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Process · Time submission to invoice

Time submission to invoice

Keep billable work, its reviewed revision and the invoicing result connected.

Step by step

  1. Link the work Accounting Preparer

    Accounting Preparer connects draft billable time to its accounting document and organization. Check the applicant information and supporting work evidence before submission. The client document provides the financial context for the intended invoicing action.

    • Draft linked to the intended client work
    • Updates Billable time, Accounting documents, Organizations
  2. Submit a revision Accounting Preparer

    Accounting Preparer submits the billable work with its revision and submission date. Preserve that reviewed scope while the decision is pending. Resolve a wrong parent or organization before asking someone to decide the work.

    • Submission revision frozen for review
    • Updates Billable time
  3. Decide eligibility Accounting Reviewer

    Accounting Reviewer independently approves or rejects the specific submission against the same parent and revision. Check the submission identity when another time entry shares those values. Record the decision and reason so the preparer can understand why the work is eligible or why it needs attention. Self-approval is excluded.

    • Independent approval or rejection recorded
    • Updates Billable time, Review decisions
    ApprovalA person approves before the work moves on.
  4. Invoice approved work Accounting Preparer

    Accounting Preparer executes the eligible approved action using a stable operation key. Keep the persisted effects and linked receipt before marking the time completed. If the response is interrupted, inspect that same operation before retrying.

    • Invoice effects retained once
    • Updates Billable time, Accounting documents, Operation receipts

Where it usually breaks

And how to keep it from happening.

  • A decision for another document is reused because the applicant name looks familiar.
  • A decision covers a different time submission under the same parent and revision.
  • The invoicing action uses a changed revision without a matching new review.
  • Rejected or draft work enters the same execution path as approved work.
  • A repeated request creates another effect because it uses a new operation identity.
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