NetSuite Admin Tip | SuiteApprovals Portlets (Overview)

SuiteApprovals gives users built-in tools to control and track approvals for both supported transaction/record types and email-based approvals. Supported record types include Journal Entry, Expense Report, Purchase Order, Requisition, Sales Order, Vendor Bill, Engineering Change Order, and the Email Approval Log. 

 

This article focuses specifically on the SuiteApprovals portlets. NetSuite provides two standard SuiteApprovals portlets, and neither portlet is customizable. 

 

 

1) Records for Approval 

The Records for Approval portlet provides a quick view of the items that require your approval specifically Purchase Orders, Vendor Bills, and Expense Reports. 

Records are grouped by record type, with a count showing how many approvals are pending for each type. Selecting a record type takes you to the