Expense filters

GeneralStatusComplianceDateAccounting

General

  • Amount: Filter for expenses of a certain amount
    • Input only a min value for “greater than.”
    • Input only a max value for “less than.”
    • Input both a min and max value to specify a range.
  • Approval: Filter for expenses based on where in the chain of approval they currently stand
    • Pending your approval: You’re currently up in the review chain. Other users might also be able to approve this expense too.
    • Pending another approval: Other users are in the review chain before you, or you might not be in the review chain at all.
  • Spend limit: Filter for expenses that belong to certain spend limit(s)
  • Expense owner: Filter for whose expenses to show
    • Everybody: Show everyone’s expenses for the spend limits you are a part of. If you’re an admin this will be everyone’s expenses for every spend limit.
    • My organization: Show everyone in your reporting pyramid’s expenses for the spend limits you are a part of.
    • My team: Show only your direct reports’ expenses for the spend limits you’re a part of.
    • My own: Show only your expenses for the spend limits you’re a part of.
  • Type: Filter for a certain type of expense
    • Card expense: The expense came from a Brex-issued card.
    • Reimbursement: The expense came from a reimbursement request.
    • Repayment: The repayment came from either a card or reimbursement request.
  • User status: Filter for expenses that are tied to a certain type of user
    • Active: The user is currently active.
    • Deleted: The user has been deleted. Deleted users cannot be reactivated.
    • Disabled: The user who previously had access, but has since had access removed, either because they left the company or an admin temporarily removing access. Disabled users can be reactivated.

Status

  • Approval status: Filter expenses based on their current status of approval
    • Submitted/Repayment requested: An expense is submitted for approval, but is currently either waiting on approval or is missing receipt/memos according to the expense policy.
    • Approved: An expense is approved and fully compliant with the policy, or has been approved by an admin with an override of the policy requirements.
    • Canceled: A reimbursement expense was canceled after being submitted or a card expense was declined at time of card swipe.
    • Denied / Pending repayment: A reimbursement or card expense was denied by a reviewer or is pending repayment.
  • Payment status: Filter expenses based on their current status of payment
    • Processing/Not paid: The expense’s payment is processing.
      • For card expenses, the payment is pending and hasn’t cleared yet.
      • For reimbursements, the funds are currently being sent to the employee.
      • For repayments, collection of funds from the employee is processing and hasn’t completed yet.
    • Declined/Failed: The payment for an expense failed. The expense details panel provides the detailed reasons why a payment failed.
      • For card expenses, the payment was declined.
      • For reimbursements, the payment to the employee failed for a certain reason.
      • For repayments, there was a failure in completing the repayment.
    • Completed/Paid: The payment has completed or been paid to employees.
      • Completed is used for card expenses and reimbursements.
      • Paid is used for repayments.
    • Chargeback: A chargeback was initiated for a card expense
    • Cash advance: A cash advance was taken using a card
    • Refunded: A card expense was refunded
    • Refunding: A card expense whose refund is in progress
    • Awaiting payment: Money movement has not yet begun
      • For reimbursements, the request is either still awaiting approval, or has been approved, but the funds haven’t been sent to the employee yet.
      • For repayments, the request hasn’t been accepted by the employee, or has been accepted, but collection of the employee’s funds hasn’t yet begun.

Compliance

  • Attendees
    • Government official added: A government official was added as an attendee on the expense
  • Documentation & reviewer deadlines (Only visible if you’ve set this up)
    • Documentation: Only show expenses that are missing documentation
    • Review: Only show expenses that are still pending review/approval
    • Completed: Only show expenses that have complete documentation, even if still pending review/approval
  • Memo
    • Memo added: The expense currently has a memo, regardless of policy.
    • No memo: The expense doesn’t currently have a memo, regardless of policy.
  • Policy flags
    • Missing memo: The expense policy requires a memo, but none has been added.
    • Missing receipt: The expense policy requires a receipt, but none has been added.
    • Exceeds per diem: This expense brought the user over their per diem limit.
    • Missing attendees: The expense policy requires attendees, but none have been added.
    • Other reasons - The expense policy has flagged this expense due to another policy rule (disallowed merchants or merchant categories, invalid receipt, etc.).
  • Receipt
    • Receipt added: The expense has a receipt, regardless of policy
    • No receipt added: The expense doesn’t have a receipt, regardless of policy

Date

  • Date assigned to me: View expenses by the date that it was assigned to you in the review chain.
  • Posted date: View card expenses by the date that the card swipe settled. View reimbursements by the date that they received final approval.
  • Purchase date: View reimbursements based on the date the transaction happened (date on the receipt). View card expenses by the date that the card was swiped.
  • Reimbursement submission date: View reimbursements based on the date that they were submitted. Selecting this filter will only show you reimbursement expenses.

Accounting

  • Billed entity: Filter for expenses that belong to a certain billed entity.
  • Expense category: Filter for expenses that are part of a certain expense category.
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