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# Time Off

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Hyra's Time Off feature allows your staff to file an Inactivity Notice that let your department know that they will be gone for some time.

## Creating an Inactive Notices

To create an Inactive Notice, follow the steps below:

<Note>
  To continue, you'll need the following permission: <b>Request Timeoff</b>
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to the Inactivity Page">
    Firstly, go to the Inactivity Page by going to Activity > Inactivity.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Fill in all of the fields">
    Fill in all of the required fields, from when will it start and end, type of inactivity, and notes.

    You can use the notes field as a space to add your reason or give extra info about your notice.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Wait for your notice to be accepted">
    Once you've hit <b>Submit</b>, it will show up as <b>Pending</b> status. You can also cancel the notice by clicking <b>Cancel.</b>

    If your notice got accepted, it will show up as <b>Approved.</b>
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Managing Inactive Notices

Keeping track of inactive notices is an important part of managing staff time off and absence requests. Follow the steps below to manage inactive notices:

<Note>
  To continue, you will need the following permission: <b>View Other Staff</b> and <b>Manage timeoff requests</b>
</Note>

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to the Timeoff Page">
    Firstly, go to the Timeoff Page by going to Staff > Timeoff.

    Here you will see the staff that are out of office and all of the pending requests below it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Decide Whether to Accept or Deny">
    To accept a time off request, click <b>Accept</b>. To deny a request, select <b>Deny</b>.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Viewing Staff

You can also see if the staff is out of office by looking at the icon next to their username in Views.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Staff is Out of Office" icon="umbrella-beach" iconType="solid" color="#22c55d" />

  <Card title="Staff is currently on time off this week" icon="umbrella-beach" iconType="solid" color="#f59e0c" />

  <Card title="Staff is in time off last week" icon="umbrella-beach" iconType="solid" color="#9ca3af" />
</CardGroup>
