# Update existing attendance request

<p class="callout danger">This action requires the **"Update attendance request"** permission.</p>

When updating an attendance requests, keep in mind that this information is depended upon by the HR module to work properly, in regards to salary generation and attendance management.

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#### Basic information

Details of the attendance request.

- **Date from**
    - The start date of the attendance request's date range.
    - This date should be before "Date to".

- **Date to**
    - The end date of the attendance request's date range.
    - This date should be after "Date from".

- **Attendance event type**
    - The type of the attendance request and its attendance events.
    - This type determines the behaviour of the request and events within the HR module.

- **Is approved**
    - Toggle that shows if the request is approved/declined.
    - This gets updated by the request approver.

- **Employee**
    - The employee, to who this attendance request relates.
    - A request can be submitted by the employee themselves of by their lead.

- **Approver**
    - The lead, who will approve/decline the attendance request.

- **Description**
    - A mandatory description, that should contain details about the attendance request.
    - Description is always mandatory here.

- **Value**
    - The value of hours of events in this attendance request.