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title: "Journal Entry Approvals | Marlin Bookkeeping"
slug: "journal-entry-approvals"
description: "Learn about Journal Entry Approvals in Marlin Tyre and Mechanical Workshop Software by Megabus."
updated: 2023-08-11T06:04:23Z
published: 2023-08-11T06:04:23Z
canonical: "help.megabus.com.au/journal-entry-approvals"
---

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# Journal Entry Approvals

**Marlin Tyre and Mechanical Workshop Software**'s [user permissions](/v1/docs/users#user-permissions) can be edited so that only specific user roles within a branch can commit journal entries.

Users without permission to commit journal entries can still edit and prepare them, but they will need to be committed by a different user who has the permission enabled.

Additional functions can be enabled so that users without permission to commit journal entries can instead submit them for approval to users with the permission enabled.

To enable journal entry approvals, please contact the **Megabus Support Team**.

## Commit Journal Entries Permissions

Users can be restricted from committing journal entries by selecting **System > Company > Security > Permissions** from the menu bar.

Under the Journal Entries category, select the **Commit Journal Entries** permission and open it in **Edit** mode.

The Commit Journal Entries permissions window will open on the **Details** tab.

The **Roles** toggles at the bottom can be used to restrict which users are able to commit journal entries.

To permit a user to commit journal entries, tick the relevant **Roles** checkbox.

To restrict a user from committing journal entries, untick the relevant **Roles** checkbox.

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User roles can be configured for different users by selecting **System > Company > Users** from the menu bar and then ticking or unticking the checkboxes in the Search list, as appropriate.

If the journal entry approvals function is not enabled, then journal entries can only be committed by logging in as a different user who has the permission enabled.

If the journal entry approvals function is enabled, then users without permission to commit journal entries will need to submit them for approval to users with the permission enabled.

## Submitting Journal Entries for Approval

#### Daily Activity > Journal Entries > [journal Entry]

Users without the Commit Journal Entries permission enabled will need to submit all journal entries for approval, before they can be committed.

For users without permission to commit journal entries, the Commit action button to the top right of the Journal Entries window will be disabled and an additional **Submit** action button will appear.

Once a journal entry is ready to be committed, click on the **Submit** action button.

The **Submit Journal** pop-up window will open, warning that the user will no longer be able to edit the journal entry after it is submitted.

To email users with permission to commit journal entries, notifying them that it is awaiting approval, click the **Ok** button in the bottom right of the Submit Journal Entry window.

Users with commit permissions are then able to [edit, commit or cancel the journal entry](/v1/docs/journal-entries) as required.