Flex time request form (for employees)

Use the flex time request form to create a request to take time off during an approved shift Work period in WFM that has a definite length. and specify when to make up the time taken.

Field	Description
Request Summary
Employee Name	Name of the employee. This field is available when someone is creating the request for an employee.
Time Off Type	Indicates the time off type (activity Core component of both schedules and time records in Workforce Management (WFM). When an employee performs any kind of work, activities specify the scheduled work and capture employee adherence to their schedule.) for this request.
Comments	Text of any comments added by the manager or employee.
Time Off Choice
Time Off Start Date	Start date and time of the time off request.
Time Off End Date	End date and time of the time off request.
Time Off Length	Displays the duration of the requested time off.
Hours Accounted	Displays the number of the employee time off hours in the request. For example, a flex time request is for three hours. One of the three hours is during lunch. Therefore, the time listed in this column is 02:00.
Time Off Calendar
Time Off Type	Changes the starting month of the time off calendar. By default, the current month and year are selected.
Hours	Allows you to filter the Time Off Calendar by Available, Pending, and Scheduled time-off hours.
Legend	Defines the icons that are represented in the Day type row at the bottom of the graph. Each day is represented by a specific icon, indicating the time-off hours information for that day. For example, this icon indicates that the specified date has available time-off hours. This icon indicates that the specified date has no available time-off hours.
Date	From the date selector, you can Jump to a specific month in the selected calendar year, or you can select the next or previous month.
Days / Intervals	You can select to view the data on the Time Off Calendar for each Day or each Interval within each day.
Flex Makeup
Date	Date of the makeup time.
Shift Name	Name of the shift.
Start	Start time of the shift.
Shift Activity	Activity of the shift.
Shift Duration	Total length of the shift.
Extension	Indicates when the makeup time will occur. Select either Extension Before Shift or Extension After Shift.
Makeup Activity	Indicates the activity during the makeup time. The list of activities that appear in this drop-down field and are available for selection are the activities defined in the employee's work pattern Set of shifts in WFM (usually a weekly set of shifts) that are assigned to employees. A work pattern typically includes one or more shifts and possible days off for one week..
Makeup Duration	Indicates the duration of the makeup time. By default, the Duration field contains 0.15 and the Hours Accounted contains 00:15 at the end of the current shift.
Makeup Gap	Indicates the desired gap between the start of the shift gap and the start of the makeup time. Example: The scheduled shift has a Gap from 2:00 to 4:00 with a Makeup Gap of 1 hour. The employee is making up 30 minutes. Therefore, the Makeup Shift starts at 3:00.
Actions	Displays any relevant actions you can take for the added flex makeup time (such as Delete).
Alerts
Alert	Summary of the alert.
Description	Description of the alert.