Application Template: Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management

Description of Template

The Absence Request and Vacat= ion Schedule Management application template for Microsoft® Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 helps employees manage requests for out of of= fice days. Team members post days= they will be unavailable and can use the template to assign their responsibilit= ies to others during those days. The application template helps team leaders manage requests for vacation and provides dashboards showing which users are signed up for the absent team member’s responsibilities during an absence.

Sample Activiti= es Performed in this Application Template

The following examples show t= he various ways Microsoft anticipates this template will be utilized in a typ= ical organization. If you wish to= add additional features, please ask your IT provider to research Microsoft Off= ice SharePoint Designer 2007.

Jim Daly is a project manager= in Lucerne Publishing’s Information Technology department and is the pr= imary help desk contact for the company users’ IT questions. Jim is planning a vacation to go = sailing in the Caribbean this December and knows that he will be completely outsid= e of mobile phone and Internet connection range while on the trip. He wants to get his vacation requ= est approved by his manager so he visits his company’s Absence Request a= nd Vacation Schedule Management site. From the site, Jim clicks on “Submit a New Absence” and proceeds to create an absence request, entering the requested dates and al= so designating that this absence is for ‘personal time’. He clicks submit.

Jeff Low is Jim Daly’s = manager at Lucerne Publishing. Jeff has recently been asked to manage the company meeting on December 11^th. He wants to ensure everybody knows about the out of office day, so = he visits the Absence Request and Vacation Schedule Management site to enter = it into the calendar. He clicks ‘Submit a New Absence’ and enters in required information. Jeff also wants to have a website= that can be used to give people more information about the company meeting, including Objectives, Agendas and relevant background documents. He checks the box to “Use a Meeting Workspace to organize attendees, agendas, documents, minutes and o= ther details for this event” to start the automated process of creating a meeting workspace for