Change an employee's approval routing
Goal
Update who approves a specific employee's expenses - either by changing the assigned approver on the employee card, or by changing the approval policy that governs their expense categories.
Option A - Change the assigned approver
The assigned approver on the Employee Card is the default person who receives the employee's expenses when no policy overrides it.
- From Truvio Expense Management - Overview, select Employees
- Open the employee record and go to the Expense Management section
- Update the Approver field to the new approver
- Save
This takes effect immediately for any expenses submitted after the change. Expenses already in the approval queue are not affected - they continue to route to the previous approver.
Option B - Change the approval policy
Use this when the routing logic itself needs to change - for example, adding a second approval level, changing auto-approve thresholds, or adding a fixed approver for a specific category.
- From Truvio Expense Management - Overview, select Approval Policies
- Open the policy assigned to the relevant category in the employee's profile and edit it, or create a new policy
- If you created a new policy, assign it to the employee's Employee Profile at the category level:
- Open Employee Profiles, select the profile, and update the Approval Policy field on the relevant category line
Which option to use
| Situation | Option |
|---|---|
| The approver person has changed (e.g. manager handover) | A - update the Approver field |
| The routing logic has changed (e.g. adding CFO sign-off above £500) | B - update or create an Approval Policy |
| A specific employee needs different routing from their profile group | A - or create a dedicated profile for that employee |
What to check
- Submit a test expense and confirm it routes to the correct approver
- If using a policy change, verify that other employees sharing the same profile are not unintentionally affected
Related
- Reference: Approval policies
- Reference: Employee profiles
- Concept: Approval workflow
- Best practice: Approval policy design