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title: "Submitting and Managing your Absences."
canonical: "https://support.appfire.com/space/DLP/297506100/Submitting%20and%20Managing%20your%20Absences."
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## Access the Absences page

To access your settings and see the absence cards, you can use the following methods.

### **Method 1: Dropdown menu**

Click your avatar in the top right corner and select **Absences**:

![Accessing the Absences page via the dropdown.](media://795674fb-c8af-4cee-8f58-5935eb030447)

### **Method 2: My settings**

Click **BigPicture** > **My** **settings** > **Absences**.

![Accessing personal settings for managing personal absences.](media://bc133a04-47c5-4894-8d82-d07dcc77d9ac)

## Submit absences

> ℹ️ Jira/App Admin must first enable the users to self-manage their absences in their profile settings by toggling the **Absences are self-managed by App’s user** option on the App Configuration> Modules > Resources page.

To add an absence:

1. Go to the **Absences** page.
2. Click **Add new** on the right.
3. Provide the following data
  1. Name
  2. Start date
  3. End date
  4. Comment (if needed)
4. To add another absence, check the **Add another** box.
5. Click **Add** to confirm.
6. The absence will immediately be visible on the list.

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### Half-day absences

You can also submit absences for half a day only. To do so, toggle the **Half-day absence in selected days** slider on the **Add Absence** screen.

![Half-day absence switch.](media://1aa5acf4-4ae5-49f0-b268-4c1730fc615c)

> ℹ️ Note that entering a date range and selecting a half-day absence will decrease the capacity for each specified day by 50%. This means that half-day will apply to each day within the selected date range.

## Edit absences

To edit an absence:

1. Go to the **Absences** page.
2. Find an absence to edit and click the **Edit** icon on the right.
3. Make changes in the dialog modal box.
4. Click **Save** to confirm.

![A Modify Individual's Absence details screen.](media://a586053b-9cb0-4c32-810a-152a532e12fe)

## Delete absences

To delete an absence:

1. Go to the **Absences** page.
2. Find an absence to edit and click the **Delete** icon on the right.
3. Click **Delete** to confirm.

![Absences screen with the absence deletion confirmation box.](media://17821364-0414-4c1f-b51e-b544458f1b39)