The absence window can be used for recording and editing absences. Open the absence window by clicking on the < Absences> button.
As an alternative, you can also open the absence window by a right click into the substitution planning background.. A context menu pops up; click on "absences".
The window has several areas.
Area 1: toolbar
The toolbar holds several functions, such as the filter, which you know from other areas of this program.
Via the < Delete> 
button, you can delete any absences you might have already entered. When deleting an absence, all substitutions caused by this absence are automatically deleted, as well. A substitution cannot be deleted directly.
Area 2: date
In this area you select the date of which you want to enter or view an absence.
Area 3: Settings of date range
The absence window can either show a day, a week or a customised date range. You select one of the aforementioned via the calendar icon 
in the absence window or via < Settings>
.
Area 4: tabs
Choose for which element you would like to create an absence. The number in brackets shows, howmany absences already exist in the chosen date range.
Area 5: input
In this area you enter any absences.