V2 - Holiday Blackouts

Holiday Blackouts are periods that you can define where any holiday request will be prevented. This could be over busier periods such as Christmas or, company shutdowns etc.

To create or edit existing blackout periods, navigate to 'Settings' in the bottom-left corner of the home screen menu items, then 'Holiday, Sick & Absence' and then the 'Holiday Blackouts' option.

Creating Holiday Blackouts

To create a new blackout period, select the orange 'Create Holiday Blackout' or to amend an existing blackout period, double-click on it to edit the details. 

Name - This is what you'd name the blackout period, for example 'Christmas 2026'.

Tag -  This is the tag that the blackout period will apply to - If the blackout period is required for multiple tags, multiple blackouts will need to be created for each individual tag.

Start Date - This is the start date of the blackout period.

End Date - This is the end date of the blackout period.

With the details defined, to finish select 'Save'. 

Once created and applied to a tag, requests that are made by either employees or manually by users, an error message will be received (This also generates on the employees Self Service or Chronicle Mobile App). 

In some instances, you may want to bypass the holiday blackout if an agreement is made between the employee and management. To achieve this, please see this guide: {Placeholder Link}