Approve or Deny a PO Change Order in NUFinancials

Audience: Procurement and Payment Services, department chart string approvers, and as applicable, ASRSP, ORS, project approvers.

Once a Change Order has been submitted, you can Approve, Deny or Edit the change order in NUFinancials. To perform the procedures in this guide, you must have access to the Review Change History menu path in NUFinancials. 

Approve a PO Change Order

1. All Approvals in NUFinancials are accessible through the Approvals tile that appears on the Self-Service page.

2. Select a Purchase Order from the list that appears.

3. The Details page for that PO Change Order opens. Click Approve to approve the change order. Note: if you need to view more information about the PO before approving, you can click the Edit Purchase Order link.

4. Enter an Approver comment and click Submit. Comments are highly recommended, but not required.

•  The status of the PO will change to Approved.

Deny a PO Change Order

1. All Approvals in NUFinancials are accessible through the Approvals tile that appears on the Self-Service page.

2. Select a Purchase Order from the list that appears.

3. In the Details page for a PO Change Order, click Deny to deny the change order.

4. Enter an Approver comment explaining the reason for the denial and click Submit. Comments are required when you Deny a PO .

•  The Purchase Order will be marked as Denied.

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