Expense Reports - Accounting approval: How do we stop users with Edit permission from performing Accounting Approval. Suite Answers doesn’t help that much https://suiteanswers.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8516

One option is a workflow that controls approval parameters.

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For invoices We have a workflow that changes the the display type of approval status to inline "Set Field Display TypeApproval Status = INLINE" We also have another state in the workflow that locks the record unless you have a specific role.