# Invoice Exception Management and Queue Automation | InvoiceIQ AP by Analytos

> Most AP time goes into exceptions, not clean invoices. InvoiceIQ AP by Analytos files every invoice into a routed, shared inbox folder with the exact reason…

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Exception management

# Exception management  
for AP invoice queues

Every invoice that needs attention lands in a shared queue with the exact reason it is stuck.

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The question: How do I reduce invoice exceptions and clear the AP exception queue faster?

## The short answer

Most AP time goes into exceptions, not clean invoices. InvoiceIQ AP by Analytos files every invoice into a routed, shared inbox folder with the exact reason it needs attention: price variance, pending receipt, possible duplicate, unreadable PO, or a line it could not code. Clean invoices go to Ready; everything else carries its cause, so reviewers fix the problem instead of hunting for it.

## How it works

1.  Step 1
    
    Classify
    
    Statements, credits, receipts and prepayments are recognised and routed away from the invoice queue.
    
2.  Step 2
    
    Check
    
    Every invoice runs the match checks and the total check.
    
3.  Step 3
    
    Route
    
    Each lands in a folder: ready, review, pending receipt or processed, for PO and non-PO separately.
    
4.  Step 4
    
    Explain
    
    The card and the match report state which check failed and why.
    
5.  Step 5
    
    Resolve
    
    A reviewer corrects, approves or holds; a fix can apply to this invoice or become the rule.
    

## Exceptions, and what happens to each

| Situation | What InvoiceIQ does |
| --- | --- |
| Price variance | Shown with the order rate, the invoice rate and your tolerance. |
| Pending receipt | Held and advanced automatically by the nightly job when goods are received. |
| Possible duplicate | Blocked with the earlier invoice it matches. |
| Uncategorised product | Put on the watchlist instead of being coded to a guessed account. |
| ERP rejected the posting | Translated into AP guidance: duplicate reference, inactive item with the path to fix it, closed period, subsidiary mismatch. |

## Controls

-   The inbox is held server-side, so it is the team’s queue rather than one person’s browser
-   Every posting attempt, including refusals, is on the Posting Log with who clicked it
-   Recurring corrections are offered as rule changes for an approver to accept

## Is this a fit?

### A good fit when

-   Your exception backlog is the bottleneck, not capture
-   Several people share one AP queue
-   You want to see why an invoice is stuck without opening it

### Not the right tool when

-   You need SLA escalation to named owners across departments (not built today)

## Evidence

-   CapabilityRouted folders for PO, non-PO, statements, receipts, credits and prepayments.
-   CapabilityNightly re-check of every bill waiting on goods, with overdue ones emailed to the PO originator.

How we label claims: [evidence and claims policy](https://invoiceiq.analytos.ai/resources/evidence).

## Frequently asked  
questions

-   ### 
    
    It routes by folder and reason, and emails the PO originator about overdue receipts. It does not run a per-person SLA engine today.
    
-   ### 
    
    Yes. A clerk chooses “this invoice only” or “this rule”. When the same correction recurs, it is offered as a rule for an approver to accept.
    
-   ### 
    
    No. Statements, credits, receipts and prepayments are recognised and routed to their own folders.
    
-   ### 
    
    In plain English with the fix, not as raw ERP codes.
    

## Related questions

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