SOURCE:    Vacation Tracker
TITLE:     User Training 3: Check Your Leave Balance and History (Slack)
URL:       https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/user-training-slack-check-your-leave-balance-and-history/
LANG:      en
PUBLISHED: 2026-10-23
UPDATED:   2026-10-23
READING:   2 min
SUMMARY:   See how much leave you have left, what's scheduled and every request you've made.

# User Training 3: Check Your Leave Balance and History (Slack)

# User Training 3: Check Your Leave Balance and History (Slack)

Check how much leave you have left and look back at every request you've made.

## On Your Dashboard

- Balance card: your remaining balance for the leave type you pick, with Taken, Scheduled and Requested.

- Upcoming Leaves: your next requests and their status, such as Approved or Pending. Click See all for the full list.

- Quick Stats: your requests this year, your Approver(s) and your next accrual, if your leave builds up over the year.

![Dashboard balance card with Taken, Scheduled and Requested](https://cms.vacationtracker.io/uploads/user_training_email_only_check_your_leave_balance_and_history_1_927de4b42a_aa782eceda.png)

## On My Profile

Go to My Profile.

- Profile tab > Leave quotas: choose the Period and Leave Type. You'll see Brought Forward + Quota − Used = Remaining. Switch between Formatted (Days & Hours) and Decimal.

- Leaves tab: all your pending, scheduled and past requests.

- Logs tab: a record of changes to your profile and leave.

![Leave quotas on My Profile with Brought Forward, Quota, Used and Remaining](https://cms.vacationtracker.io/uploads/user_training_email_only_check_your_leave_balance_and_history_2_079c01ad29_f755ffec94.png)

## In Slack

Type /vacation and click My status. You'll see what's remaining, used and the total for each leave type, this year and next year. For a list of past requests, click See more options, then Leave History.

![My status reply in Slack with Remaining, Used and Total per leave type](https://cms.vacationtracker.io/uploads/user_training_slack_check_your_leave_balance_and_history_3_ea4b820f99_c1c985bcff.png)

## Check It Worked

You can see your remaining balance and find any request you've made.

## Common Questions

What does Brought Forward mean?Days you didn't use last year that carried over to this year. Your company decides whether this happens and when those days expire.

Why does Remaining include a request that isn't approved yet?Pending requests are counted as Requested so you don't book the same days twice. If the request is denied, the days come back.

### What's Next?

User Training 4: Change or Cancel Your Leave (Slack) (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/user-training-slack-change-or-cancel-your-leave/)
User Training 6: See Who's Off and Upcoming Holidays (Slack) (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/user-training-slack-see-whos-off-and-upcoming-holidays/)
User Training 2: Request Leave in the Dashboard (Slack) (https://vacationtracker.io/knowledge-base/user-training-slack-request-leave-in-the-dashboard/)

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