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Anyone here using SuiteApprovals know why you have to set an Exception Criteria on Approval Rules?  I can't save an Approval Rule without setting Exception Criteria, but I don't want any exceptions.  I the Vendor Bill is greater than (specified amount) then I want it to require approval....NO EXCEPTIONS.
This seems like an odd mandate for an approval flow that there MUST be an exception.

Also why can't you designate an approver.  We need the ability to send approvals to any employee that we set on the Transaction record.  It is forcing all approvals to go through the supervisor hierarchy of the A/P team (or whoever entered the Bill)

to change it from supervisor approvals you just need to select "define custom approval chain" instead of the default which is "use standard employee hierarchy"

and then after you select the custom option you can choose different approver types. using a field on the record isn't one of the supported choices though, so you may have to try some workarounds or a different option. and i'm not sure what you mean about exception criteria, i haven't had that message come up.