Approve or Reject a Payment Application in Portfolio Financials
Objective
To approve or reject a payment application in the Contract Room of Portfolio Financials.
Background
The Contract Room is a shared portal where vendors can submit variations and payment applications directly to the project team for approval throughout the duration of the project. The Payment Applications tab of the Contract Room is where payment applications can be approved or rejected.
Things to Consider
- Required User Permissions:
- 'Full Access' to the project or higher.
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Steps
To approve a payment application:
- Navigate to the relevant Contract Room by clicking the name of the cost item in the project's Cost Tracker.
Note: Cost items with a Contract Room are marked with a ribbon icon. - Click the Payment Applications tab.
- Click on the pending payment application that you want to review.
- In the Payment application Status section, click Approve.
- Click Approve to confirm the approval.
To reject a payment application:
- Navigate to the relevant Contract Room by clicking the name of the cost item in the project's Cost Tracker.
Note: Cost items with a Contract Room are marked with a ribbon icon. - Click the Payment Applications tab.
- Click on the pending payment application that you want to review.
- In the Payment application Status section, click Reject.
- Optional: Enter a comment that explains the reason for the rejection.
- Click Reject.
Note: A speech bubble icon appears next to 'Rejected' if a comment was entered. The icon can be hovered over to view the reason for the rejection.