Guide: What Is Available In The Free Plan?

Do you need a FREE option for tracking your leaves? You are in the right place, as Vacation Tracker has what you need! Below, we will cover what features our Free plan has to offer. Let’s get started! 

What features are available with Free: 

• Integration with Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Workspace and Email only 
• Leave Request Management 
• Auto Approval 
• Approval Reminders 
• Daily and Weekly Notifications 
• 1 Location, Department and Leave Type 
• Self-Service Dashboard 
• Team Availability Overview 
• Leave Request Status Update 
• Personal Calendar 
• iCal sync 
• Leave Balance and Leave Request Report 

The first thing that you need to choose is your integration, and you can choose between the 4 options mentioned. If you need help with selecting the right one, you can use this article as a guide: https://vacationtracker.io/helpdesk/guide-which-vacation-tracker-integration-is-right-for-me-google-microsoft-teams-slack-or-email-only/ 

Leave Request Management 

Users have the option to Request Leaves, and Approvers have the option to Approve or Deny them. Also, you have the option to Edit your leave requests, as well as Cancel them if your plans have changed.  

For a more detail guide on what an Approver can do, you can visit the following article: https://vacationtracker.io/helpdesk/guide-what-can-an-approver-do-in-vacation-tracker/ 

Auto Approval 

If you have a policy where your Leave Requests are Automatically Approved, we have you covered here as well. 

Daily and Weekly Notifications 

We know how important it is to keep track of your teams' leaves, that is why, with our Notifications, you can configure daily or weekly notifications and receive them in accordance with your configured settings. Notifications can be sent to a selected Channel or Email, depending on your integration. 

More on Notifications can be seen on the following article: https://vacationtracker.io/helpdesk/how-do-i-set-notifications-within-vacation-tracker/ 

Configuration (Location, Department, Leave Type) 

You can create and configure 1 Location, Department, and Leave Type, as well as have 1 Admin and Approver. However, there are no limits to the number of Users that you can have. 

Dashboard 

Every Scheduled or Pending Leave (Only Available to an Approver & Admin), and Holiday within your reach and one place.  

Team Availability Overview 

Keeping track of who is available or away has never been easier. Whether you prefer to see that through the Dashboard or Wallchart section, you can always browse through to check out your team.  

Leave Request Status Update 

If a leave was Approved, Denied, Cancel, Expired, or even Edited, you can keep track of everything, including time stamps for historical leaves, where you can see when a leave was requested, who approved it, and what changes were made for the initial request.  

Calendar Connection 

If you want to track leaves on your Personal Calendar (Google or Outlook), you have the option to connect them. 

You can also connect to a new Calendar using the iCal option. 

If you need assistance with connecting a calendar, you can use the following article as a guide: https://vacationtracker.io/helpdesk/guide-how-do-i-sync-my-calendar-with-vacation-tracker/ 

Reports 

Do you need to export information on your Users’ leave balance or their leave history? You have the option to export a Leave Balance as well as a Leave Request Report. 

To export your Leave Balance Report, use the following article: https://vacationtracker.io/helpdesk/how-do-i-export-employee-leave-balances/ 

To export your Leave Request Report, use the following article: https://vacationtracker.io/helpdesk/how-do-i-export-a-leave-request-report-leave-history/ 

If our Freemium Plan is missing a feature that you need, make sure to check out our Core and Complete plan options: https://vacationtracker.io/helpdesk/guide-what-are-the-differences-between-our-core-complete-plans/