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# View leave balance

> Learn how employees view their leave balance. Employees can check the remaining days of annual leave, compensatory leave, and other leave types in DingTalk in real time, plan time off accordingly, and find answers to common questions such as being unable to view balances.

## 1. Feature overview

In modern organizations, planning and using leave properly is essential to a healthy work-life balance. As an integrated digital workplace platform, DingTalk offers convenient leave management features. Among them, **employee leave balance viewing** is a core feature that helps employees track remaining days across leave types in real time and plan time off effectively.

## 2. Use cases

* **Before planning time off:** Employees check their leave balance before submitting a leave request to confirm that enough balance is available.

* **Year-end review:** At year-end, employees review leave usage across categories to prepare for the coming year.

* **HR discussions:** If employees have questions about their leave balance, they can use the system data to verify details with HR.

* **Onboarding for new hires:** New employees can quickly understand company benefits by viewing their leave balance.

## 3. Steps

### View via Smart HR

Open **DingTalk Mobile > Workbench > Smart HR > Profile > Leave** to view your balance.

<Frame caption="Example of viewing leave balance in Smart HR">
  ![Leave balance shown on the Smart HR page](https://alidocs.oss-cn-zhangjiakou.aliyuncs.com/res/Lk3lbmbZ557LAOm9/img/d213b47d-a823-4305-a5c1-7c674cac3af6.png)
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### View via OA Approval

Open **DingTalk Mobile > Workbench > OA Approval >** tap to open the **leave request approval template**, and the leave balance for each leave type is displayed. Tap **Balance Details >** to select a leave type and view its validity period.

<Frame caption="Example of viewing leave balance via OA Approval">
  ![Leave balance shown on the OA Approval page](https://alidocs.oss-cn-zhangjiakou.aliyuncs.com/res/Lk3lbmbZ557LAOm9/img/3535d3c5-d4a1-4286-8c34-6475828196ca.png)
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## 4. FAQs

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion id="q1" title="Why can't I view my leave balance?">
    The Organization Admin must select **Limit** under **Set Employee Leave Balance** so that employees can view their leave balance and balance details. If this option is off, employee leave requests are not limited by balance. To enable it, the Admin can open **DingTalk Desktop > Workbench > Attendance > Leave Management > Add/Edit Leave Rules > Set Employee Leave Balance >** and select **Limit.**
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>