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As a default feature, only present day and next period are presented. If you need to plan it in advance, then you can see when new period should start (6). To have it scheduled, press "Add new" button (7). After doing so, you will be presented with similar prompt:
As you can see, here is you also have a direct possibility to amend the number of entitled days for particular user's recurring future vacations.
Such feature is useful for e.g. changes with all postgraduates who after every worked year may gain more annual leave days to be used.
By filling in mentioned value field and clicking "Add" you will add new period manually. If you don't do it manually, it will be done automatically (if you do this manually, jira job won't crate another in the same date scope). You cannot define date scope of recurring period.
In editing recurring period you are not also able to change date scope of period.
If one needs to change number of entitled days for particular, but added recurring period, then "Edit" (10) button is the answer:
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