Following the front office, stardom for this week is to the Admin team for effectively managing our travel requests.Travel is inevitable. Just as interesting as it can get. The thrill and exposure of a new culture, very much different to the one we are rooted to, is simply sensational and more, only if you have someone to help you with making travel arrangements. Try doing it yourself, and you might change your mind about the trip đBefore these trips, the traveler needs to notify the management of it and get it approved. Location, duration of stay, mode of travel and other preferences were conventionally notified to the Admin team by email, but did not work well for us on the long run. Too many email being sent back and forth, but with very little advancement, was truly a bother. What we came up with, to handle this tedious process, was this: Travel Request Application.
Here is a peek at how it works.
All information required to make travel arrangements, such as passport, visa details and personal information are filled in this application by the requester, which on submission, is sent across to the manager on an automated email notification for approval. What additionally we have done is dedicating a view to managers, as they get many such requests to verify. The link to this view is included in the notification email, and all the unattended requests are listed with Approve/Reject options. This helps greatly in assessing all the travel requests on a unified view. Managers alone have access to this view, thus isolation is achieved. Once approved, these requests are forwarded to the Admin team for proceeding with making travel arrangements; booking travel tickets, accommodation, etc.
If we had turned towards getting a custom software built for this purpose, it would not have been a sensible decision. Certainly not with an online database software as Zoho Creator at hand. The fact that it cost Rajesh four days of effort can wholeheartedly be ruled out when taking into account, the ease of handling travel arrangements.
Just as our previously flaunted applications, this one here too is available at the Marketplace for you to try.
@Agrachina: You can try implementing it, yourself. Should you run into any complexities, we'd love to be of help. Contact us by email; support@zohocreator.com.
@Agrachina: You can try implementing it, yourself. Should you run into any complexities, we'd love to be of help. Contact us by email; support@zohocreator.com.
@Raagavan: As someone not being a programmer, simply able of adjusting some HTML and Deluge Script, is it possible to include the Approval Module into the Expense Tracker Application myself?
@Raagavan: As someone not being a programmer, simply able of adjusting some HTML and Deluge Script, is it possible to include the Approval Module into the Expense Tracker Application myself?
@Agrachina: Sure. If you need a stand-alone Expense Tracker Application, try it at the Marketplace. You can include the Approval Module, re-using the logic of the Travel form in this Travel Manager Application.
@Agrachina: Sure. If you need a stand-alone Expense Tracker Application, try it at the Marketplace. You can include the Approval Module, re-using the logic of the Travel form in this Travel Manager Application.
Our solution, Vana Workforce, built on Zoho People. includes this functionality and much more.http://www.vanaworkforce.com
Our solution, Vana Workforce, built on Zoho People. includes this functionality and much more.http://www.vanaworkforce.com
This application is simple but amazing at the same time. The 3-step process flow with the approval functionality is especially interesting. I wonder whether it can be modified to become an expenses application which is not just tracking expenses but also contains the request/approval functionality?
This application is simple but amazing at the same time. The 3-step process flow with the approval functionality is especially interesting. I wonder whether it can be modified to become an expenses application which is not just tracking expenses but also contains the request/approval functionality?