Hi, can anyone please confirm how approvals work for Time Bill and Weekly Timesheet in NetSuite? There are many options, and I am not sure how they all work together. There is Approval Routing, Workflows, and Advanced Approvals. From what I understand, Approval Routing is standard and only works for certain transactions. You define the hierarchy on the Employee record, and NetSuite handles the routing. I believe this also works for Time Entry, but not for Weekly Timesheets.
The other option is Workflow. If Approval Routing is enabled, should we disable it before using a workflow for time entry approvals? Can both be used at the same time? This seems confusing because it may cause conflicts.
Time also has two more approval options: “Require Approvals on Time Records” and “Advanced Approvals on Time Records.” I’m not sure what the difference is between “Require Approvals on Time Records” and Approval Routing — they seem similar to me. Advanced Approvals on Time Records provides more granular control, and also appears to use NetSuite’s standard approval process (Approve, Reject, Submit buttons). If we customize, we may need to hide those buttons and implement our own approval actions.
Please confirm if I am understanding this correctly.