Create a time-off event

You can create a time-off event for employees. These events can be used to plan and track planned time off, such as vacations.

You can create time-off events directly in the calendar to avoid the approval process associated with time-off requests made through the Request Management module.

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Before you begin

Select campaign data for schedules or Select no campaign for schedules
If you want to make an employee absent for a shift Work period in WFM that has a definite length. (because they are sick, for example), see Make an employee absent for a shift

Procedure

Select the employees for whom you want to create the time-off event.
From the details pane, select Add, and then select Time off.
On the Time Off Event screen, complete the fields.
To create a series of time-off events (instead of a single instance), select Recurring and specify the dates, times, weekly cycle, and days the event recurs in the series.
To add multiple employees to the time-off event, select the relevant employees on the Attendees tab.
To save your settings for the time off event Scheduled event in WFM that can be used to plan and track planned time off, such as vacations. To avoid the approval process associated with time-off requests made through the time-off management functionality, you can create time-off events directly in the calendar., select Save.