Scenario 4: Mrs. International Travel Test (International Travel)
Existing Employee Traveler: Using an existing employee, who resides in Washington State, prepare them for traveling to Hawaii (international) for a 4-day conference.
INSTRUCTIONS: Mrs. International attending a conference in Hawaii, requesting a Cash Advance.
For this activity there are a few Task Force Recommendations you are exploring:
- TF 1.1 - Employee Data > Display Name
- TF 1.2 & 1.3 - Organizational Data > Expenses Processing Data
- TF 1.4 - Organizational Data > Default ChartField Values
- TF 1.6 - User Defaults > Expense Defaults
- TF 1.7 & 2.6 - User Defaults > Expense Type Defaults
- TF 1.8 - Bank Accounts > Organizational Data & Bank Account Info
Plus
- TF 1.5 - Organizational Data > Cash Advance Level
- TF 2.3 - Details > Quick-Fill
- TF 2.5 - Details > Expense Types Updated
- TF 3.1 - Cash Advance Chartstring - (Global Chartstring: Fund 790 Class 285 Dept 98389 State Purpose N)
- TF 3.2 - Reference Field: Add Travel Authorization ID to Cash Advance
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Perform all the recommended prerequisite checks and updates on the Traveler's profile.
- QRG LINK: Prerequisite Traveler's Profile
The Travel Situation:
Mrs. International has been offered the opportunity to travel to a conference taking place in Honolulu, Hawaii. She lives in Washington State. The conference fee is $1195.00 and she will be driving 30 miles from her home to the Sea-Tac Airport. The conference got a great price on hotel stays [$200.00/night] which is just under the per diem rate per night. Mrs. International is leaving on Sunday at 6:00pm the night BEFORE the conference. The conference check-in time is 8:00am on a Monday, where they provided danishes and coffee as a morning snack. The conference provides lunch, dinner only on Tuesday, afternoon cookies and ends on Wednesday at 11:00 am and does not provide lunch on the final day. Mrs. International arrives home from the airport at 11:00pm on Wednesday. She paid $120 for parking her car at the airport. This means 3 overnight stays for our traveler, making them eligible for reimbursement for both hotel and meals [3 breakfasts & 3 dinners and 1 lunch], as they are in travel status. Mrs. International is asking for a Cash Advance of $720.00 to cover the cost of the hotel so she can have the funds available on her debit card to cover the cost of the hotel stay and parking at the airport.
Note: When Mrs. International gets her final bill she notes that the hotel charged Tax of 20% and a Wifi Fee of $15 per night.
Not sure the Per Diem rates for traveling in the state of Hawaii? Use the Defense Travel Management Office Per Diem Rate Table.
PREREQUISITE STEP:
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Perform all the recommended prerequisite checks and updates on the Traveler's profile.
- QRG LINK: Prerequisite Traveler's Profile
BEFORE the conference Mrs. International needs to submit her Travel Authorization:
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Create and submit a Travel Authorization (TA) for a 4-day conference to Hawaii.
- Mileage [30 miles] from home to Sea-Tac with departure time of 6:00pm.
- Conference Cost of $1195.
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Hotel Cost $200.00/night (under per diem) at in Hawaii for the first, second and third day of travel.
- Remember to use the NEW Expense Types for Hawaii!
- Hotel Tax of $40/night.
- Hotel Miscellanous Wifi Fee of $15 for the first, second and third day of travel.
- Airport Parking Fee of $120 for day for 4 days.
- 7 Meal [3 breakfasts & 3 dinners and 1 lunch] Per Diems for Honolulu, HI.
- Airline Cost Quote of $990 round trip.
- Mileage home [30 miles] from airport to home with arrival at 11:00pm.
- Use the Expense Type Identifier tool to identify the correct Expense Type to use for submitting this pre-authorization for travel.
- QRG LINK: Travel Authorizations
- Submit the Travel Authorization for approval.
- QRG LINK: Approval Workflow for Travel Authorizations

For the purposes of the Proof-of-Concept testing a generic approval workflow (shown above) is associated with each college. Because this scenario includes travel to Hawaii and therefore considered under "International" travel approval requirements, an additional approver is added to the workflow. This 'generic' approval workflow skips a supervisor approval step to make the testing process go smoother.
The Travel Authorization must be approved before the date of travel. For the purposes of the Proof-of-Concept testing a generic approval workflow is associated with each college. The TA must be approved before the travel date and the travel date must have passed before the Expense Report can be filed (though we'll use a trick in testing), so for testing purposes put your travel dates starting tomorrow.
Note that travel to Hawaii requires "Agencies not reporting to the Governor must have prior written approval of the agency's governing body or its managerial designees." Per the SAAM Manual (Section 10.10.5b, starting on page 66), therefore it will require a higher level of approval in the approval workflow.
BEFORE the her trip to Hawaii Mrs. International needs to submit a Cash Advance:
- Create and submit a Cash Advance (CA) request for$720.
- QRG LINK:Cash Advance
- Submit the Cash Advance for approval.
- QRG LINK:Cash Advance Approval Workflows
AFTER travel, Mrs. International decides to submit her Expense Report:
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Create and submit an Expense Report (EX), citing both the TA and CA (if approved).
