Absence & Coverage - Knowledge Base
How to Add the Absence & Coverage Web Parts to a Page and Select the Site
Step-by-step guide to adding the My Absences, Team Absence Calendar and Substitutions web parts to a SharePoint page, selecting the site that stores the absence lists, what is created automatically, and the property pane settings with their default values.
How to Read Your Absence Balances
Understand the balance cards in the Vitextra My Absences web part: how the remaining days, the used and pending days and the progress bar are calculated, where the yearly entitlement and carry-over come from, which absence types get a card, and how requests of each status affect your balance.
How to Request Half a Day Off
Learn how to request half a day or a half-day start and end of a longer absence in Vitextra My Absences: which absence types allow half days, how the two "midday" checkboxes work, how half days are counted in working days and balances, and how back-to-back half days avoid overlaps.
How to Request Time Off in My Absences
Step-by-step guide to requesting vacation, a personal day or another absence in the My Absences web part: choosing the type and dates, half days, a substitute and a comment, the checks before sending, and what happens after you submit the request.
How Working Days Are Calculated in Absence Requests
How Vitextra Absence & Coverage counts the working days of an absence request: the working week, public holidays, half days, worked examples with dates, periods that cannot be submitted, and why changed settings do not recalculate requests that were already sent.
What Is Vitextra Absence & Coverage: Web Parts, Roles and Data at a Glance
Overview of Vitextra Absence & Coverage for SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams: the three web parts (My Absences, Team Absence Calendar, Substitutions), who uses what, where the data is stored, requirements and what is not included in this version.