Power Approvals: Configure Mobile Approvals

Power Approvals is our Microsoft Power Platform-based mobile application for remote payment approval. Power Approvals allows any designated company approver within the organization to easily approve payments from their mobile device, or from any computer using a browser of choice.

Before setting up Power Approvals, please make sure you have met the system requirements.

Requirements

Before an approver can make use of Power Approvals, there are a few setup tasks that must be accomplished.

Administrators

1. Secure Approval Workflow
   • Administrators must configure Task-Based Security. Any companies still functioning using Mekorma Legacy Security (user ID or Checkbook security) must convert to Task-Based Security to take full advantage of Power Approvals.

2. Credentials
   • In order to use the app, approvers must have a valid email account associated with their GP user ID. A valid email account is defined as an Office 365 account or a Azure Active Directory federated domain account.
   • System Administrators can handle the email setup for all Users, within the Approval Email Setup window.

3. Grant Access to Power Approvals
   • An administrator must share or give access to Power Approvals for each approver. For more information on sharing Power Apps applications, please consult the following Microsoft Docs documentation: Share a canvas app in Power Apps

Approvers

1. Download Power Apps
   • Your company must hold valid Power Apps licenses and have an environment to deploy Power Approvals.
   • A System Administrator must contact Mekorma to obtain a copy of Power Approvals to be uploaded and deployed in the Power Apps environment.
   • For mobile deployment, approvers must install Power Apps on their devices. Power Apps can be obtained from the Google Play Store for Android devices or Apple store for iOS devices.
   • Once an administrator has shared Power Approvals with a user, the application can be accessed by opening Power Apps on a mobile device.

Approvers are then ready to use the mobile app to review, reject and approve payments!