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      Approval History

      The Approval History screen displays the history of status changes for an absence event and the time the status changed.

      This article explains how to use the Approval History and contains the following sections:
      1. Viewing the Approval History of an Absence Event
      2. Changing the Status of an Absence Event
      3. Available Statuses

      1. Viewing the Approval History of an Absence Event

      Navigate to: People >> Holiday & Absences >> Absence Plans:

      1. Search for and select the employee whose absence request you want to check.
      2. Click to open the relevant absence plan.
      3. Select the Absences tab.
      4. Click on the absence
      5. Select Approval History.

      2. Changing the Status of an Absence Event

      If an Absence Event has been approved and the process has finished, it is possible to change the status from the Approval History screen.

      1. Click Change Status.
      2. Select an Absence Status.
      3. If the person approving the status change is not you, select the required approver in the Approved By field. If you are approving, leave this field blank.
      4. Click the Tick icon to save.

      3. Available Statuses

      Status Description
      Draft When the request is with the employee in the first stage of a process before submitting (this includes if it is the first stage of an absence change or deletion request).
      Approval Pending The time that the task appeared in the approver's inbox.
      Approved The time that the absence status changed to Approved. This could be by the approver clicking to approve or by the status changing back to Approved after cancelling a Change or Deletion request.
      Deleting The time that the deletion task appeared in the approver's inbox.
      Declined The time that the approver declined the task.
      Deleted When the user clicked to approve the deletion request task.
      Submitted The time that the user clicked to Submit the Absence Request.
      Unsubmitted The time that the user clicked to unsubmit the task that they have sent for approval.
      Change Submitted The time that the user clicked to Submit the Change Request.
      Change Cancelled The time that the user clicked to cancel the Change Request.
      Change Declined The time that the approver clicked to Decline the Change Request.
      Deletion Submitted The time that the user clicked to Submit the Deletion Request.
      Deletion Cancelled The time that the user clicked to cancel the Deletion Request.
      Deletion Declined The time that the approver clicked to Decline the Deletion Request.
      Sent to Employee The time that a user clicked to Send an absence request started on employee's behalf to the employee.
      Sent to Approver The time that a user clicked to Send an absence request started on employee's behalf to the approver.

      Note:

      • The Approval History screen is not available for UK Maternity, Paternity, Parental or Adoption leave absence events.
      • The Approval History button only appears when the absence event is not included in a running process.
      • Please be aware that the dates and times shown on the Approval History screen are in UTC format, regardless of a user's Region and Language Settings.