Terminology in the Payables Command Center is misleading and confusing.

Payables Command Center ECC V5

The Invoice (Count Distinct) by Validation Status uses the words APPROVED, NEVER APPROVED and NEEDS REAPPROVAL instead of the correct and expected VALIDATED, NEVER VALIDATED and NEEDS REVALIDATION.

In the Invoice Workbench the terms the users are used to seeing are Validated, Needs Re-Validation or Never Validated. Approved refers to the Approval status – as defined by APINV or AME if used.

This is further emphasized in the Search Function where the users see in the Status area Status (validation status) and Approval (Invoice approval status). NEVER in the Invoice Workbench is APPROVED used to refer to VALIDATION status.