Leave requests with a status of Unsubmitted, Recalled, or Rejected can be edited from within the Leave Requests option by the user who entered the request or by the employee for whom the leave request was made.
Tip: Leave requests with a status of Approved or Pending would first need to be recalled and then can be edited (only applicable for approved leave requests not yet brought into a batch of Employee Absences or Pay Period Entries (or processed on the FMLA screen in the Employee File, if applicable); if needed, refer to Editing a Leave Request After Submitting.
How to edit a leave request before submitting:
Select the Leave Requests menu (or select the Leave Requests menu and then Inquiry).
On the Leave Requests screen, select the Inquiry tab if not already selected.
Note: The Inquiry tab is only available if the user has rights to enter leave requests (within the User Security option).
The leave requests previously entered by the user in the last six months display showing the applicable status (Unsubmitted, Pending, Approved, Recalled, Rejected, or Cancelled). If desired, change the filters to modify the leave requests listed on the screen.
Click the View/Edit link to the right of the leave request to edit, or double-click on the leave request.
Make the desired changes to the leave request.
Note: The Employee, Is This Request for FMLA, and Leave fields cannot be changed for regular leave requests, while the Employee, Is This Request for FMLA, and FMLA Reason fields cannot be changed for FMLA leave requests; if needed, delete the leave request and then re-enter it with the correct information.
Comments for the leave request can be changed as follows:
To change a comment, click the More (…) button to the right and select Edit; then make the changes and click the Save button.
To delete a comment, click the More (…) button to the right and select Delete; then when prompted, click the Delete button.
Note: Users can only edit or delete a comment they entered.
After all the changes have been made, click the Save button, and then complete the steps to submit the leave request.