STEP 1: ENABLING THE USER GROUP PERMISSION


*NOTE: These settings can be configured only by the Admin user who has access to the "Settings" page.



1. At Settings, click on "User Groups".

2. At the user group category you wish to enable the permissions for, click on "Edit".


(The example shown below, is for the Admin user group.)




3. Click on "Page Access" and tick the settings configuration to apply :

 
i. "Who's Away"

Tick this checkbox to enable the user's access to view the Who's Away information from the Home dashboard.


ii. "View employees within their office" 

Tick this checkbox to allow the user to view the leave information restricted to their office only.


iii. "View employees within their department" 

Tick this checkbox to allow the user to view the leave information restricted to their department only.


iv. "View everyone's" 

Tick this checkbox to allow the user to view the leave information of all employees from any office/department.


v. "Includes Leave requests that are pending approval" 

Tick this checkbox to allow the user to include the information of leave requests that are pending approval as well. 

(If this setting is NOT enabled, the Who's Away calendar will only display approved leave requests.)



4. Click on the "Save" button, to complete the action and save the settings selected.






STEP 2:  VIEWING THE INFORMATION AT THE WHO'S AWAY CALENDAR   



1. The "Who's Away" calendar can be viewed from the Home dashboard.




2. Here, you may perform the following actions :

i. Filter the leave according to department or office.

(Tick the option from the dropdown menu to apply.)




ii. Click on the dates to view the public holidays and leave applications for the selected period. 

(Use the "<" or ">" icons to navigate between the months and year.




iii. For half-day leave applications, a red circle will appear as an indication. 
(Hover your mouse over the circle icon, to view if the half-day leave application is for AM/PM.)





iv. View more information about the leave application by clicking on "See details".





Here, you can filter the leave details according to :


a. Employee name/ID
b. Department
c. Office