Edit Leave Request – A summary of the activity

Through this activity, the employee  can edit the leave application already posted by self. The leave application can be edited, provided it has not been authorized. See Request for Leave – A summary of the activity.

Selecting the leave application: To start with, the system displays all the leave applications that you have requested until date. The key details of each leave application, such as the dates for which it has been applied and the application status, are displayed as well.

 From among these leave application records, you are to select the required one. The details of the selected leave application will be retrieved. Note that the system will retrieve only leave application records that are pending for authorization or whose authorization is in progress. See The leave authorization cycle

Editing the leave application: You can edit all the details in the employee’s leave application, except the leave application number and the leave application status. After the leave application is submitted, it is sent across to the concerned supervisor for authorization. See Factors that affect an employee’s leave application.

Deleting a leave application: After selecting and retrieving the details of a leave application, you can delete it. Deleting is carried out when you have decided not to submit the leave application.

The leave application can be deleted, provided it has not been authorized. Tell me more

Leave application status:  You can find the status of leave applications in the "View Leave Application Status" page. The system assigns one of the following statuses to a leave application:

• Pending for Authorization - Create

• Pending for Authorization - Cancel

• Pending for Authorization - Altered

• Authorized

• Rejected

• Cancelled

Besides the status, the "View Leave Application Status" page also shows you other key details of a leave application such as the requested and authorized leave units. See The leave authorization cycle.

Leave summary:  You can obtain a comprehensive leave summary of the employee, through the “View Leave Balances” page. For each leave type to which the employee is entitled, this page traces the complete history of entitlement, carry over, encashment and adjustment.

The leave summary also provides the total balance of leave units that the employee can currently avail, after all factors are considered. Tell me more.

The information generated by this activity is picked up by the Payroll component for computing compensation for employees.

Getting familiar with the pages inside

6      Hyperlinked topics below

Prerequisites

Applying for leave

What you can do in this activity  

Selecting the leave application

Editing the details of the leave application

Deleting the leave application

View the status of the leave application of the employee.

View the leave summary of the employee who is going on leave.

Deleting a leave application

Before a leave application is authorized, you can delete it. After it is authorized, it cannot be deleted but it can be cancelled.