What Is the Energy Score and How Is It Calculated?

Your Energy Score is a personal number from 0 to 100 that turns your time-off patterns into a quick read on how rested you are. Vacation Tracker combines five factors from your leave history to calculate it, then maps the result to one of five Energy Levels so it's easy to scan at a glance. The higher the number, the more recharged you look on paper. It's there to help you spot when it's time to plan a break.

What the Score Tells You

The Energy Score takes the data Vacation Tracker already has about your leaves and turns it into a single number. It looks at things like how recently you took time off, how much PTO is sitting in your balance, how your brought-forward days are tracking, and how your work-life balance and leave pattern line up with your usual rhythm. You'll find the score, along with a breakdown of what's driving it, on your My Energy level page.

The Five Factors Behind Your Score

Five factors combine to produce your 0-100 number. Each one has its own small progress bar in the Score breakdown section on your My Energy level page, so you can see what's pulling your score up and what's pulling it down.

• Recent Rest: how recently you took time off. A long stretch without a break lowers this factor.
• PTO Balance: how your remaining balance looks. Having lots of unused days near the end of a period weighs on the score.
• Rollover Health: how your brought-forward days are tracking. Days that are about to expire or have already been lost reduce this factor.
• Work-Life Balance: how your work and leave rhythm compare with your usual pattern.
• Leave Pattern: how spaced out your leaves are over time, and whether you've built a habit of regular rest.

From Score to Energy Level

Each factor adds points to your total, and the 0-100 number is then mapped to one of five named bands called Energy Levels. You'll see your level next to a battery character on your My Energy level page, along with a short headline that matches it.

• Peak Energy (85-100): you're well rested. The battery is full and the page shows an upbeat headline, a good time to keep the patterns that got you here.
• Energized (65-84): you're in a strong range. The battery is high, a good moment to plan ahead so you stay there.
• Functional (45-64): you're managing, with some room to recover. A short break or a planned long weekend can lift the score back up.
• Struggling (25-44): the system is flagging that you're running low. The headline shifts to something like "It's taking extra effort," a clear signal that recovery time would help.
• Drained (0-24): the system flags a strong need for rest. The battery is nearly empty, a good moment to look at the suggested dates in Your Next Best Moves.

Why You Have One

• It's a heads-up, not a verdict: the number gives you a moment to think about your next break.
• It's personal: each User has their own Energy Score on their own page.
• It's tied to PTO: the suggestions you see use the score plus your real leave policies to recommend dates that fit.

How the Level Helps You

• Quick read: easier to scan than a raw number.
• Matches the page tone: the headline and tip banner change to fit the level, so a Drained day reads very different from a Peak Energy day.
• Used in the chart: the Weekly Energy Trend uses the same five bands so you can see how you've moved across them.

If a Factor Looks Off

Hover over the info icon next to each factor on the page to see the short tooltip that explains it. If the overall score still doesn't match where you'd put yourself, use Adjust Your Energy to share feedback, and the team uses that input to keep tuning the algorithm.

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