Once you've created the new Leave Type and Leave Reason in MicrOpay you need to update ESS so that it can used in Leave Applications and that any associated balance appears in ESS.
User-Defined Leave and Leave Reasons in ESS
If you have created a User Defined Leave class before the employee can apply for it in ESS or the leave balances display:
Log into MicrOpay.
Go to Payroll, Maintenance, Employees, Employees.
Edit the employee who is to entitled to the User Defined Leave.
Select Leave and ensure the User Defined Leave has been attached to the employee.
Then log into ESS as an Administrator.
Go to Settings, General and perform a Sync from Payroll.
Tick Sync from Payroll for the database with the changes to leave.
Click Sync.
To check that the leave has been setup to Display the balance:
Go to Settings, Leave.
Edit the Leave Type (pencil in a square) and tick the Permissions required.
Display balance
Allow insufficient balance
Include pro rata calculation
Ensure the Leave Reasons is selected
If the User Defined Leave is still not available in ESS, this could be because a change has not yet been triggered. To trigger a change, go back into MicrOpay.
Go to Payroll, Maintenance, Employees, Employees.
Edit the Employee.
Select Employment Details.
Change the Pay Point to something else.
Click OK to save.
Log back into ESS.
Go to Settings, General and perform a Sync from Payroll.
Tick Sync from Payroll for the database with the changes to leave.
Click Sync.
Once the Sync is complete you can change the Employee's Pay Point back.
Other Leave and Leave Reasons in ESS
A Sync from Payroll is required before the Leave Reason is available to select.
Log into ESS as an Administrator.
Go to Settings, General.
Tick Sync from Payroll for the database with the new Leave Reason.
Click Sync.
To check that the leave has been setup to select in Leave Applications:
Go to Settings, Leave.
Edit Other Leave (pencil in a square) and ensure the Leave Reasons is selected.