How to Bypass Approval Levels
- Bogdan Büchner
- Jan 1, 2026
- 2 min read
Approval workflows are designed to make sure documents reach the right people before they are approved. But when a high-level approver creates their own Purchase Order, Invoice or Expense, going through every lower approval level may not be necessary.
DPO’s Bypass feature allows these documents to be routed directly to the user’s own approval level.
Enable the Bypass feature
To configure the feature, go to Settings and open the Users tab.
Select your user profile and configure the Bypass settings for the relevant document types.
The feature can be used for:
Purchase Orders
Invoices
Expenses
Choose the appropriate approval level
If you are assigned to multiple approval levels, DPO allows you to choose whether a document should bypass directly to your lowest or highest assigned approval level.
If you are assigned to only one approval level, simply enable the bypass option for the relevant document type.
How the Bypass feature works
Imagine that your company uses five approval levels and you are assigned to Level 5.
Normally, a Purchase Order you create would move through all lower approval levels before reaching Level 5. With the Bypass feature enabled, the Purchase Order automatically jumps directly to your own approval level. In this example, you become the only approver required for that Purchase Order.
Simplify approvals for high-level users
The Bypass feature is particularly useful for high-level approvers who regularly create their own Purchase Orders, Invoices or Expenses. Instead of routing these documents through lower approval levels first, DPO can send them directly to the approval level assigned to the user.
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