{"id":149,"date":"2019-07-01T12:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T17:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/?p=149"},"modified":"2020-06-30T12:12:06","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T17:12:06","slug":"set-vacation-delegate-newrelease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/2019\/07\/set-vacation-delegate-newrelease\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated FAQ: I’m going on vacation. Can someone approve transactions on my behalf?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Users who will be out of the office\u00a0can delegate approval responsibilities to another user while you are out of the office using the Worklist<\/strong>. Users who should consider delegation include Financial Unit Managers (for purchasing and expense transactions), Line Managers (for time cards) and Procurement Requesters (for invoice approvals).<\/p>\n

\"VacationDelegate19B\"<\/p>\n

Steps:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Click the Notifications<\/strong> bell.<\/li>\n
  2. Select Show All<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. Click the Worklist<\/strong> button.\u00a0 Note that the worklist will open in a pop-up window – ensure that you have enabled\u00a0pop-ups in your browser for Oracle Cloud.<\/li>\n
  4. Once on\u00a0the Worklist<\/strong>, click your Name<\/strong> in the top right corner.<\/li>\n
  5. Then select Preferences<\/strong> from the drop-down menu.<\/li>\n
  6. You will then view the Vacation Period<\/strong> screen – click the check box for Enable vacation period.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. Enter the Start and End Dates<\/strong> for your vacation period rule.\u00a0 Note that only new<\/strong> items as of the date and time you specify\u00a0will be delegated.\u00a0 Items that are already in your Worklist prior to setting your vacation period will not be re-routed.<\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Select the name of the User\u00a0<\/strong>to whom your approvals should be Delegated<\/strong>.\u00a0 You should use the Delegate to\u00a0<\/strong>option, as this will provide the delegate with the ability to complete the task on your behalf.\u00a0 You should not use the\u00a0Reassign<\/strong> option under\u00a0Vanderbilt’s configuration.<\/em><\/li>\n
  9. Click Save<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can then close the window.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

     <\/p>\n

    Important Notes<\/h3>\n

    Approval Groups<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Note that members\u00a0of an approval group need not delegate their approvals to another person, as the other members of the approval group may continue to claim and approve\/reject transactions in their absence.<\/p>\n

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    Users who will be out of the office\u00a0can delegate approval responsibilities to another user while you are out of the office using the Worklist. Users who should consider delegation include Financial Unit Managers (for purchasing and expense transactions), Line Managers (for time cards) and Procurement Requesters (for invoice approvals). Steps: Click the Notifications bell. Select…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7528,"featured_media":319,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11,25,1,16,21],"tags":[29,8,5,23,22],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-core-hr","category-expense-reports","category-intercompany","category-news","category-procurement","category-time-and-time-off","tag-business-unitentity-approvers","tag-financial-unit-managers","tag-hcm-specialists","tag-hr-line-managers","tag-procurement-requesters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":607,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/skyvu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}