We are using audit rules for limits on each expense type for meals, but then we have separate expense types for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, so we are able to separate the three with their own individual limits. We've also added City to the rule, and can exclude Cities, based on the search feature when setting up the rule.
We also currently only use this as a "message" or yellow flag with no hard stop, telling users to enter a comment as to why the meal cost was high, but the rule can be set as a hard stop also. We can run reports as to who consistently receives the exception and determine at some point if we need a hard stop by reviewing comments and cities where exceptions are occurring. The main reason we set up the rule was because the wrong expense type was being used for a travel meal - which for us is Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. If they pay for another persons meal the expense type should be Business Meals and attendees are required.
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