Expense Approver Information in Concur SAE file

[Perci]

Why is there no expense approver information included in the Concur SAE file? We upgraded our Concur Standard Accounting Extract (SAE) file from version 2 to version 4 over a year ago, yet the expense approver details are still missing. Does anyone know why this might be the case?

Thanks,

[PoojaKumatkar · Accepted solution]

Hi @Perci ,

Please note that SAE file contains only expense report related information. It does not contain details related to the workflow or approver. This is how it is by design. @KevinD - Can you please confirm. 

May I know why you need approver details in SAE? what is the purpose.

You can get approver details by going into individual report or through Cognos reporting if needed. 

If this answer's your query, then please mark solution as accepted.

[KevinD]

@Perci workflow steps have never been part of the SAE, as far as I know of. Only details of the expenses are captured in the SAE as @PoojaKumatkar mentioned. 

[Perci]

Thank you @KevinD & @PoojaKumatkar for the response. The question I raised was intended to satisfy a personal curiosity. I understand that the SAE file is used for financial posting. I was thinking it would be helpful if it also included the employee ID of the person who approved the report. That way, we wouldn't need to rely on a separate Cognos report to identify the approver.

Or probably, not sure though if it is possible or a good practice, can use one of the available RPT custom fields for that purpose.