In this article: 

1. What are personal assistants

2. how to assign a personal assistant 

3. how to archive personal assistant

4. how to export personal assistants


What are Personal Assistants?


A personal assistant is a designated employee who can apply for or approve/reject various requests such as leaves, expenses and travel on behalf of their manager.the 'Manager' in the context of the Personal Assistants sub module refers to the employee that the personal assistant may act on behalf of. 


A Personal Assistant (PA) is able to switch accounts between their own altHR account, and their Manager's accounts with limited access in order to apply or approve/reject their manager's requests. Read How Can Personal Assistant Switch Account


Note: If a manager has Delegated their approvals to someone else via Out of Office delegations, Delegation will take Precedence over Personal Assistants. This means the Personal Assistant will not be able to see the Manager's pending approval requests.



To assign an employee to be a personal assistant:


1. On your admin dashboard, head to the left panel.

2. Click People > Settings.

3. Click on the Personal Assistants Tab.

4. Click Create Personal Assistant.



5. Select the employee that you want to assign as a personal assistant.

6. Select the manager that the personal assistant will act on behalf of.

7. Confirm by clicking Confirm.



To archive a personal assistant:


In some cases, Admins may want to revoke the access and functions of the personal assistant. Admins may do this via archiving the Personal Assistant route. 


1. On your admin dashboard, head to the left panel.

2. Click People > Settings.

3. Click on the Personal Assistants Tab.

4. On the right of the section, click Edit.



5. Click Archive This Setting?.

6. Confirm by clicking OK.



Admins will be able to view all Archived Personal Asisstants via People > Settings > Personal Assistants > Archived Personal Assistants 


To export personal assistants:

Admins may want to have a clear list of personal assistants for record keeping or review. Admins can do this by exporting a Personal Assistants report. 


1. On your admin dashboard, head to the left panel.

2. Click People > Settings.

3. Click on the Personal Assistants Tab.

4. Click Export Personal Assistants.



5. The file will be downloaded in an Excel file.