Pyvac

Pyvac purpose is to allow Human Resources (HR) to handle leave calendar of employee and manage internal ldap of employee.

It's a full web application written in Python, using Pyramid as HTTP framework and Celery as backend framework.

Workflow

A leave request needs a double validation, one by user manager and one by HR administrator, to be fully processed and valid. Both manager and HR admin can deny a request but must provide a reason. After HR validation, the request will be automatically added to the caldav calendar.

Each step in the workflow is notified by email to whom his concerned.

Request a new leave as a simple user:

• login/open the application
• select desired period on the calendar, by clicking on starting and ending date
• select type of leave CP or RTT
• click submit

-> an email is send to the user manager to notify him of a new pending request

Handling a leave request as a manager

• login/open the application
• go to request list page
• check if there is a conflict between user requests for some overlapping periods
• click on accept or deny button, provide a reason if denied

-> an email is send to the user to notify him of his manager validation -> an email is send to the HR admin to notify him of a new pending request validated by a manager

Handling a leave request as HR admin

• login/open the application
• go to request list page
• check if there is a conflict between user requests for some overlapping periods
• click on accept or deny button, provide a reason if denied

-> an email is send to the user to notify him of HR validation -> an email is send to the manager to notify him of HR validation -> a new entry is added to caldav for this leave request

Getting Started

cd <directory containing this file>

Install package in venv

$venv/bin/python setup.py develop

Initialize database

$venv/bin/pyvac_install development.ini

Optionnal: Import ldap users if using ldap

$venv/bin/pyvac_import development.ini

Start the website

$venv/bin/pserve development.ini

Start celery worker process

$venv/bin/pyvac_celeryd pyvac/conf/pyvac.yaml -l DEBUG -c 1 -Q pyvac_work

Start celery poller process

$venv/bin/pyvac_celeryd pyvac/conf/pyvac.yaml -l DEBUG -c 1 -B -Q pyvac_poll

Finally to be ready to use:

• log in using admin account (admin/changeme)
• go to profile page and change password and email
• create user/managers