Managing Custom Fields [1.2.x]

Since version 1.1.0 you can manually change custom fields that are used by Vacation Manager plugin. You can view and edit these fields in Custom Fields section in Vacation Manager Configure panel.

It is strongly recommended to keep default fields created by Vacation Manager and modify them only when there is no defined mapping for any field type.



Version 1.1.0 upgrading warning: After upgrade you must manually create User Picker custom field and map it to Coverage person field. You can get more information about upgrade in updating to 1.1.0 section.





Custom fields used by Vacation Manager

  • Chart - displays statistics in pie chart with selected and available vacation days.

  • Comment - text input field contains comment from reporter.

  • Start/End date pickers - date pickers where user can select start and end dates of absence. These fields are used internally for calculating used days.

  • Supervisor field - single user picker with supervisor selected by reporter. Supervisor will be able to review and accept vacation request. After manually editing this field you must configure this field to filter only users from Supervisors group.

  • Coverer - single user picker, contains information about coverage person on reporters absence.

  • Used vacation days - number field with vacation days used by vacation request. This field is automatically calculated.

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