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Time-off Assistant

Lets employees log holiday and sick leave in a conversation instead of going to Add Absence. It checks non-working days and minimum or maximum durations, handles part days, and adds a reason and comments where the absence type allows them. It also includes everything Leave and Absence Analyst does: balances, past and upcoming absences, eligibility, and links to the right page for other actions.
Absence ManagementAI agentGood first agent: MaybeTake careChanges dataRelease 26A

Where it helps

An employee types "I'm taking sick leave today between 1pm and 4pm, I have a cold" and the part-day absence is logged with the reason, without opening the absence pages.

My take

MY PRACTITIONER VIEW

The first absence agent that does the job rather than pointing to the page. Start with your simplest absence types, and check how the absences it logs flow through your approvals and into time and payroll before you roll it out widely.

Things you can ask

I want to log a sick leave today.
I want to book holiday from 5 to 9 January. I'm going to a wedding.
I'm taking sick leave today between 1pm and 4pm because I have a cold.
Can you log a single day off for tomorrow?
How much holiday do I have left?

Examples based on Oracle's notes. What works depends on your setup.

What it won't do

  • It adds continuous absences for time-based employees; from 26B it also supports elapsed-based employees for primary assignments.
  • It only logs absence types that use the Generic absences or Illness and injury patterns.
  • Reasons and comments only appear if the absence type is set up for them.
  • From 26B, it can also edit, withdraw, and delete absences; employees review and confirm each action.

Good first agent?

Maybe. It only touches the employee's own record, but it creates absences, so test approvals and payroll first.

Risk level: Take care. It creates absences that can affect pay, but only on the employee's own record.

Before you switch it on

  1. Which absence types should it handle, and are they set up with the right patterns?
  2. Do the absences it logs follow your normal approvals?
  3. Have you told employees they're using AI, and how to correct a mistake?

Next steps

Setup at a glance

Open Setup at a glance for the setup steps. Select the agent's type label to see what that type means.

Test it after each update

For Oracle Fusion Applications, non-production (test) quarterly updates follow the weekend after the first Friday of the update month; production follows the weekend after the third Friday. Run these checks after the test update and before production, and verify your tenant's exact dates in Oracle update notifications.

  • Log a full-day and a part-day test absence and check the dates, hours and reason.
  • Try a non-working day and an absence over the maximum duration, and check it stops.
  • Check a logged absence follows your approval rules and reaches time and payroll correctly.

Watch out

Employees may assume every leave type works. Tell them which ones do, and that the rest still use the absence pages.

How it's changed

26A arrived, including Leave and Absence Analyst's capabilities; 26B enhancements.

  1. 26B
    Enhanced Time-off Assistant - AI AgentOracle's note ↗
  2. 26A
    Time-off Assistant - AI AgentOracle's note ↗

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Employee Concierge

One place for employees to ask HR questions. It passes each question to the right agent behind it (Leave and Absence Analyst, Benefits Analyst, Compensation Advisor or Payslip Analyst), each answering from your policy documents.

Leave and Absence Analyst

Answers employees' questions about their own time off: leave balances such as PTO, vacation and sick leave, past and upcoming absences, eligibility for leave programmes, leave donations and cash payouts. It links to the right pages to request time off, bid for holidays, donate leave or request a payout. From 26A it can also answer policy questions from documents you upload.

Last reviewed November 2026

This is an independent practitioner view, not Oracle documentation. Features, names and availability change each release and depend on your licences and setup; some agentic applications carry extra costs. Always check Oracle's own notes and your environment.