Expense Claim Approval Authorities are set in the Workbench application.
A Timesheet Group or Location has a single Primary Approver by convention
A Timesheet Group or Location has a single Secondary Approver by convention
A person may be a Primary or Secondary Approver for a Timesheet Group(s) or Location(s)
Where the logged in user is the Primary Approver, and they wish to delegate their approval authorities to someone else as they are 'Out of Office', the menu option 'My Approval Authorities' is used.
This 'My Approval Authorities' screen displays the Expense Claim Approval profile for the logged in user.
It allows delegation by ticking the 'Out of Office' checkbox and then Save. A date when the Approver is expected to return can also be entered.
When logging in, if the user has got 'Out of Office' ticked then a warning is provided 'You have indicated you are Out of Office under your Approval Authority. You may wish to change this'.
If a Secondary Approver has been delegated authority, the Returning Date and Name of the Primary Approver who has done the delegation appear on this screen
If the Secondary Approver knows the Primary Approver 'is back', they can reverse the delegation from their end, so that the Primary Approver becomes 'undelegated'.