Is the Category field on Expense Reports unrelated to Expense Categories? I was shocked when we turned on Expense Reports, added Expense Categories and then realized the Category field had no values in it. (native field on the Expenses sublist)

did you configure expense categories first?

yes

when you select an employee you see your categories. if you do not contact support, it is a maulfunctio

ope, i'm being a buckethead. set them up in prod but not SB