Guide: Automations, Add-ons, and Integrations

Everything you can turn on to extend Vacation Tracker, in one place.

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The Add-ons page in Workspace Settings holds everything you can turn on to extend Vacation Tracker beyond its core features. Items are grouped into three categories: Automations (rules the system enforces on leave), Add-ons (privacy, custom fields, developer access), and Integrations (connections to external tools). Some are included in your plan; others are activated on demand or coming soon.

Automations

Automations are rules Vacation Tracker enforces in the background so you don't have to. Each one watches for a specific pattern and blocks or adjusts leave requests automatically.

• Leave Request Notice Period Core & Complete
  Requires longer leave requests to be submitted a set number of days in advance.
• Probation Period Complete only
  Restricts leave for new hires during their probation.
• Blackout Period Complete only
  Blocks time off during critical periods (product launches, year-end close, etc.).
• Entitlement by Role Complete only
  Grants additional leave based on a User's role, defined by Labels.
• Seniority Entitlement Complete only
  Rewards employees with extra leave days based on tenure, applied automatically on each anniversary.
• Maximum Users Away Complete only
  Caps how many people from a team can be off at the same time.
• Leave Duration Complete only
  Sets a maximum number of consecutive days a User can take off in a single request.

Add-ons

Add-ons cover privacy, custom data, and developer access. They're activated on demand on any paid plan.

• Visibility Manager Available
  Lets Admins control what leave information regular Users can see, for privacy and cleaner dashboards.
• Open API Available
  Programmatic access to Vacation Tracker data, so you can build custom integrations with your own systems.
• HR Fields Coming soon
  Add custom fields to employee profiles (job titles, employee IDs, and other HR data) to enhance leave management.

Integrations

Integrations connect Vacation Tracker to external tools your team already uses.

• BambooHR Coming soon
  Direct connection to your HR tool for consistent employee data across systems.
• ADP Workforce Now Beta
  Payroll sync: approved leave in Vacation Tracker automatically pushes back to ADP.
• Zapier Beta
  Real-time leave events to any Zapier-supported app, letting you automate workflows across your stack.

Who can turn these on

• Administrators activate, configure, and turn off any Automation, Add-on, or Integration available on the workspace's plan
• Approvers can configure a subset of Automations (Blackout Period, Maximum Users Away, Probation Period, Leave Duration, Notice Period) for their assigned Departments
• Users experience the effect of what's active (a blocked date, a role-based extra day, a leave routed via a new integration), but don't configure Add-ons themselves

Common Questions