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+-- Bills that arrive already 'approved'/'paid' (Buildium imports, bulk loads,
+-- direct entry) never get routed through the in-app approval flow, so they have
+-- no bill_approvals row and the Approvers column shows nothing. Per product
+-- decision, give them a synthetic approver so the column is never blank.
+--
+-- Label: system imports (created_by null) -> 'Imported'; in-app entries ->
+-- the creator's name, falling back to 'Direct entry'.
+
+-- 1) Future imports: auto-create an approver row when a bill is inserted already
+--    in an approved/paid state with no approver. Bills inserted as 'pending'
+--    (the normal approval flow) are untouched.
+create or replace function public.autocreate_imported_bill_approver()
+returns trigger
+language plpgsql
+security definer
+set search_path to 'public'
+as $$
+declare
+  v_name text;
+begin
+  if NEW.status in ('approved','paid')
+     and not exists (select 1 from public.bill_approvals ba where ba.bill_id = NEW.id) then
+    if NEW.created_by is null then
+      v_name := 'Imported';
+    else
+      select coalesce(nullif(btrim(p.full_name), ''), 'Direct entry')
+        into v_name
+      from public.profiles p
+      where p.id = NEW.created_by;
+      v_name := coalesce(v_name, 'Direct entry');
+    end if;
+
+    insert into public.bill_approvals
+      (bill_id, association_id, approver_name, amount, status, approved_date, created_by)
+    values
+      (NEW.id, NEW.association_id, v_name, coalesce(NEW.amount, 0), 'approved',
+       coalesce(NEW.approved_date, NEW.paid_date, NEW.bill_date, current_date), NEW.created_by);
+  end if;
+  return NEW;
+end;
+$$;
+
+drop trigger if exists trg_bills_autocreate_imported_approver on public.bills;
+create trigger trg_bills_autocreate_imported_approver
+  after insert on public.bills
+  for each row execute function public.autocreate_imported_bill_approver();
+
+-- 2) Backfill existing approved/paid bills that have no approver row.
+insert into public.bill_approvals
+  (bill_id, association_id, approver_name, amount, status, approved_date, created_by)
+select b.id,
+       b.association_id,
+       case when b.created_by is null then 'Imported'
+            else coalesce(nullif(btrim(p.full_name), ''), 'Direct entry') end,
+       coalesce(b.amount, 0),
+       'approved',
+       coalesce(b.approved_date, b.paid_date, b.bill_date, current_date),
+       b.created_by
+from public.bills b
+left join public.profiles p on p.id = b.created_by
+where b.status in ('approved','paid')
+  and not exists (select 1 from public.bill_approvals ba where ba.bill_id = b.id);