Last updated on February 13, 2026
How Do I Set Initial Brought Forward (Rolled Over) Days?
Need a way to enter your employees' initial starting balances from your previous tracking or HR system? Vacations existed before Vacation Tracker — and the Initial Brought Forward feature allows Admins to manually update users' previous (initial) balances for each leave type.
Steps
- From your online dashboard, go to the Users tab on the left-hand side.
- Select the user you'd like to update the balance(s) for.
- On the user's profile page, scroll down to the Leave Quotas section.
- Select the Leave Type that you'd like to update and the Period.
- In the Initial Brought Forward field, enter the number of days the user carried over for that year.
- Click Save at the bottom of the field — the quotas will be updated for that period.
If the Leave Type Has No Brought Forward Policy Set
If the Leave Type does not have a Brought Forward policy set, you will see an Unlock icon in the Initial Brought Forward field.