Activ Absence System Wide Configuration

Modified on Thu, 17 Apr at 4:27 PM

The system configuration section allows users with administrator access to configure how the system behaves. Many options can be changed within this section such as what dashboard widgets appear for users with different roles, the questions to ask on return to work forms, the labels to use within the system and many other settings.

The system-wide configurations have impacts across the system, it's advised that you DO NOT alter these settings. If you are not sure of the correct settings to change, please contact the Support Desk.

The system configuration section is spilt up into 6 tabbed sections:

Policy Defaults
- Leave Options
- Absence Options
Absence
- General
- Emails
- Self Certification
- Return to Work
Leave
- General
- TOIL
- Emails
- End of Year Options
Calendar
Obfuscation
Audit History

To access your System Configuration for Activ Absence, please follow the steps below:

Select Administration
Select the Absence drop down
Select System Configuration

Once within the System Configuration section for your module, you'll be presented with a Dashboard, and a number of additional tabs relevant to system-wide settings across Activ Absence.

Policy Defaults	Leave Options - Sets if an employee is allowed to overspend, and by how much. Absence Options - When reporting an absence, what options are available to select from?
Absence	General - Sets absence rounding options, as well as which approvers get notified or have access to absence records. Bradford Factor setting can also be set here. Emails - When approvers get notified, will you add onto the email, or will you completely override it? Tags can be used to display certain types of information. Self-Certification - Adjusts what type of fields will be available on the Self-Certification form. Return to Work - Adjusts what type of fields will be available on the Return to Work form. They have been separated out into different tabs: Sickness Home and Family Other
Leave	General - A variety of settings that will alter rounding settings, system time intervals, whether employees can request on behalf of others and also auto approval settings for leave requests. Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) - Allows the use of setting up TOIL if maintain TOIL balance is set to Yes; you would have two planned leave types, one to increase and another to decrease. Emails - Adjusts what type of information is sent through emails and whether people get emailed on self-approval. End of Year Options - Allows you to set the carryover limit.
Calendar	Under the Calendar tab, you will be able to set whether or not someone can request leave on behalf of their colleagues, and if you would like to see Leave Types grouped together.
Obfuscation	The obfuscation options will allow you to adjusts what type of information will be displayed on My Calendar and Department Calendar.
Audit History	Audit History allows you to see what settings have been changed, what changes took place (FROM & TO), as well as who made the changes.

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