Choose who hears about time off requests
Set the agency's default for time off request emails, post new requests in a Slack channel, and let each person choose their own.
3 min readUpdated 7 October 2026
When someone asks for time off, their approver needs to know. You can decide whether that goes by email, appears in the app's bell and posts to a shared Slack channel, as an agency default, while each person can still choose for themselves.
Before you start
- Agency defaults are changed by the agency's owner or a director.
- The time off rules, including the Slack channel, are changed by the agency owner.
- For Slack, connect your agency's workspace in Settings, Integrations, and invite the Fabrik Analytics app to the channel if it is private.
Set the agency default
- In the main menu choose Settings, then the Notifications tab.
- Find Time off to approve: "Someone asked for time off you approve, or cancelled it."
- Switch the Email and In app columns on or off for the agency.
- The Slack column shows where requests post today, with a link to change it.
Your change is the default for everyone at the agency who has not chosen for themselves. Reset to standard defaults puts the agency back to the standard settings.
Post new requests in Slack
- In People, choose Settings, then scroll to Time off.
- Under Who hears about it, choose a channel in Also post new requests in Slack, or No Slack post.
- Save the time off rules. You see "Time off rules saved".
The page then says "New requests are also posted in #{channel}." Posts say who, when and how long, never the note.
Choose for yourself
- Open the menu under your name and choose Notifications.
- Find Time off to approve (if you approve anyone's time off) and Your time off (about your own requests).
- Switch email or in-app on or off. Reset to workspace default goes back to the agency's choice.
What you will see
| Event | Who hears | How |
|---|---|---|
| A request, or a cancellation | The person's approver | Email and the bell, plus the Slack channel if set |
| A decision, a booking for them, or a cancellation | The person | Email and the bell |
| Sickness recorded | Nobody | Not sent |
Approvers can also decide straight from Calendar, under Waiting for you.
Troubleshooting
- "Slack is not connected for this agency, so nothing is posted there. Connect it in Integrations.": connect Slack first.
- The channel you want is not listed: invite the Fabrik Analytics app to it in Slack, then reopen the page.
- "Only the people who manage this workspace's settings can change these.": ask the agency owner or a director.
- An approver says they got nothing: check their own choice in Notifications, and their spam folder. Emails come from noreply@analytics.fabrik.ae.