Editing and Resubmitting a Sent Back Expense Report

Summary

In this article, you will walk through the steps to edit and resubmit an expense report that has been sent back for minor revisions.

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When an approver sends back an expense report to you to edit, you can make the requested edits and resubmit.

Note: A denied expense report cannot be edited.

In this article, you will walk through the steps to edit and resubmit an expense report that has been sent back for minor revisions.

1. Step 1

Oneusg connect Employee Self Service homepage displayed with the Expenses tile highlighted

First, log into the UGA Financial Management System. 

On the UGA Financial Management System Employee Self Service homepage, click the Expenses tile.

2. Step 2

Expense page displayed withe My Expense Reports tile highlighted

Click the My Expense Reports tile.

3. Step 3

The My Expense Reports page is displayed with th Returned link highlighted

The My Expense Reports page is displayed.

To filter your Expense Reports to only display expense reports that have been returned, click the Returned menu link.

4. Step 4

The My Expense Reports page is displayed eith the Returned information highlighted

The list is filtered to only show returned Expense Reports. To view the details and make edits, click the appropriate Expense Report.

Example shown here: the Expense Report for conference-related travel.

5. Step 5

The My Expense Summary page displayed with the The My Expense Report Summary highlighted

The Summary page of the selected expense report is displayed.

Within the Approval Status section, you can see the approval history of the document as well as the approver comments as to why the expense report was sent back.

6. Step 6

The My Expense Summary page displayed with the General Information button highlighted

To review and/or edit the header information, click the General Information button.

7. Step 7

The General Information page displayed with the Business Purpose list highlighted

The General Information page is displayed. Here you can edit the header information on the expense report.

For this example, you can see that we listed the wrong business purpose. Our travel was to Los Angeles, but we listed it as In-State Travel. To change this field, click the Business Purpose list.

8. Step 8

The General Information page displayed with the Ouf of State Travel list option highlighted

Click the Out-of-State Travel option.

9. Step 9

The General Information page displayed with the Accounting Details button highlighted

If your Expense Manager noticed an error in your documented ChartFields, click the Accounting Defaults button.

Note: Editing the information at the header level will unfortunately not change the accounting information for expense lines already on the report. You will need to change those lines individually.

10. Step 10

The Expense Report Defaults window is displayed with the Done button highlighted

The Expense Report Defaults window is displayed. From here, you can make any necessary changes to the chartstring.

When your edits are complete, click the Done button.

11. Step 11

The General Information page displayed with the Update Details button highlighted

To review and/or edit the expense lines, click the Update Details button.

12. Step 12

The Expense Entry page displayed with the selected Expense line highlighted

The Expense Entry page is displayed.

Click on an expense line on the left side of the page to make edits to that line's details.

13. Step 13

The Expense Entry page displayed with Amount field highlighted

You can edit the amount of that expense line by entering appropriate information into the Amount field.  

For this example, we are changing the wrong amount of $140 to match the receipt amount of $160. Clear the Amount field and then enter 160 .

14. Step 14

The Expense Entry page displayed with Attach Receipt button highlighted

If you need to attach a required receipt or delete an existing receipt to replace it with the correct receipt, click the Attach Receipt (Required) button.

15. Step 15

The Attachments window displayed with the Edit button displayed

The Attachments window is displayed. To delete an attachment, click the Edit button.

For this example, the expense line is for a car rental, but the receipt is for air travel. The wrong receipt was attached and needs to be replaced.

16. Step 16

The Attachments window is displayed with the check box highlighted

Select the appropriate receipt by clicking in the corresponding checkbox.

For this example, click the checkbox next to the Car receipt .

17. Step 17

The Attachments window displayed with the Delete button highlighted

With the attachment selected, click the Delete button.

18. Step 18

The Attachments window displayed with the Yes button highlighted

You will be asked to confirm your action. To confirm, click the Yes button.

19. Step 19

The Attachments window displayed with the Add Attachments button highlighted

With the original receipt removed successfully, you can proceed to attach the correct receipt.

Click the Add Attachment button and follow the subsequent steps.

20. Step 20

The Expense Summary page displayed with the Accounting button highlighted

If you need to update the accounting information for the selected expense line, click the Accounting button.

21. Step 21

The Expense Summary page displayed with the Save button highlighted

To save your changes, click the Save button.

22. Step 22

The Expense Summary page displayed with the Review and Submit button highlighted

When you have finished your edits, click the Review and Submit button.

23. Step 23

The Expense Summary page displayed with the Submit button highlighted

Click the Submit button.

24. Step 24

The Submission Confirmation window displayed with the Submit button highlighted

Read the certification message. When complete, click the Submit button to certify and submit your edited expense report.

25. Step 25

The My Expense Reports page displayed with the Expense Report information highlighted

You are returned to the My Expense Reports page and a green banner will display at the top of the screen letting you know that the expense report has been successfully submitted.

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Article ID: 149576
Created
Sat 9/24/22 11:17 PM
Modified
Wed 4/1/26 3:48 PM