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If you have incurred reimbursable expenses, you must enter an expense report in order to be paid.
The user interface in Oracle iExpenses enables you to enter expense reports and then submit them
for approval.
In this topic, you will enter an expense report and submit it for approval.
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Procedure
Step Action
1. Begin by navigating to the Create Expense Report page.
Click the vertical scrollbar.
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2. Click the iExpenses link.
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3. Use the Expense Home page to access the Create Expense Report page.
You can also view the transaction history for your expenses.
Step Action
4. Click the Create Expense Report button.
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5. Enter the department name. This is a required field.
This field may also represent a specific cost center within your organization.
Click in the Department field.
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6. Enter the desired information into the Department field. Enter "740".
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7. Select a currency in which the expense report is to be paid.
Click the Reimbursement Currency list.
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8. Click the USD - US dollar list item.
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9. Click the Expense Template list.
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10. An expense template defines the list of expense types such as airfare, car rental, and
meals.
Click the Travel list item.
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11. Click in the Purpose field.
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12. Enter the desired information into the Purpose field. Enter "New York Trip Jan
2008".
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13. If your organization requires the approver name, enter the value in the Approver
field.
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14. Click the Next button.
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15. The Create Expense Report: Credit Card Transactions page displays any
current outstanding expense transactions.
You can select the outstanding transactions to be added to your expense report.
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16. Click the Next button.
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17. Select the date for the first expense line.
Click in the Date field.
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18. Enter the desired information into the Date field. Enter "15-Jan-2008".
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19. Add the amount of the receipt.
Click in the Receipt Amount field.
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20. Enter the desired information into the Receipt Amount field. Enter "750.00".
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21. Examples of expense types are airfare, hotel charges, transportation, meals, car
rental, and so on.
Click the Expense Type list.
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22. Click the Airfare list item.
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23. Select a justification for this expense.
The expense template indicates if a justification is required for the expense type.
Click in the Justification field.
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24. Enter the desired information into the Justification field. Enter "Flight".
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25. You must click the Details button to add specific details for the current expense
line if your organization requires additional information for specific expenses.
Note. You must enter the details for the current expense line before you can add
another expense line.
In this example using the Airfare expense type, you can add details such as the
type of travel (domestic or international), class of the flight (business, coach), and
the location to which you traveled.
Click the Details button.
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26. In this example, you must enter values for the Type of Travel and Class of Ticket.
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27. Click the Type of Travel list.
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28. Click the Domestic list item.
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29. Click the Class of Ticket list.
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30. Click the Coach list item.
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31. Click in the Location From field.
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32. Enter the desired information into the Location From field. Enter "San
Francisco".
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33. Click in the Location To field.
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34. Enter the desired information into the Location To field. Enter "New York City".
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35. Your organization may require its employees to charge certain expenses to a
corporate credit card.
If this expense was charged to a corporate credit card, you will select Yes.
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36. Click the Search for Corporate Charge Card button.
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37. Click the Go button.
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38. Click the Yes option.
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39. Click the Select button.
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40. Click other buttons on this page to perform additional actions.
For example, if you do not want to include this expense item, click the Remove
button.
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41. After you have entered the details for the expense line, you will need to access the
Cash and Other Expenses page to add additional expenses.
Click the Return button.
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42. Enter a date for the second expense line.
Click in the Date field.
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43. Enter the desired information into the Date field. Enter "15-Jan-2008".
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44. Click in the Receipt Amount field.
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45. Enter the desired information into the Receipt Amount field. Enter "20.00".
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46. Click the Expense Type list.
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47. Click the Taxis list item.
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48. Click in the Justification field.
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49. Enter the desired information into the Justification field. Enter "Taxi from airport
to hotel".
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50. Since additional details are not required for transportation, you do not have to click
the Details button for this expense line.
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51. Enter a date for the next expense line.
Click in the Date field.
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52. Enter the desired information into the Date field. Enter "15-Jan-2008".
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53. Click in the Receipt Amount field.
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54. Enter the desired information into the Receipt Amount field. Enter "15.00".
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55. Click the Expense Type list.
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56. Click the Meals list item.
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57. Click in the Justification field.
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58. Enter the desired information into the Justification field. Enter "Dinner".
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59. Your organization may require additional details regarding meals expenses.
Click the Details button to enter the details for your meal expense.
Click the Details button.
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60. Enter the number of attendees for the meal. You can also enter the names of the
attendees.
Click in the Number of Attendees field.
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61. Enter the desired information into the Number of Attendees field. Enter "1".
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62. Click the Return button.
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63. Now, you are ready to enter the last expense line for this particular expense report.
This line is for hotel charges.
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64. Enter the date for the last expense line.
Click in the Date field.
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65. Enter the desired information into the Date field. Enter "18-Jan-2008".
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66. Click in the Receipt Amount field.
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67. Enter the desired information into the Receipt Amount field. Enter "645.95".
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68. Click the Expense Type list.
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69. Click the Hotel list item.
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70. Click in the Justification field.
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71. Enter the desired information into the Justification field. Enter "Hotel".
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72. Click the Details button.
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73. Indicate if the hotel expenses were charged to a corporate credit card.
Click the Corporate Credit Card button.
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74. Click the Go button.
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75. Click the Yes option.
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76. Click the Select button.
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77. Click the Return button.
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78. You have finished entering all the expense lines for this particular expense report.
The next step is to submit the expense report for approval.
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79. Click the Next button.
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80. Click the Submit button.
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81. After you click the Submit button, the expense report is routed to the appropriate
approver, based on the approval or workflow process.
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82. Use this page to review the submitted expense report.
Scroll down to view the expense report.
Click the vertical scrollbar.
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83. You have completed the Creating an Expense Report procedure.
End of Procedure.
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