WFM UK: HR: How to Create a Holiday Request that Spans Two Calendar Holiday Years

Overview

This article provides guidance on resolving an error message which users may encounter when attempting to create a holiday request for themselves over two calendar holiday years. 

Error Message and Troubleshooting

Fig.1 - Same Holiday Year error message

As seen in Fig.1, the employee has attempted to request holiday from December going into January and the error message “All holiday requests must be created for the same holiday year” has appeared. The error message will appear when using the Save or Calculate Number of Days buttons.

In this example, the Holiday Year ends on 31st December and the new one begins on 1st January. Holiday Years can be configured within the system.

The Solution

The employee will need to create two separate holiday requests

• One that ends on 31st December (current holiday year)
• Another that begins on 1st January (next holiday year)

The holiday requests will feed through to the correct manager as per usual.