{"article":{"id":8366572487964,"url":"https://rydoo.zendesk.com/api/v2/help_center/en-be/articles/8366572487964.json","html_url":"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/en-be/articles/8366572487964-Allow-users-to-change-the-mileage-distance","author_id":8079078150940,"comments_disabled":true,"draft":false,"promoted":false,"position":11,"vote_sum":0,"vote_count":0,"upvote_count":0,"downvote_count":0,"section_id":8145217057692,"created_at":"2023-04-07T13:26:44Z","updated_at":"2026-10-30T14:12:44Z","name":"Allow users to change the mileage distance","title":"Allow users to change the mileage distance","source_locale":"en-be","locale":"en-be","outdated":false,"outdated_locales":[],"edited_at":"2026-10-15T07:05:37Z","user_segment_id":null,"permission_group_id":8014159831708,"content_tag_ids":[],"label_names":[],"body":"<p>As an Admin, you can choose whether users have the option to edit the distance in their mileage expense. By default, when <a href=\"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/en-be/articles/8145494686108\" target=\"_self\">creating a mileage expense</a>, Google Maps calculates the distance driven. When you enable the setting to allow users to change the mileage distance, users can override the distance calculated by Google Maps.</p>\n<p>If the user edited the distance, the expense will show a <strong>note</strong> to inform the user changed the distance.</p>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><img width=\"2508\" height=\"801\" src=\"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/article_attachments/31058210392092\" alt=\"Screenshot_2023-04-07_at_15.24.01.png\"></p>\n<p><strong>How to configure this as an Admin:</strong></p>\n<p><strong>1.</strong> Go to <strong>Admin settings</strong>.</p>\n<p><strong>2.</strong> Go to <strong>Advanced settings page</strong>.</p>\n<p><strong>3. Check or uncheck</strong> the right checkbox and don't forget to <strong>save</strong>.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Checked: users can change the distance</li>\n<li>Unchecked: users cannot change the distance</li>\n</ul>\n<p class=\"wysiwyg-text-align-center\"><img width=\"2660\" height=\"1663\" src=\"https://help.rydoo.com/hc/article_attachments/31058210393628\" alt=\"Screenshot_2023-04-07_at_15.15.18.png\"></p>"}}