Limit Visibility of Categories and Expense Fields via Team Fields

Limit Visibility of Categories and Expense Fields via Team Fields

If you have created Team Fields to segment your employees into groups (e.g., Department, Location), you may limit the visibility of categories and expense fields to certain users, based on these groups. 

If a category or expense field is not available to people associated with a specific Team Field, they will not be able to select it on their expenses.

Limit Visibility of Categories

In this example, we will use the Location Team Field to limit the visibility of categories. 

  1. Click on SettingsCompany Settings and navigate to the Categories screen.

    Categories screen in Company Settings with category list

  2. Click on Limit Category Visibility by Team Field, then select the desired field from the drop-down menu.

    Limit Category Visibility by Team Field option with Team Field dropdown

  3. By default, each category is visible to all employees. If certain categories only need to be seen by certain groups, you may edit the visibility.

    In the Visible to: Location column click ALL.

    Categories list showing Visible to Location column with ALL link for each category

  4. Select Limit Category Visibility by Team Field, then choose the location(s) from the drop-down. 

    Category visibility dialog with location selections from the Team Field dropdown

  5. Click Save

Limit Visibility of Expense Fields

By default, all users have visibility into new Expense fields. However, the visibility can be restricted to specific groups within your organization based on any configured Team Fields.

  1. Click on SettingsCompany Settings and navigate to the Expense Fields screen.

    Expense Fields screen in Company Settings listing configured expense fields

  2. Scroll down to the desired expense field and click Edit

    Expense Fields list with Edit button highlighted for a field

  3. Under Visible to, click on Specified (Team Fields) and select the desired field(s) from the drop-down.

    Edit Expense Field dialog with Visible to set to Specified Team Fields and field selections

  4. Click Save.

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