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Can Leave Types Automatically Update My Users' Slack Statuses (Slack Status Update)?

Last updated on May 27, 2025

Can Leave Types Automatically Update My Users' Slack Statuses (Slack Status Update)?

| This article is a step-by-step guide solely for the Slack integration.

Would you like your Leave Types to automatically update your Users' status in Slack? We thought you would - so we created this feature just for you!

Admins now have the option to link Leave Types within Vacation Tracker to Slack Statuses :) Here's how to set this up:

  1. From your online dashboard, go to the Settings tab and select Leave Types
  2. Click on the Create Leave Type button (or the Edit icon if the Leave Type has already been created)
  3. Enter the Leave Type Name and select the Color to display on the online calendar view
  4. Toggle on the option to link the Leave Type to the Slack Status

  1. Select an icon to display in Slack

  1. Enter the Status Name (this can be the same as or different than the Leave Type name. This name will be visible to all users within your Slack workspace).

  1. Select Save/Next and you're done! Your status will then appear in Slack on the top right-hand corner next to your avatar

||| If you ever choose to hide the Leave Type name, please note that the leave information may still be visible to other users if you chose to name the Slack Status the same as the Leave Type. For more information on hiding a leave type name, please see the following article: How Do I Hide a Requested Leave Type Name?

Happy Statusing!

Account Settings

  1. Why am I receiving reminders?

  2. What is the schedule / flow of leave reminders?

  3. What is the Difference Between Inactive and Deleted Users?

  4. What Information Can I See on My Calendar View?

  5. What happens if a leave isn't responded to ( approved / denied ) right away?

  6. How Do I Sort the Order of Leave Types?

  7. How Do I Set Notifications Within Vacation Tracker?

  8. How Do I Set My Company's Start Year in Vacation Tracker?

  9. How Do I Set Global Notifications?

  10. How Do I Set Department Notifications?

  11. How Do I Set an Administrator within Vacation Tracker?

  12. How Do I Notify (Announce) Vacation Tracker to Active Users?

  13. How Do I Enable/Disable the Automatic User Import?

  14. How Do I Disable / Delete Notifications?

  15. How Do I Deactivate a User?

  16. How Do I Change the Company Name on the Online Dashboard?

  17. How Do I Add (Import) Users?

  18. How Can I View Company Logs?

  19. How Can I Create and Configure Leave Types?

  20. Google Workspace: How Do I Send Notifications to a Group?

  21. Google Workspace: Editing Permissions

  22. Employee Onboarding: What Roles Can I Assign in Vacation Tracker?

  23. Does Vacation Tracker offer SSO (single sign-on)?

  24. Connecting to a Shared / Existing Calendar

  25. Can Leave Types Automatically Update My Users' Slack Statuses (Slack Status Update)?

  26. Can I Update User Information from my Directory Into Vacation Tracker?

  27. Can I turn off leave reminders?

  28. Can I Edit Users' Names Within Vacation Tracker?

  29. Can I choose which leave types have the Out of Office (OOO) message?

  30. Can I Change the Calendar Start Date?

  31. Can a Vacation Tracker Admin or Approver turn on/off the OOO (Out of Office) feature for users?

  32. Adding a New Calendar (Using iCal Connection)

  33. How Can I Set Leave Quotas in Hours Instead of Days?

Still have questions? Let us show you how Vacation Tracker can help.