Productive

All you need to know about configuring, managing, and requesting absence in Productive.

Time Off and Remote Work

Learn how to set up time off and remote work categories in Productive, including calendar sync options.

Setting Up Absence Categories (Time Off and Remote Work)

Set up and assign absence allocations for time off or remote work. Track availability, define limits, and configure approval options.

Adding Absence Allocations To the Team

Set up absence approvers manually or through approval policies to manage how Time Off and Remote Work requests get reviewed.

Setting Up Absence Approvals in Productive

Half-Day Time Off

Learn what happens when you archive or delete an absence category in Productive.

Archiving and Deleting an Absence Category

Request, approve, and track remote work separately from time off, with limits, visibility, and clear reporting in Productive.

Remote Work (Beta)

A guide for admins on configuring time off and remote work settings, including approvals, allocations, and category management.

Admin: Configuring Absence Settings

Check your available time off and remote work allocations. Request absence directly from your profile.

Viewing My Absence Balance

Learn how to request time off or remote work in Productive and track the status of your absence requests in your profile.

Requesting Time Off or Remote Work

Learn how to upload, view, and edit attachments in your absence requests, and see who can access them during the approval process.

Managing Attachments In Absence Requests

Learn how to view, manage, and cancel absence requests, track attachments, and access bookings in the Resource Planner.

Absence Logs: Current and Past Absence Requests

Learn how absence requests are reflected in the Resource Planner, depending on approval status and permissions.

Absence Requests and the Resource Planner

Manage and request absence in Productive, view available time off, and understand how it connects to resourcing and logs.

Requesting and Viewing Absence (Time Off and Remote Work)

Learn how to enable status synchronization for your absence categories to keep your availability updated across Google Calendar and Slack.

Sync Your Absence Status with Google Calendar and Slack

Time-Off Categories and Integrations

Absence approval policies simplify managing absence requests by defining approvers, notifications, and dynamic manager assignments.

What Are Absence Approval Policies?

Create clear, customizable absence approval policies for employees to manage how absence requests are approved and who is notified.

Setting Up Absence Approval Policies

Learn how to assign or edit absence approval policies for employees to automate approvals or manage requests manually when needed.

Assigning an Absence Approval Policy to an Employee

Learn how to edit, archive, and restore absence approval policies to ensure smooth absence management.

Managing Absence Approval Policies

Absence approval policies define the rules for approving employee absence requests, specifying approvers and notifications to ensure clarity and consistency.

Absence Approval Policies

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