A Supervisor can create their own data types to be displayed on a calendar by using the additional actions available on the Calendar data types page to create a Absence, Hour bands, Request or Work record data type.
Clicking on Absence in the left-hand pane opens the Create page with the following fields to create a data type focused on Absences:
Enter the Title for the data type and select the following from the drop-down list:
Actual — displays Absences that have been processed and have been taken
Clicking on Hours bands in the left-hand pane opens the Create page with the following fields to create a data type focused on Hours bands:
Enter the Title for the data type and select the following from a drop-down list:
The Hours band types, Worked and Absence hours codes available to the Supervisor can be selected from the drop-down list to display on the calendars.
The Colour source field allows a Supervisor to select what colours will be used for the data types displayed on the calendars.
Clicking on Requests in the left-hand pane opens the Create page with the following fields to create a data type focused on Requests:
Enter the Title for the data type and select the following from a drop-down list:
Clicking on Work record in the left-hand pane opens the Create page to create a Work record data type. The fields available are the same as the Hours bands Create page but with an extra field at the bottom:
Click Submit in the left-hand pane to save the custom data type and return to the updated Calendar data types page with the new data type added to the list.
Alternatively, click Cancel to abort any changes and return to the Calendar data type page.