# Create an absence from the planning

> In Weplanify, record that a scheduled employee will be absent straight from their slots, without leaving the planning or typing the dates again.

- Product: Weplanify (https://weplanify.io)
- Section: Scheduling
- Web page: https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.signaler-une-absence?lang=en
- Other language: https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.signaler-une-absence.md
- Last updated: 2026-09-29

In Weplanify, when an employee warns they will not come, their absence is created from the slots concerned.

![Report absence: Abdou Ndour from 21 to 23 September](https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/weplanify/o/docs%2Fplanning%2Fmaj-2026-09-28%2Fpl-absence-a93429ad.webp?alt=media&token=a5b7aad1-d0e6-4cb3-852c-18ded7ea84ea)

## Steps

1. Switch to [selection mode](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.selection-multiple?lang=en) and click the slots of the days off.
2. Click **Absence**.
3. Choose the **Absence type** ([paid leave, sickness…](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en)) and add a note if needed.
4. Check the preview (employee and period), then **Create absences**.

## Good to know

- Consecutive days for the same employee make a single absence; a day already covered by an absence is skipped.
- The absence follows the usual [approval circuit](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.valider?lang=en).
- The slots stay: reassign them with **Transfer to** ([selection](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.selection-multiple?lang=en)), ticking **Report an absence** for the replaced employee.

## Related guides

- [Act on several slots at once](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning.selection-multiple?lang=en) — In Weplanify, select several slots to edit, copy or transfer them, turn them into an absence or into a team, or delete them all in a single go.
- [Absence types](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.types?lang=en) — In Weplanify, each absence type says whether it is paid, unpaid or deducted from the leave balance: it is the type that decides the effect on payroll.
- [Approve or reject an absence request](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.valider?lang=en) — In Weplanify, approve or reject an absence request from To handle or from its panel, which shows the effect on pay and on the balance before you decide.
- [The team planning](https://weplanify.io/docs/planning?lang=en) — In Weplanify, the planning says who works, when and where, week after week; the slots stay as drafts until you publish them to your employees.
- [Create an absence or leave](https://weplanify.io/docs/absences.creer?lang=en) — In Weplanify, enter an employee's absence or leave in three choices: who, what and when; the balance after the absence shows before you save.