If the approver is out of the office he/she should mark themselves as ‘out of office’ in Workflow. (Please refer to ‘Workflow Approval User Guide’ p.14 for detailed instructions on how to ‘Set Out of Office’. (http://www3.fitnyc.edu/bitech/guides_links/Guide_Workflow_Approval_Trainging_Guide.pdf)

When a person marks themselves out of office all requisitions requiring his/her approval will be automatically re-directed to the approver’s supervisor. If the approver does not ‘Set Out of Office’  their supervisor can login to Bi-Tech and approve requisitions for him/her. (Please refer to ‘Workflow Approval User Guide’ p.10 for detailed instructions ( see link above).

*** Do not forward requisitions to the approver’s supervisor 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.