Approve or Reject an Absence Request

If you are an approver for employee absence requests, you approve or reject an absence request in the Absence Request application.

You can approve an absence request only if you are assigned to an approval step for an absence request. You are assigned to an approval step for an approval workflow for absence requests on the Workflow tab in Configuration > Approval Workflows.

To approve or reject an absence request, complete the following steps:

1. From the Vision Navigation menu, click Time & Expense > Absence Requests.
2. On the Absence Requests form, select an absence request to approve or reject in the Search field. On the Absence Requests lookup dialog box from the Search field, you can select the Show My Assignments Only check box to select the absence requests that are assigned to you for approval.
3. On the toolbar of the Absence Requests form, click Approvals.
4. In the Approvals drop-down menu, select either of the following:
   • Approve — Click this option to approve the absence request. On the Approve dialog box, enter a comment (optional) and click OK. The approval is saved, and you are returned to the Absence Requests dialog box. The Status field on the General tab has changed to Approved.
   • Reject — Click this option to reject an absence request. This option displays only if the reject action for the approval step for the absence request approval workflow is configured for the submitter of the absence request to be assigned to the absence request upon rejection. On the Reject dialog box, enter a comment about the rejection and click OK. The rejection is saved and you are returned to the Absence Requests dialog box. The Status field on the General tab has changed to Rejected.