Question 1

Slack: How Do I Sync My Calendar with Vacation Tracker?

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| This article is a step-by-step guide for the Slack integration. For information on Microsoft Teams integration please visit our Microsoft Teams categories: https://vacationtracker.crisp.help/en/

There are two types of calendar sync you can do with Vacation Tracker. The first type is the global calendar sync, where you can sync your favorite calendar with the entire organization’s calendar feed. The other type is the team’s calendar sync, where you can sync your calendar only with your team’s calendar feed in case you have multiple teams.

Vacation Tracker supports iCal format for importing leave information to Google Calendar, Outlook and iCal. To find our calendar URL for everyone within Vacation tracker, please follow these steps:

Go to the Vacation Tracker Dashboard (dashboard.vacationtracker.io)
On the left-hand side click on Calendar
Scroll down to the bottom and you will see the Calendar Feed
Double-click on the link and copy it

To import the events for a specific team, please follow these steps:

Go to the Vacation Tracker Dashboard (dashboard.vacationtracker.io)
On the left-hand side click on Teams
Select a team from the list by clicking on the name of the team
On the new page you will see the Calendar Feed link; double-click on the link and copy it

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Question 2

Slack: How Do I Request a Leave?

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| This article is a step-by-step guide for the Slack integration. For information on Microsoft Teams integration please visit our Microsoft Teams categories: https://vacationtracker.crisp.help/en/

There are two ways to request leave with Vacation Tracker:

through Slack;
and through the dashboard.

From inside Slack, in any channel or direct message, type /vacation and then push Enter. Once Vacation Tracker responds, select “Request leave” and choose the starting date of your leave. Then choose the number of business days during which you will be on leave and confirm your information.

To request leave from the dashboard, visit https://dashboard.vacationtracker.io/ and below the user photo, click on the “Request Leave” button.

Your request will then be sent for approval by an Administrator or Approver. Once approved or denied, you will receive a notification in Slack.

Question 3

Slack: How Do I Cancel an Upcoming Leave?

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| This article is a step-by-step guide for the Slack integration. For information on Microsoft Teams integration please visit our Microsoft Teams categories: https://vacationtracker.crisp.help/en/

There are two ways a team member can cancel an upcoming leave:

through Slack;
and through our online dashboard (dashboard.vacationtracker.io).

To cancel a leave through our Slack bot, please follow these steps:

Activate the Vacation Tracker bot by typing /vacation and push enter
Once our bot responds select "See More Options"
Find and click on "Manage Leaves"
If your leave request is still pending you will see the "Cancel Request" button on the right-hand side of the leave which you can click to cancel. If your leave request has been approved, click the "Delete Request" button.
Click on the appropriate option and when a new message shows click "Confirm"

You have successfully canceled your leave and your Approver will receive a message informing them of the cancelation.

To cancel a leave through our online dashboard (dashboard.vacationtracker.io), please follow these steps:

Go to the Vacation Tracker Dashboard (dashboard.vacationtracker.io)
On the left-hand side click on your name or profile photo to enter your profile
If the request was not approved, you will find the request under Pending Requests of your profile page. If the req

Question 4

Slack: How Can I Create and Configure Leave Types?

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| This article is a step-by-step guide for the Slack integration. For information on Microsoft Teams integration please visit our Microsoft Teams categories: https://vacationtracker.crisp.help/en/

To easily create and edit different leave types (such as Paid Time Off; Sick Days; Working from Home) through our online dashboard, please follow these steps:

Go to the Vacation Tracker Dashboard (dashboard.vacationtracker.io)
On the left-hand side click on Settings
Once on the Settings page, go to the Leave Types tab
On the right-hand side you should see a green button that says Create New Leave Type
A new pop-up will open which you will be able to fill in according to your preferences:

_Under Name you would put the name of the leave; _

_You would turn on or off Approval Required depending on if the leave requires an approval from a _ manager;

_You would turn on or off Unlimited Days depending on if you want a specific amount of days or an _ _unlimited amount of days; _

If you’re looking to set a quota of days you would edit the Days per Year field

_ Allowing Negative Balance gives you the option to allow your users to apply for leave even after they have used up their quota._

_ Allow Half Days would be turned on or off depending on if you would allow that leave type to be a half-day or not. _

If you require your users to include additional information when applying for a leave, you would turn on the Reason Required option

Question 5

Miscrosoft Teams: Signing Up / Setting Up Vacation Tracker

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| This article is a step-by-step guide for the Microsoft Teams integration. For information on Slack integration please visit our Slack categories: https://vacationtracker.crisp.help/en/

In order to use Vacation Tracker within Microsoft Teams it is important to sign-up using our online dashboard and then to install our bot into your team(s) using the following steps:

*Please make sure your Microsoft Teams settings and role allow you the download custom applications. For more information on Microsoft Teams custom app settings, visit the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-custom-app-policies-and-settings

Step 1: Signing Up Through the Vacation Tracker Online Dashboard

Go to https://app.vacationtracker.io/
Once on the page click on "Sign Up with Microsoft Teams"
You will be re-directed to the signup page, where you can begin filling in the information
Once you put in the contact email you will see a field where you can either choose to sign up with the whole organization or by selecting a specific team

The next option is a toggle which you can turn on if you want to allow everyone (within the team or within the organization) to use Vacation Tracker. If you turn the option off a new f

Question 6

Slack: How Do I Add New Users (Automated Sync OFF)?

Accepted Answer

| This article is a step-by-step guide for the Slack integration. For information on Microsoft Teams integration please visit our Microsoft Teams categories: https://vacationtracker.crisp.help/en/

You can choose to automatically sync your Slack workspace to Vacation Tracker which would automatically add all existing and new users. These users would be able to use Vacation Tracker at any time. However, if only one or a few teams from your workspace use Vacation Tracker the automated sync of your workspace may be off. In that case, you would have to add new users to Vacation Tracker manually and activate existing users manually.

To activate users manually, please follow these steps:

Go to the Vacation Tracker Dashboard (dashboard.vacationtracker.io)
On the left-hand side click on Team Members
On the right-hand side click on the button Sync (Slack Users)
The system will import all of the workspace users as inactive
On the left-hand side you will see a drop down menu option called "Show team members by status"
Select Inactive and all of the inactive users will show

On the right-hand side of each user you want to edit click on the 3 dots (…)
Select Activate and the user will be activated in Vacation Tracker

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