With the summer upon us, many people will be out of the office.  When a Bi-Tech approver is going to be out of the office he/she should mark themselves as ‘out of office’ in Workflow.  For instructions on how to set yourself “out of office” please refer to http://www3.fitnyc.edu/bitech/workflow_links/wfsetoutofoffice.htm

When a person marks themselves “out of office” all new requisitions requiring his/her approval will be automatically re-directed to the approver’s backup.  If the approver does not ‘Set Out of Office’  their role backup can login to Bi-Tech and approve requisitions for him/her.   The IT department will no longer set approver’s as out of office, therefore it is the responsibility of each approver to mark themselves as out of the office to allow for timely processing of requisitions.  For instructions on how to approve as a backup please refer to http://www3.fitnyc.edu/bitech/workflow_links/wfshowroletasks.htm

*** Do not forward requisitions to the approver’s backup while the approver is not in the office. It does not bypass the original approver and will only slow down the approval process,.   Please remember, forwarding in workflow should only be used for the expense reimbursement vouchers of the approver.