Bulk Approve Multiple Expense Claims
For organizations with high claim volumes, processing claims one by one is impractical. A bulk approval bar appears when the coordinator selects one or more claims in the queue via long-press or a multi-select toggle. The coordinator can select all, review the aggregate total, and submit a bulk approval. The system processes each claim individually on the backend to maintain per-claim audit trails while presenting the operation as a single user action. Failed individual approvals within a batch are surfaced with error details without rolling back the successful ones.
User Story
Acceptance Criteria
- Given a coordinator is viewing the claims queue, when they long-press a claim or tap a multi-select mode toggle, then checkboxes appear on each claim and a bulk approval bar appears at the bottom
- Given one or more claims are selected, when the coordinator taps the bulk approve button, then a confirmation dialog shows the count and total amount of selected claims before proceeding
- Given the coordinator confirms bulk approval, when processing completes, then all selected claims are marked as approved, peer mentors receive notifications, and the claims are removed from the pending queue
- Given a batch contains a claim that fails validation during bulk processing, when the batch completes, then successful claims are approved and the failed claim(s) are flagged with error details for individual review
- Given bulk approval succeeds, when the queue refreshes, then a success banner shows the count of claims approved and the total amount processed
Business Value
HLF reported one peer mentor with 380 individual registrations in a single year. Without bulk approval, coordinators face unmanageable approval queues. Bulk processing dramatically reduces the administrative burden, prevents approval backlogs that erode peer mentor trust, and allows coordinators to spend more time on relationship and program management rather than routine administrative tasks.