3213623 - Japan Expense Report Goes to In Approval Instead of In Audit

You create a new expense reports on behalf. Its status does not change to Audit, even though you have made the following configuration:

1. Go to the Business Configuration work center.
2. Go to the Overview view.
3. Select the Fine Tuning Activity Business Task Management for Expense and Reimbursement Management.
4. Click Edit audit and approval scenarios.

For the country Japan the field " Audit required" and percentage to be audited = 100% is set.

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1. Go to the Travel and Expense work center.
2. Select New Expense Report On Behalf.
3. Enter all required information.
4. Press Save.

The Expense Report's status changes to In Approval straight away instead of to In Audit.

For the country version Japan, an expense report first changes to in Approval status and only after to in Audit (Approval before Audit) as per standard configuration.

This standard configuration cannot be changed by the customer

The system is behaving as expected.

Expense report, approval, Japan

KBA , AP-ERM-ER , Expense Report , Problem