Employee absences
An approved absence of an employee for a period, which payroll uses to calculate pay and accruals.
- API name:
employeeabsences - Domain: Employment
- Modules: Human resources
Fields
The API name is what the API, MCP and the CLI use.
| Name | API name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | id | Record ID | Yes | |
| Employee | employeeId | Reference | Yes | |
| Days consumed | quantity | Decimal | Yes | Days this absence consumes from the allowance. |
| Absence type | employeeabsencetypeId | Reference | Yes | |
| Absence request | employeeabsencerequestId | Reference | ||
| Period start | dateStart | Date | Yes | |
| Period end | dateEnd | Date | Yes | |
| Duration | portion | Constant | Yes | |
| Start time | timeStart | Time | ||
| End time | timeEnd | Time | ||
| Planned hours consumed | quantityHours | Decimal | Yes | Numeric value stored with decimal precision. |
| Reason | reason | Text | ||
| Created by | createdBy | User | ||
| Created at | createdAt | Date and Time | Yes | |
| Updated by | updatedBy | User | ||
| Updated at | updatedAt | Date and Time | Yes | |
| Canceled by | canceledBy | User | ||
| Canceled at | canceledAt | Date and Time | ||
| Blocked by | blockedBy | User | ||
| Blocked at | blockedAt | Date and Time | ||
| Archived by | archivedBy | User | ||
| Archived at | archivedAt | Date and Time |
Relations
Owned records (solid line) are deleted with their owner. Grouped records (dashed line) can exist alone.
| Field | Points to | Kind |
|---|---|---|
Employee employeeId | Employees | grouped by |
Absence type employeeabsencetypeId | Employee absence types | reference |
Absence request employeeabsencerequestId | Employee absence requests | reference |
Actions
What you can do with a record. Every action also sends the webhook event employeeabsences.<action>. Reads (find, get, count) work on every table.
| Name | API name | Description | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Create | create | Add an new absence. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Edit | update | Save changes to this absence. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Cancel | cancel | Reverse the posted effect of this absence. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Block | block | Stop edits and deletion of this absence. It stays visible and can still appear on existing documents. Unblock to edit again. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Unblock | unblock | Allow edits and deletion of this absence again. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Archive | archive | Retire this absence from daily use. It leaves active lists and pickers, and most actions stop. Unarchive to restore it. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Restore | unarchive | Return this absence to active lists and actions. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
| Delete | delete | Delete this absence and the data that belongs with it. This cannot be undone. | App · WebMCP · API · MCP · CLI |
States
How a record moves from state to state. Archive and block can happen in any state.