Add an Absence Request in New Request

To add an absence request, go to Operations - Absence Request:

Displaying the New Absence Request window in Astrow Web

Select the days you want to add your absence:

Selecting days of request in New Absence Request calendar in Astrow Web

When making an absence request, do not select periods with more than 100 days gap between them! In this case, we advise you to make two absence requests.

You can search through previous month

or next month

. The button

can help you easily select a date desired, if not the current year or month:

Selecting through larger periods than one month in New Absence Request calendar in Astrow Web

Select the absence from the list of absences available. Select the authorization time type you need. If custom, you can define the absence duration:

Example of a complete absence request in Astrow Web

You can also add a comment for your authorizer.

When adding a new absence request, you can also see your teammates scheduled absences. This can avoid overlapped planning of absences. Click

. This will display the team viewer.

A detailed explanation related to team scheduled absences can be found in chapter View Team Scheduled Absences.

Click Save to send the request. If the request is OK, a success message appears.

Saved request successfully message in Astrow Web

When saving an absence linked to a holiday (in Configuration - Employees), there is a real time validation of the remaining holiday. A warning popup appears, if any issue, e.g. no more holiday:

Absence request validation message in Astrow Web

Click the button

to check the reason your absence request is not processed:

Absence request validation details in Astrow Web

Click Yes if you want to send it anyway, Cancel to discard the current request and initiate another, or No to close the page.