Approve Owner Progress Claims (Beta)
Objective
To approve an owner progress claim in the Project level Invoicing tool with and without the Workflows tool.
Background
The steps you use to approve an owner progress claim depend on whether your team has enabled the Workflows tool and configured a custom Owner Progress Claim workflow.
Examples
When the Workflows Tool is Disabled
If Workflows is disabled, a user can simply change the progress claim status to 'Approved'.
When the Workflows Tool is Enabled
If enabled, you can click the Start Workflow button to route the owner progress claim through your custom approval workflow.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions:
- To approve an owner progress claim without an Owner Progress Claim workflow: 'Admin' level permissions on the project's Head Contracts tool.
- To approve an owner progress claim with an Owner Progress Claim Workflow: You must be the assigned Workflow Approver on the response step of the custom workflow.
- Additional Information:
Prerequisites
Steps
The steps you follow depend on whether the Workflows tool is enabled or disabled in your environment.
WORKFLOWS ENABLED: START THE WORKFLOW & Approve the Progress Claim
If the Workflows tool is enabled, the Workflow Manager must manually start the workflow and approve the progress claim.
- Navigate to the project's Invoicing tool.
- Click the Owner tab.
- Locate the Draft progress claim to approve and click the Progress Claim # link to open it.
- Click Start Workflow.
This places the progress claim into the Under Review status. The assigned Workflow Approvers must complete the approval steps. See Respond to a Custom Workflow.
WORKFLOWS DISABLED: Approve the Progress Claim
If the Workflows tool is disabled, a user with 'Admin' level permissions on the Head Contracts tool can approve the progress claim:
- Navigate to the project's Invoicing tool.
- Click the Owner tab.
- Locate the progress claim to approve and click its Progress Claim # link to open it.
- In the General Information card, click Edit.
- In the Status drop-down list, change the status to Approved.
- Click Save.
The progress claim is approved.
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