Submitting and Managing your Absences

Access the Absences page

To access your settings and see the absence cards, you can use the following methods.

Method 1: Dropdown menu

Click your avatar in the top right corner and select Absences:

Accessing the Absences page via the dropdown.

Method 2: My settings

Click BigPicture > My settings > Absences.

Accessing personal settings for managing personal absences.

Submit absences

Jira/App Admin must first enable the users to self-manage their absences in their profile settings by toggling the Absences are self-managed by App’s user option on the App Configuration> Modules > Resources page.

To add an absence:

  1. Go to the Absences page. 

  2. Click Add new on the right.

  3. Provide the following data

    1. Name

    2. Start date

    3. End date

    4. Comment (if needed)

  4. To add another absence, check the Add another box.

  5. Click Add to confirm. 

  6. The absence will immediately be visible on the list.

Half-day absences

You can also submit absences for half a day only. To do so, toggle the Half-day absence in selected days slider on the Add Absence screen.

Note that entering a date range and selecting a half-day absence will decrease the capacity for each specified day by 50%. This means that half-day will apply to each day within the selected date range.

Edit absences

To edit an absence:

  1. Go to the Absences page. 

  2. Find an absence to edit and click the Edit icon on the right. 

  3. Make changes in the dialog modal box.

  4. Click Save to confirm. 

Delete absences

To delete an absence:

  1. Go to the Absences page. 

  2. Find an absence to edit and click the Delete icon on the right. 

  3. Click Delete to confirm.