How To : Create and Process Leave Overview

Use the Leave Overview page to view and process leave entries.

Creating Leave Entries

  1. In the Search box, type Leave Overview List.
  2. Select Leave Overview List to open the list of available leave overviews.
  3. Select New to create a new leave overview or Edit to modify the selected overview, in both cases the Leave Overview Card will open.
  4. Typically, you must fill fields in the following table.
Field Description
General tab Header information for the Leave Overview
No. Each Leave Overview has a unique number as per the Leave Overview number series as set in the Resource Management setup
Resource No. Select the resource for which the overview is displayed.
Year Specify the year for which the leave overview is displayed.
Status The field contains the current status the leave overview.
Period Start and - End Starting and ending date for the leave overview period
Year Balance Hrs / - Days Shows the total outstanding balance in resp Hours and Days
Transfer to Next Year Hrs / - Days When closing the Leave overview the Transfer quantities will be shown in resp Hours and Days
Pay Out Hrs / - Days When closing the Leave overview the Transfer quantities will be shown in resp Hours and Days
Lines tab The Lines show the detailed entries of the Leave Overview
Posting Date / Week Nr. The date and week number of the entry
Description Description of the entry
Quantity Hrs / - Days Quantity in + or - to add or deduct from the leave balance in resp. Hours and Days

Processing the Leave overview is controlled through status codes

  1. Release Initializes the Leave Overview: leave entries are created as well as the balance of last year as per the leave setup.
  2. Reopen The leave entries as created by the initialisation are rolled back, when reopened from the Closed state also the closing leave entry is rolled back.
  3. To Approve The number of hours for the next year is calculated based on the leave agreement
  4. Approve The next year fields are "closed" and the Leave Overview is ready for Closing
  5. Close A closing leave entry is created for the remaining balance to make sure that the balance of the closed year is set to 0.

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