If the expenses on a report are being charged to a sponsored Research Foundation (RF) grant, a Sponsored Projects Services (SPS) approver will review and approve it.
How to Approve Sponsored Projects Services (SPS) Reports
1. Receive Email Notification
SPS approvers will receive email notifications when expense reports are submitted for their approval.
Click the link in the email to log in to Concur to review and approve the report.
2. Go to Required Approvals
There are several ways to go to your required approvals from the home page:
Click Required Approvals in the Quick Task bar.
Click Required Approvals in My Tasks.
Click Approvals in the top menu bar.
3. Review Reports Pending Approval
Select a report pending approval. Click on the Report Name to open it.
Review exceptions for errors on the report:
If an issue needs to be corrected by the user, at the top click Send Back to User.
Yellow exceptions appear as informational warnings on the report, and may have no action that is required. These will not prevent you from approving the report (Figure 1).