The Approve & Review Workbench is found in Employee Self Service > ESS Portal, as shown in Approve & Review Workbench Screen. It allows you to view and maintain timesheet approvals, employee timesheets, and missing timesheet reports.
Approve & Review Workbench Screen
The three tabs on this screen (Timesheet Approval, Employee Timesheets, Missing TS Reports) are discussed in the sections below.
Timesheet Approval tab
The Timesheet Approval tab (Timesheet Approval Tab) displays all Employees who have begun reporting and need approval and review of their timesheets.
Timesheet Approval Tab
1st Named Filter (By Period): Active, Dormant, All
2nd Named Filter (By Approver): My Timesheets, All
3rd Named Filter (By Date): This Month, This Year, All
4th Named Filter (By Employee Status): All, Active, Terminated
5th Named Filter (By Summary Record Status): Waiting for Approval, Work in Progress, Approved, Transferred, All
The following actions are found on this screen:
Approve Reporting - Sets all Submitted Timesheets to Approved Status. Timesheets become available for transfer.
Reject Reporting – Deletes all Submitted Timesheets, removes the E-Signature, and sets reporting records to Rejected status. Note: Approved Timesheets cannot be rejected and must be unapproved before they can be rejected.
Unapprove Reporting – Sets all Approved Timesheets to Submitted status.
Employee Timesheets tab
The Employee Timesheets tab (Employee Timesheets Tab) displays Employee Payroll Timesheets for review/approval. Any submitted time can be redistributed. Once redistribution begins, update and imbalance lines are displayed as ticked, as shown in Employee Timesheets Tab.
Employee Timesheets Tab
Any Imbalanced value is displayed on the record detail, as shown below.
Missing TS Reports tab
The Missing TS Reports tab (Missing Reports Tab) allows you to generate a list of Employees who have not begun reporting. You cannot input values, but you can export a list.
Missing Reports Tab
