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
When a time-off request is created, the request form shows employees current balance for the selected absence type. This helps them check availability before submitting:
Go to Requests in the left sidebar, then choose Add request.
In the dropdown list there are available absence options and what is the balance for each option.
Absence types without an accrual policy show 🚫 symbol, 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.
Each row shows:
Type — the absence type name with a color badge.
Balance — 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.
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)