SOURCE:    Vacation Tracker
TITLE:     How Do I Set a Blackout Period for a Specific Location or Department?
URL:       https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/how-do-i-set-a-blackout-period-for-a-specific-location-or-department/
LANG:      en
PUBLISHED: 2024-02-01
UPDATED:   2025-10-10
READING:   1 min
SUMMARY:   Maybe you have a different blackout period for your different locations, departments or for a specific group of people. With our filtering option, you are able to customize as much as you need.

# How Do I Set a Blackout Period for a Specific Location or Department?

# How Do I Set a Blackout Period for a Specific Location or Department?

If you need a different blackout period for different locations, departments, or a specific group of people, the Blackout Period automation's filtering options let you customize as much as you need.

Add-on to the main article

This article is an add-on to the original article on our Blackout Period automation: How to Set a Blackout Period (Block Time) (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/how-to-set-a-blackout-period-block-time/)

## Setting It Up

- Go to the Vacation Tracker Dashboard — app.vacationtracker.io/signin (https://app.vacationtracker.io/signin).

- On the left-hand side, click Workspace Settings → Add-ons.

- Click View on the Blackout Period card under My Add-ons. If you haven't subscribed yet, switch to the Discover More Add-ons tab, select Blackout Period, and confirm the subscription before continuing.

- Click Create automation in the top-right corner.

- Configure the policy:

- You have the option to apply the blackout period to all users or limit it to some.

- You can apply it to all leaves (e.g., Sick Day and PTO) or choose only PTO.

- After choosing your blackout period, you can make this period recurring or not.

- Once configured, click on Create.

![Blackout Period add-on automation form showing the Locations and Departments filter section with the leave-type icon and the recurrence selector toggle](https://cms.vacationtracker.io/uploads/helpdesk_artikal_how_do_i_set_a_blackout_period_for_a_specific_location_or_department_first_image_place_e3e1d0c737.png)

Mix and match filters

You can always mix and match different filter options by clicking on the + icon.

Summary at the bottom

At the bottom of the page, you'll have a summary of how many Users the Blackout Period will affect and a summary of the policy you created.

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For more information on the Automations we offer, please see Guide: What Automations does Vacation Tracker offer? (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/what-is-the-difference-between-entitlement-by-role-and-seniority-based-entitlement-sbe/)

### What's Next?

Set a Blackout Period (Block Time) (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/how-to-set-a-blackout-period-block-time/)
Limit Users' Leave Duration (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/how-do-i-limit-users-leave-duration/)
Set the Maximum Users Away automation (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/how-do-i-set-the-maximum-users-away-automation/)

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