Absence Period Creation Update

As of 24th January 2025, a critical update has been made to the absence period creation process in the API to address an issue with single-day requests involving half-day settings. This update ensures that invalid absence period requests are properly handled to prevent unintended balance accounting issues.

When creating an absence period for a single day with both half_day_start and half_day_endset to true, the system previously allowed the creation of an absence. This was likely not the intended behaviour for most users, who might have meant to create a full-day absence.

Resolution: The API now prevents the creation of single-day absence periods where both half_day_start and half_day_end are set to true. Attempts to create such absences will now result in an error response as below.

"code":400,"message":"Invalid absence day. Reason: Both half day start and half day end are true for a single-day period"

Error Handling:

To create a full-day absence, ensure that both half_day_start and half_day_end are set to false. Refer to the updated format specifications below for valid absence period configurations.

PAPI v1 Absence Period Time Range Fields (Daily Absences Types)