Both employees and admins can view absence balances in Begin. This article explains where to find balance information and what the numbers mean.
For employees — viewing your own balances
Go to Absences in the left sidebar, then navigate to the Balance page.
A table shows all absence types available in your company.
Each row shows:
Type — the absence type name with a color badge.
Balance — your remaining days or hours available to use.
Taken — days or hours already used in approved past absences.
Upcoming — days or hours in approved future requests that have not yet occurred.
Absence types without an accrual policy appear dimmed, since there is no balance to track for those types.
For admins — viewing an employee's balances
Go to Employees and click the employee's name.
Click the Time-off balance tab.
The same balance information is shown (Type, Balance, Taken, Upcoming). Admins can additionally manage accrual policy assignments and make balance adjustments from this view.
Understanding balance rounding
Balances may be rounded depending on the rounding rule configured in the accrual policy:
No rounding — shows the exact value (e.g., 10.33)
Nearest half — rounds to the nearest 0.5 (e.g., 10.33 displays as 10.5)
Whole number — rounds to the nearest integer (e.g., 10.33 displays as 10)
Balance when creating a request
When you create a time-off request, the request form also shows your current balance for the selected absence type. This helps you check availability before submitting.