- Mileage [30 miles] from home to Sea-Tac with departure time of 6:00pm.
- Conference Cost of $1195.
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Hotel Cost $200.00/night (under per diem) at in Hawaii for the first 3 days of travel.
- Remember to use the NEW Expense Types for Hawaii!
- Hotel Tax of $40/night.
- Hotel Miscellaneous Wifi Fee of $15 for the first 3 days of travel.
- Airport Parking Fee of $120 for day for 4 days.
- 7 Meal [3 breakfasts & 3 dinners and 1 lunch] Per Diems for Honolulu, HI.
- Airline Actual Cost of $1125 round trip - (non-reimbursable).
- Mileage home [30 miles] from airport to home with arrival at 11:00pm.
- Use the Expense Type Identifier tool to identify the correct Expense Type to use for submitting this expense reimbursement for travel.
- QRG LINK: Expense Reports

For the purposes of the Proof-of-Concept testing a generic approval workflow (shown above) is associated with each college. Because this scenario includes travel to Hawaii and therefore considered under "International" travel expense reimbursement approval requirements, an additional approver is added to the workflow. This 'generic' approval workflow skips a supervisor approval step to make the testing process go smoother.
The list below will be used to login to the PCP environment as the "Traveler." These "international" traveling employees have been added to the PCP environment to enable colleges to experience the state of the Traveler Profile for an employee traveling to Hawaii. Login using the provided Username and the generic password of: Hawaii123!
Please keep in mind the data in the PCP environment is scrambled and scrubbed and is not a direct representation of actual live transactions.
Login Access Link: PCP Environment (Environment opens July 14th)
College Name | ctcLink ID | Traveler Name |
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Bates Technical College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Bellevue College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Bellingham Technical College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Big Bend Community College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Cascadia College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Centralia College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Clark College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Clover Park Technical College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Columbia Basin College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Edmonds College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Everett Community College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Grays Harbor College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Green River College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Highline College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Lake Washington Institute of Technology | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Lower Columbia College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Olympic College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Peninsula College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Pierce College District | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Renton Technical College | <EMPLID TDB> | |
SBCTC | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Seattle Colleges | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Shoreline Community College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Skagit Valley College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
South Puget Sound Community College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Spokane District | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Tacoma Community College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Walla Walla Community College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Wenatchee Valley College | <EMPLID TBD> | |
Whatcom Community College | <EMPLID TDB> | |
Yakima Valley College | <EMPLID TDB> |
The list below will be used to login to the PCP environment as the "Travel Coordinator" These User Profiles have been added to the PCP environment to enable colleges to experience the Traveler Coordinator role for any steps in the process that requires this access. Login using the provided Username and the generic password of:Travel123!
Please keep in mind the data in the PCP environment is scrambled and scrubbed and is not a direct representation of actual live transactions.
AWE: The Travel Coordinator login has been delegated approval rights for all others in the generic approval workflow.
Login Access Link: PCP Environment (Environment opens July 14th)
College Name | Username | Traveler Coordinator Name |
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Bates Technical College | 10154953 | Bates TravelCoordinator |
Bellevue College | 101042298 | Bellevue TravelCoordinator |
Bellingham Technical College | 101046765 | Bellingham TravelCoordinator |
Big Bend Community College | 101044194 | BigBend TravelCoordinator |
Cascadia College | 101047064 | Cascadia TravelCoordinator |
Centralia College | 101028693 | Centralia TravelCoordinator |
Clark College | 101012879 | Clark TravelCoordinator |
Clover Park Technical College | 201653768 | CloverPark TravelCoordinator |
Columbia Basin College | 101050171 | ColumbiaBasin TravelCoordinator |
Edmonds College | 101032254 | Edmonds TravelCoordinator |
Everett Community College | 101037266 | Everett TravelCoordinator |
Grays Harbor College | 101034788 | GraysHarbor TravelCoordinator |
Green River College | 101042378 | GreenRiver TravelCoordinator |
Highline College | 101027163 | Highline TravelCoordinator |
Lake Washington Institute of Technology | 101053709 | LakeWATech TravelCoordinator |
Lower Columbia College | 1010162308 | LowerColumbia TravelCoordinator |
Olympic College | 101016040 | Olympic TravelCoordinator |
Peninsula College | 101057551 | Peninsula TravelCoordinator |
Pierce College District | 201605191 | Pierce TravelCoordinator |
Renton Technical College | 101054464 | Renton TravelCoordinator |
SBCTC | 101065477 | SBCTC TravelCoordinator |
Seattle Colleges | 101024437 | Seattle TravelCoordinator |
Shoreline Community College | 202417624 | Shoreline TravelCoordinator |
Skagit Valley College | 201721757 | Skagit TravelCoordinator |
South Puget Sound Community College | 101013087 | SouthPugetSound TravelCoordinator |
Spokane District | 201032676 | Spokane TravelCoordinator |
Tacoma Community College | 201154059 | Tacoma TravelCoordinator |
Walla Walla Community College | 101057960 | WallaWalla TravelCoordinator |
Wenatchee Valley College | 101030672 | Wenatchee TravelCoordinator |
Whatcom Community College | 101046006 | Whatcom TravelCoordinator |
Yakima Valley College | 101049260 | Yakima TravelCoordinator |
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