Project and Portfolio Management
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Project and Portfolio Management
Version 27 Version 26 39.5.25 39.5.23 39.5.22 39.5.21 39.5.20 39.5.19 39.5.18 39.5.17 German English
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Vacation and Absences

Information

  • Below, you will find an explanation of how employees can enter their own absences and vacation and view the absence of the department in PLANTA project .

  • Vacation and absence days must be entered so that they can be taken into account when calculating project deadlines and resource capacities.

Note

  • PLANTA project does not set rules on how vacation or other absences are to be requested and approved. Please stick to the processes applicable to your company.

Record and Manage Own Vacation or Absence

Where can vacation and absence be recorded and managed?

In the My Absence module. It can be found in the Absences panel which in the PLANTA standard is contained in the Personal Area section of the user menu.

Enter vacation or own absence

  • Select the appropriate entry for the required date from the listbox in the My Absence module in the yearly calendar:

    • Vacation

    • 1/2 day of vacation

    • Absence

    • 1/2 day absence

  • Enter a comment if required:

    • Right-click on the required date.

    • Select the Show → Comment context menu command.

    • Write a comment in the Comment field.

  • Save.

In order to record the absence or vacation for an entire period at once, click on the button with the same name and select the required absence type from the listbox in the dialog that opens, select the period in the from and to fields and save.


Note

  • The days for which vacation or absence has been entered will be highlighted in color:

    • Vacation - orange

    • Absence - green

  • As soon as the entries have been saved, vacation and absence days will also be displayed in the Department and Weekly Calendar modules.

View Absence in the Department

Where can I view details on vacation and absence of employees of the department?

In the Department module. It can be found in the Absences panel which in the PLANTA standard is contained in the Personal Area section of the user menu.

Information

  • In this module, absence and vacation of all resources of the department to which the current employee belongs are displayed.

    • In the left window, all department resources are listed.

    • In the right window below the time scale, the entered vacation or absence data is displayed per day,

      • by colored highlighting: vacation - orange, absence - green and additionally

      • by having the values of 0.5 or 1 displayed for half a day or an entire day of vacation or absence.