy in this article.


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You can now see that the columnReimbursable Amounthas been populated. Click on Next to go to theExpense

Allocationspage..

Step 3b: Enter expense lines for Corporate Credit Card expenses

For corporate credit card transactions you cannot manually enter the transactions. Instead, these lines are

automatically entered via the Credit Card interface. The user has to select the transactions and submit the lines as

part of the expense report.

The Credit card expense lines will look like the following,

Select the link and click on Next


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Enter a justification as shown

Click on Details to review the expense line details

Click on Return and you will go back to the Credit Card expenses page. Click on Next to go to theExpense

Allocationspage.

Step 4: Allocate and submit the expense report

After the cash and credit card expense lines are filled out, you will be taken to the Expense Allocations page. We shall

continue with the example of the Cash expense as we filled out in Step 3a.


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The charge account can be set over here. The default values of the charge account can be modified on this page.

Click onNextonce you are done.

This is the last page of creating the expense report. Review the entire expense report finally before submitting it. You

can attach any document you want to by clicking on Add button.


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We can attach text, URL or files. We shall attach a piece of text.

Once we are done click onApply.


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You are now taken back to theReviewpage.Once you are done reviewing the expense report, click onSubmitbutton

to submit the expense report.

Once the expense report is submitted a message is displayed on the top of the page with the expense report number.

The expense report number generated isEY48653.

Step 5: Approve the expense report


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Now the expense report has been submitted we have to wait for the report to be approved. On submission the

expense report goes to theApproverselected on the first page of Create Expense Report. In our case the expense

report will be waiting on Praveen Talekana Seetharama Rai for approval.

Let us now check the workflow. Login toWorkflow Administratorand go toStatus Monitor.

Search forWorkflow Type: ExpensesandUser Key: EY48653(the expense report number)

Press Go

You will find the workflow. Click onActivity Historyto check the activity list. Scroll down on theActivity History

page.


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You can see that the workflow is pending on the same approver. Open the notification by clicking on button.

Click onApproveto approve the report. Refresh and check theActivity Historyagain.

The workflow shows that it has gone to the auditor now.


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Step 6: Audit the expense report

Login to Oracle as the iExpense auditor and go to the iExpense auditor responsibility.

Note:

During the audit process we shall complete the audit assuming the auditor does not have any queries and the auditor

completes the audit without any questions.

Search by the expense report number (EY48653).

Click on Go


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Enter a date forReceipt Page Received Date. This is the date on which the iExpense auditor received the receipts

for the expenses.

Scroll down on the page


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Check the box calledReceipt Verified.

Set the value ofExpense Report ActiontoComplete Audit.

Click on Apply.

Once audit is complete the completion message is displayed on the auditor page.

Step 7: Import the expense report into Payables

Once the auditor completes audit the expense report approval is completed. If you check the expenses workflow you

will find that the workflow has completed.


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Now log in toPayables SuperUseror its equivalent responsibility.

On the menu click on View > Requests and select the option to execute a concurrent program.

Execute the seeded program named,Expense Report Import.

Enter the parameters. You can give any value in Batch Name as long as this value has not been used as Batch Name

in a previous run of this program.


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Once the parameters are entered press OK.

Press Submit to execute the concurrent program.

When the program completes check the output.


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Navigation: Invoices > Entry > Invoices

Query for the invoice numbered,EY48653.

You can now view the expense report which has been imported into Payables as an Invoice.

Points to note:

1. The Payables invoice number and the expense report numbers are the same


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2. Supplier Name is the name of the employee as the employee is set up as a supplier in Payables.

3. Description of the Payables invoice that has been imported from iExpenses isExpense Report.

4. Document Category Namefor this invoice isExpense Report Invoices.

5. Invoice distribution account will be the same as the expense report distribution account

6. Invoice lineDescriptionwill be the same as the expense reportExpense Type.

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