Summary
This guide will show you how to request time off in Workday.
Steps
1. Navigate to the View All Apps on the Home page.
2. Click the Absence application.
3. Under Request, select Request Absence.
4. Your current leave balances of today appear on the left. You can see projected leave balances for future date by changing the Balances as of date. Select the day(s) you want to request time off. You can use the Next and Previous buttons to navigate to different months.
5. You can select multiple days in a row by clicking and dragging across the desired days. You can also use the Select Date Range button to select multiple days in the top left corner. Then click the orange Request Absence button in the bottom left.
6. Click in the Type field, then select the appropriate Time Off type. Then click Next.
7. A new screen will pop up. Click the Edit Quantity per Day button.
8. Enter the hours for each day of time off you are requesting. Then click Done.
NOTE: If you are requesting multiple days and each day has the same number of hours, enter the number of hours in the Update All Quantities field in the top left of your screen.
9. Click Submit and your absence request will be sent to your manager for approval.
Once submitted, your time off request will show on your Workday leave calendar as gray in color until approved and will show as green once approved by your manager.