{"id":41975,"date":"2025-10-13T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/help\/non-knowledgebase\/uncategorized\/how-do-i-enter-my-absences\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T13:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:33:50","password":"","slug":"how-to-enter-my-absences","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/churchtools-modules\/other-calendar\/how-to-enter-my-absences\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enter my absences?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You can enter in ChurchTools when you are absent, e.g. because you are going on vacation or are ill. This is very helpful for duty planning, for example, because the people planning can then see directly whether or not you are available for a role. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enter a new absence, open the drop-down menu (1) next to the <em>Create appointment button<\/em> and select <em>Enter own absence<\/em> (2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absences.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1194\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absences.png\" alt=\"Calendar Enter your own absences\" class=\"wp-image-41988\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absences.png 1194w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absences-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absences-1024x194.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absences-768x145.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absences-360x68.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1194px) 100vw, 1194px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Enter all the information in the modal that opens and click on <em>Save<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absemnces-modal.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"840\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absemnces-modal.png\" alt=\"Calendar Enter your own absences modal\" class=\"wp-image-41991\" style=\"width:554px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absemnces-modal.png 936w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absemnces-modal-300x269.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absemnces-modal-768x689.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_Enter-your-own-absemnces-modal-360x323.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 936px) 100vw, 936px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Your absences are saved and displayed in a separate calendar so that you can edit or delete absences that have already been recorded by clicking on the corresponding calendar entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_My-absences.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_My-absences.png\" alt=\"Calendar My absences\" class=\"wp-image-41994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_My-absences.png 850w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_My-absences-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_My-absences-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Calendar_My-absences-360x163.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can enter in ChurchTools when you are absent, e.g. because you are going on vacation or are ill. 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