Reviewing and Approving Multiple Requests

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to explain how to approve multiple requests in Concur Professional Request.

Overview

System administrators are able to activate a feature that allows approvers to approve multiple requests at the same time.

  • When looking at the list of requests in their approval queue, if the approver sees a checkbox next to each request, it means that the approver can approve multiple requests simultaneously.
  • The approver selects the checkbox for each request, and then selects the Approve button.
  • Only requests that are using the same workflow configuration and are at the same step in the workflow can be approved simultaneously.
  • There's no option for performing any of the other approval options you learned about in the previous lesson simultaneously. Only approvals can be performed in bulk.

Note

Since approvers are not required to open each request, SAP Concur does not recommend this feature in most cases.

Approving Multiple Requests

In this example, there are multiple requests pending your approval. You have already reviewed the two Authorization Requests and are ready to approve them.

Steps

  1. Select the requests to approve.

    Screenshot showing the list of all requests pending your approval. The checkboxes for the two authorization requests are highlighted.

    Select the checkboxes for the two Authorization requests in the Request Type column.

  2. Approve the requests.

    Screenshot with the authorization requests selected. The Approve button is active and highlighted.

    Select the Approve button.

    Note

    Depending on your configuration, you may be required to confirm that you have reviewed and approve these requests.

Result

Screenshot showing the updated approval queue.

The requests have been approved and are no longer in your approval queue.

Summary

  • System administrators can enable a feature that allows approvers to select and approve multiple requests at once, provided the requests share the same workflow configuration and step.
  • Approvers use checkboxes next to each request in their approval queue to select multiple items, then click the Approve button to process them together.
  • Only approvals can be performed in bulk; other approval actions (like rejection or forwarding) must be done individually.
  • SAP Concur generally does not recommend this feature because approvers do not need to open or review each request individually before approving.
  • Once approved, the selected requests are immediately removed from the approval queue, and confirmation may be required depending on your system's configuration.