Microsoft Teams: Accessing Tabs within Microsoft Teams

Vacation Tracker comes with three Microsoft Teams tabs — a condensed dashboard, your personal profile, and a Request Leave shortcut. The Request Leave tab installs automatically with the bot; the others are accessible from the channel or chat.

The Three Tab Options

All tabs can be accessed by any User. However, different permission levels (User, Approver, Admin) will see different information within the condensed online dashboard tab — what's visible scales with your role.

Accessing the Dashboard Tab in a Channel

1. Open Microsoft Teams and click Teams in the left sidebar.
2. Pick the team Vacation Tracker is installed in.
3. Pick the channel Vacation Tracker is installed in.
4. At the top of the channel, look for the Vacation Tracker tab. If it's not visible, click the + sign to find and add it.
5. Click the tab to load the dashboard view for your permission level.

Accessing the My Profile Tab

1. Open Microsoft Teams and click Chats in the left sidebar.
2. Find the Vacation Tracker chat (or search for "Vacation Tracker" in the search bar at the top).
3. Click into the bot.
4. Click the My Profile tab at the top of the chat.

From the My Profile tab you can request leaves, edit upcoming leaves, and access the Helpdesk directly inside Microsoft Teams.

What You'll See in Request Leave

The Request Leave tab shows two helpful things alongside the request form:

• Your remaining quota for the Leave Type you've selected — so you know if the request will fit.
• Whether any colleagues in your Department are also away during the same dates — useful for avoiding overlap.