Travel Expense Showcase in Appian

The low-code platform Appian is a web-based application. Appian is delivered via SaaS, self-hosted or hybrid. The Appian Community Edition SaaS test environment was used for the showcase. Two scenarios were modeled: with and without original receipts. There are two lanes (responsibles): Employees and Supervisors. The process begins when an employee fills out the Add Business Trip form. Followed by that is the question of whether there are receipts. If the answer is YES, a text document is generated with an Appian Smart Service and saved in a folder in the Appian environment. An employee can later download this document, make changes (if necessary), sign it and send it by post along with the supporting documents. If the answer is NO, the data goes directly within the application to the supervisor for approval. He receives an email. If approved, the data is automatically saved in the Appian database, otherwise the employee will receive an automatic rejection email.