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  1. Click ‘Create’

  2. Provide a label for the blackout period.

  3. Check the escalate flag if you want the leave request to bypass the normal workflow and go directly to the Leave Manager for approval. ESS-846 If set, when a LR is created on that blackout date, an email will be sent to all leave managers.

  4. Check ‘Enabled’ to activate the blackout date.

  5. Check ‘Entire Day’ if it applies to the entire day or leave unchecked to select a start/ending time (i.e. 2 hour delay)

  6. Select start and end dates and start/ending times (if ‘entire day’ is unchecked) for your blackout period.

  7. If specific leave types should be included in the blackout date, select all that apply.

  8. You can filter by employee and their position. (or leave blank to include all positions for an employee).

  9. If specific employees aren’t selected, you can filter by Pay Group and/or Department Codes.

  10. Click ‘Create’ to save your Blackout date or ‘Cancel' to exit without saving changes.

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Once your grid includes the desired leave you would like to export, click on ‘Export Leave Requests’. You will be provided with two export methods (you can only choose one export method):

  • CSV File: All filtered leave appearing in the grid will be saved into a CSV file called ‘leave-request-export.csv’. The file can then be imported into USPS manually via the USPS Utilities> Attendance/Absence Import.

  • Direct to USPS: All filtered leave appearing in the grid will be automatically posted to USPS. A resulting ‘leave-request-export-errors.csv’ will be generated listing the number of records that were posted successfully as well as any possible errors that prevented certain leave entries from posting to USPS.

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