Peoplesoft Buyer Workbench

Viewing Approval Details and Sending Approval
Reminder Notifications
Using Requester’s or Buyer’s Workbench
An Oracle Enhancement was introduced in Image 10 to provide users with the ability to more
efficiently view Approver details from the Requester’s or Buyer’s Workbench, instead of visiting
multiple transaction pages to view the same information.
This functionality can be used for requisitions and purchase orders with a status of Pending
Approval or Approved.
In addition, users are now able to send ad-hoc reminder notifications (e-mail) to approvers with
whom a requisition or purchase order is pending. This reminder notification does not take the
place of the delivered workflow but can be used on an ad-hoc basis if desired.
This Job Aid demonstrates how to review the Approver details, as well as send an ad-hoc
reminder notification to approvers with whom a requisition or purchase order transaction is
pending.
Steps for Reviewing Approver Details

1. Navigate to Purchasing > Requisitions > Requester’s Workbench OR Purchasing >
Purchase Orders > Buyer’s Workbench. (For this example we will navigate to the
Buyer’s Workbench.)
2. Select or create a new WorkBench ID.
3. Check the boxes next to ‘Pending Approval’ and ‘Approved’ in the STATUS section. If
desired, you may enter the number of days that the transaction has been in a status of
Pending Approval.
4. Click Search.
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5. The Buyer’s Workbench page displays. Select the Approval tab. To review the Approval
details for a specific transaction, click on the hyperlink in the PO Status column.
6. Purchase Order 0000512224 has a PO Status of ‘Pend Appr’. Looking at the ‘No of Days
Pending’ column, you will notice that the transaction has been pending for 76 days.
7. Click on the Pend Appr hyperlink, then click on the ‘View Approval’ option. The Approval
Details page displays.
 Notice that Lines 1 – 5 are Pending Asset Approval. You can find out who the
asset approvers are by clicking on the ‘Multiple Approvers’ hyperlink.
 You can also view the line comments by clicking on the comment bubble, if a
comment has been entered for the line.
 Click on the ‘Return To Buyer’s Workbench’ to return to the previous page.
8. Purchase Order 0000513053 has a PO Status of ‘Approved’. Click on the Approved
hyperlink, then click on the ‘View Approval’ link. The Approval Details page displays.
 The page will display each level of approvals that the transaction has gone
through and list the approver details for each level (approver name, date, and
time).
 Line Comments can be viewed by clicking on the comment bubble, if a comment
has been entered for the line.
 Click on the ‘Return To Buyer’s Workbench’ to return to the previous page.
Steps for Sending Ad-Hoc Reminder Notifications
1. A new user preference option will need to be defined in order for a user to send an
Approval Reminder notification.
 Your local security administrator will need to select the ‘Can Send Approval
Reminders’ checkbox on the Purchase Order Authorizations page for users who
should have this authority.
 Navigate to Set Up Financials/Supply Chain > Common Definitions > User
Preferences > Define User Preferences > Purchase Order Authorizations (or
Requisition Authorizations for requisition transactions).
2. Once the user preference is defined, navigate to Purchasing > Requisitions > Requester’s
Workbench OR Purchasing > Purchase Orders > Buyer’s Workbench. (For this example
we will navigate to the Buyer’s Workbench.)
3. Select or create a new WorkBench ID.
4. Check the box next to ‘Pending Approval’ in the STATUS section. If desired, you may
enter the number of days that the transaction has been in a status of Pending Approval.
5. Click Search.
6. The Buyer’s Workbench page displays. Select the Approval tab.
7. Purchase Order 0000512224 has a PO Status of ‘Pend Appr’. Looking at the ‘No of Days
Pending’ column you will notice that the transaction has been pending for 77 days.
(Note: The ‘Last Notified On’ field will be populated with the date of the last
notification.)
8. If you decide to send an approval reminder, you will select the box next to PO number,
then click on the Send Approval Reminder button. The message below will display:
9. The Approver will receive an email notification similar to the one below:
10. Another way to send the reminder notification is to click on the Pend Appr hyperlink,
then select the Send Reminder option. The message stating that the reminder has been
sent will display and the approver will receive an email notification.

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