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If threshold has been exceeded and you are approving a leave request, a warning notification is displayed stating there are open leave requests for a certain date and building that exceed the percentage of absences allowed for that day. These leave requests will also be highlighted in red. However, this This is only a warning and you may proceed with approving (or rejecting) them.
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Blackout Dates
Blackout Dates consist of a period of time or specific date where leave requests are typically restricted (i.e. holidays, etc). Refer to district policy and/or USPS Job Calendars on what leave types and dates in conjunction with employees/positions or pay groups and departments are considered blackout periods on the district calendar.
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Allows user to view exported leave requests, revert exported leave requests and export (reverted) leave requests again. In order for a leave request to appear on this grid, it must first be exported via Leave Requests>Export Leave Requests option.
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Please refer to the end of this option for more information regarding ‘Combined Exported Leave Detail Report’.
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View Requests: ability to view all exported leave requests inclusive of the date range used when exporting the leave. You may then click on the on each leave request to view the details.
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If you need to cancel an exported leave request that has already been posted to USPS, after using the revert option above, the leave request will be back at an approved status. From there, the user can cancel the leave request in ESS. In USPS, the district may create an adjustment to the employees attendance/leave record.
Combined Exported Leave Detail Report
The combined history export will allow users to reexport (exported) leave if needed.
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In order to re-export leave, perform the below steps. Note: The filter row can be used to narrow down the search.
select which Export History exports to include
once selected, click "Combined Exported Leave Detail Report”
select 'all' or specific leave request items to include in the .csv file
if you want the column headers included on the .csv, make sure to check ‘print column headers'
Click on Print Exported Leave Detail Report to generate a .csv file. This file can then be imported into USPS manually via the USPS Utilities>Attendance/Absence import.
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Export Leave Requests
Allows users the ability to export leave requests with a status of ‘approved’ in order to post leave information into USPS. Once exported, the leave request status will be updated to ‘exported’ and the leave request will no longer appear in the Export Leave Request grid. When viewing your leave requests via My Leave Requests (or Supervised or District Leave) options, you will be able to view the ‘exported’ leave requests.
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Once you filtering is complete, you have the option to generate a ‘preview’ report of the absences that will be included in the export. You may select the leave requests you would like exported (or select the top box to select all, and click on ‘Print ‘Print Pre-Export Report’ to generate the leave-request-export-report.CSV file. The spreadsheet will include the absence data that will be exported out of ESS. Once you have reviewed the preview report, the selected leave will remain in the grid so that you may continue on to perform the actual export using the ‘Export Leave Requests’ option.
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