0004524: Expenses approval system

Description

Nowadays process/unprocess time (expense) sheet capability is somewhat used as an approval system, which is not 100% correct. Process/Unprocess should only reflect a change from a draft/confirmed status for expense sheets.

An approval system for expenses would be useful in order that the responsible of a project supervises expenses that employees participating in it register in expense sheets.

Steps To Reproduce

1) Go to Project & Service Management || Transactions || Expense Sheet || Header

Proposed Solution

There are two different approaches:
1) Third status for process/unprocess:
** Implement a third state of the Expense Sheet line, apart from processed and unprocessed: Approved.
** The logical path for an expense line would be: Unprocessed > Processed > Approved.
** Processed column in S_TimeExpenseLine should be modified.
** This could interfere with current usages of this field.
2) Approved check-box:
** Create a new column in S_TimeExpenseLine called Approved with possible values Yes/No. This value should not be allowed to change if there are already order or invoice lines associated to this expense sheet lines.
** In Expense Sheet line show Approved check-box which will be read-only.
** Create an Approval window where the responsible could see all the processed expense lines done in the projects he is responsible for.
** In this window only processed time sheet lines will display. Expense sheet lines which have order or invoice lines associated will neither display.
** By default, the filter should only display non-approved expense sheet lines. If he filters, he can also see approved ones (in order to disapprove them).
** By default, the older expense sheet lines will display first.
** Filter for this window:
*** Employee
*** Product
*** Project
*** Project Phase
*** Project Task
*** Expense Date
*** Approved
** This way, he would easily track and approve/disapprove the expense lines of its projects using a 'Approve/Disapprove expense line' button or changing the Approved check-box value (this check-box would be the only non-read-only field).
** This is the better approach.

In both cases:
* A check-box 'Process only approved expenses' should be included in 'Create AP Expenses Invoices' and 'Create Sales Orders from Expenses' processes.
* A column named 'Approved' with possible values 'Yes/No' should be added to the Expense Report.

Tags

ModuleCandidate, ReleaseCandidate

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Relationships [ Relation Graph ] [ Dependency Graph ]

related to	feature request	0003358	pi	acknowledged	Triage Platform Base	BPM engine (workflow)
depends on	feature request	0004526		acknowledged	rmorley	Process/Unprocess Expense Sheet lines individually
related to	feature request	0004504		acknowledged	rmorley	Associate human resources to projects
blocks	feature request	0000502		acknowledged	rmorley	Projects enhancements
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Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2008-07-27 16:35	rafaroda	New Issue
2008-07-27 16:35	rafaroda	Assigned To	=> rafaroda
2008-07-27 16:35	rafaroda	sf_bug_id	0 => 2029486
2008-07-27 16:36	rafaroda	Relationship added	blocks 0000502
2008-07-27 16:37	rafaroda	Relationship added	related to 0004504
2008-07-27 17:16	rafaroda	Relationship added	depends on 0004526
2008-11-10 14:25	rafaroda	Assigned To	rafaroda => pjuvara
2008-11-16 18:11	pjuvara	Tag Attached: ReleaseCandidate
2008-11-16 18:12	pjuvara	Status	new => acknowledged
2008-11-16 18:12	pjuvara	Relationship added	related to 0003358
2009-09-25 08:58	rafaroda	Tag Attached: ModuleCandidate
2009-09-25 09:18	rafaroda	Description Updated
2009-09-25 09:18	rafaroda	Steps to Reproduce Updated
2011-02-04 09:11	jpabloae	Assigned To	pjuvara => rmorley