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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Steps: Set Up Cash Advance Requests

Steps: Set Up Cash Advance Requests

Configure a
Review
step on the
Spend Authorization
business process.
You can enable workers to create cash advance requests using a spend authorization. This gives you more options when managing expenses for workers traveling to locations that don't generally accept credit cards.
  1. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Financials
    task.
    In the
    Expenses Options
    section, select the
    Enable Cash Advances
    check box to enable workers to request a cash advance using spend authorizations.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - Financials
    domain in the System functional area.
  2. Configure the
    Expenses Advance
    account posting rule for your company.
    The expenses advance account posting rule identifies the ledger account in which to record cash advance transactions.
  3. Set up a journal source and map it to an operational journal.
    • Enter
      Cash Advance Payment
      as the journal source name and select
      Workday Source
      .
    • Select
      Cash Advance Payment
      to map it to the
      Cash Advance Payment Journal Entry Source
      .
  4. On the
    Edit Bank Account
    task, select
    Cash Advance Payment
    from the
    Primary Account Usage
    prompt to specify the bank account to use for cash advance payments.
  5. On the
    Create Settlement Run Custom Filter
    task, select
    Cash Advance
    from the
    Payment Source
    prompt, and specify additional
    Attributes
    for this payment source.
  6. Create a worktag balancing rule for cash advance transactions. You can either create a new rule or add an existing rule for cash advance transactions.
  7. On the
    Edit Worktag Balancing Rule Set
    task, specify a financial balancing rule for the
    Cash Advance
    financial transaction type.
Workers can create spend authorizations with a cash advance request. After you settle cash advance payments, workers can link spend authorizations with cash advance requests to an expense report.
Process requests for cash advances.