Approve supplier invoice
Approves a supplier invoice so it becomes eligible for payment handling defined by the purchasing process.
Business object
Approve supplier invoice
Business lifecycle
Updated state
Vue d’ensemble
Approves a supplier invoice so it becomes eligible for payment handling defined by the purchasing process.
Exemple
After matching against the purchase order, approve the invoice for the payment queue.
Parameters 1
supplier_invoice
Supplier invoice whose lifecycle must be changed.
Outputs 1
supplier_invoice
Supplier invoice after applying the transition.
Behavior
The node applies the approval transition to the supplier invoice and returns its updated state.
Key point The node applies a canonical business operation: it does not bypass the object's lifecycle and fails when the requested transition is incompatible with the current state.
Limits and responsibilities
- Approving does not mean paying the invoice.
- Amount, matching, or fraud checks must run beforehand when required by your policy.