Oracle Fusion 26A · Absence Management

Oracle Absence Management 26A Release Intelligence

5 feature changes for Oracle Absence Management in 26A — affecting absence plans, accruals, leave and absence approval. Analyze release impact, regression risks, affected components and recommended validations.

Analyze Absence Management Impact Request Demo
2 High
0 Med-High
3 Medium
0 Low
9 pages
6 APIs
26A Absence Management Command Center
LIVE · FEB 2026
Total Features
5
High Severity
2
Affected Pages
9
Affected APIs
6
High2
Med-High0
Medium3
Low0
RELEASE OVERVIEW

What Changed in Oracle Absence Management 26A

Oracle Fusion 26A (February 2026) delivers 5 feature changes for Oracle Absence Management — covering process logic, accounting rules, integration payloads, security policies and reporting outputs. 2 are marked HIGH severity and require prioritised regression validation before production cutover.

Total Changes
5
High Severity
2
Pages Affected
9
APIs Affected
6

Oracle Absence Management 26A Feature Changes

Every Absence Management change Oracle shipped in 26A, with severity, affected components, and recommended validations. Combines initial 26A release notes with the latest 26A patch updates.

Redwood Absence Plans & Pages Upgrade

MEDIUM
Type: UI Enhancement Optional (profile option based)

Absence Plans, Absence Entry, and Calendar pages moved to Redwood UI with simplified navigation and condition-based setup replacing expression builder

Pages: Absence PlansAbsence EntryAbsence Calendar
APIs: REST Absence APIHCM Extracts
ESS Jobs: Absence Plan Import ESS Job
Config: Absence PlanEligibility ProfilesAbsence Types
Processes: Absence request creationapproval flowplan setup validation
Test Cases: Ensures modern UI consistency and reduces configuration complexity (EnchantApps)
Data Objects: ANC_ABSENCE_PLANSANC_ABSENCE_TYPES

Generative AI–Assisted Absence Approvals

HIGH
Type: AI Enhancement Optional

AI suggests approval decisions, detects anomalies in absence requests and flags conflicts automatically

Pages: Absence Approval Workbench
APIs: REST Approval APIs
ESS Jobs: Workflow Approval ESS Jobs
Config: BPM WorkflowsApproval Rules
Processes: Leave approvalconflict detectionescalation handling
Test Cases: Reduces manual HR workload and improves decision accuracy (EnchantApps)
Data Objects: ANC_ABSENCE_ENTRY

Workforce Management (WFM) Integration Enhancements

HIGH
Type: Integration Optional

Absence entries now fully synchronized with time cards and scheduling rules enforced automatically

Pages: Time CardsAbsence Entry Pages
APIs: Time & Labor APIs
ESS Jobs: Time Card Import ESS Job
Config: Time & Labor RulesScheduling Configurations
Processes: Time card absence syncretro changes validation
Test Cases: Ensures payroll accuracy and compliance across HR & time systems (EnchantApps)
Data Objects: ANC_TIME_RECORDSANC_ABSENCE_ENTRIES

Scheduling Conflict Detection AI

MEDIUM
Type: Functional Enhancement Optional

AI flags overlapping schedules and invalid absence requests in real time during entry and approval

Pages: Absence Entry PageCalendar View
APIs: Scheduling APIs
ESS Jobs: Schedule Evaluation Job
Config: Work ScheduleShift Definitions
Processes: Conflict scenario testingoverlapping leave validation
Test Cases: Prevents workforce scheduling conflicts and reduces operational disruptions (EnchantApps)
Data Objects: ANC_SCHEDULE_ASSIGNMENTS

Absence Plan Configuration Enhancements

MEDIUM
Type: Configuration Optional

Condition Builder replaces Expression Builder for accrual & eligibility rules in Redwood setup

Pages: Absence Plan Setup Page
APIs: Setup REST APIs
ESS Jobs: Absence Plan Compile Job
Config: Eligibility ProfilesFast Formulas
Processes: Plan setupaccrual rule validationeligibility testing
Test Cases: Simplifies admin configuration and improves maintainability (EnchantApps)
Data Objects: ANC_ABSENCE_PLANS

Affected Components Across Absence Management 26A

Deduplicated inventory of Absence Management components impacted by the 26A release (initial + patch). Use these lists as your regression scope baseline.

Affected Pages

9
Absence Approval Workbench Absence Calendar Absence Entry Absence Entry Page Absence Entry Pages Absence Plan Setup Page Absence Plans Calendar View Time Cards

Affected APIs

6
HCM Extracts REST Absence API REST Approval APIs Scheduling APIs Setup REST APIs Time & Labor APIs

Affected ESS Jobs

5
Absence Plan Compile Job Absence Plan Import ESS Job Schedule Evaluation Job Time Card Import ESS Job Workflow Approval ESS Jobs

Affected Config Objects

10
Absence Plan Absence Types Approval Rules BPM Workflows Eligibility Profiles Fast Formulas Scheduling Configurations Shift Definitions Time & Labor Rules Work Schedule

Affected Business Processes

13
Absence request creation Conflict scenario testing Leave approval Plan setup Time card absence sync accrual rule validation approval flow conflict detection eligibility testing escalation handling overlapping leave validation plan setup validation retro changes validation

Recommended Test Cases

5
Ensures modern UI consistency and reduces configuration complexity (EnchantApps) Ensures payroll accuracy and compliance across HR & time systems (EnchantApps) Prevents workforce scheduling conflicts and reduces operational disruptions (EnchantApps) Reduces manual HR workload and improves decision accuracy (EnchantApps) Simplifies admin configuration and improves maintainability (EnchantApps)

Other Oracle 26A Modules

Continue your 26A release readiness across other Oracle modules.

26A Cash Management Changes
View Analysis
26A Costing Changes
View Analysis
26A Demand Management Changes
View Analysis
26A ERP & AI Agents Changes
View Analysis
Back to 26A Hub

Oracle Absence Management 26A FAQs

Common questions from teams preparing for Oracle Absence Management 26A.

What changed in Oracle Absence Management 26A?
Oracle Fusion 26A (February 2026) introduces 5 feature changes for Oracle Absence Management, with 2 flagged HIGH severity by Oracle. Changes touch business processes including Absence request creation, Conflict scenario testing, Leave approval, Plan setup and surface on pages such as Absence Approval Workbench, Absence Calendar, Absence Entry.
How many high-risk changes does Oracle Absence Management 26A have?
Oracle marks 2 of the 5 changes as HIGH, 0 as MEDIUM-HIGH, 3 as MEDIUM and 0 as LOW. High-severity items in Absence Management typically require comprehensive regression validation before production cutover because they touch core transactional, security or accounting logic.
Which APIs are affected by Oracle Absence Management 26A?
Affected APIs include HCM Extracts, REST Absence API, REST Approval APIs, Scheduling APIs, Setup REST APIs. Custom integrations consuming these endpoints should be validated against the 26A schema and behavioural deltas during your test pod cycle.
What test cases should run for Oracle Absence Management 26A?
SyntraFlow recommends validating Ensures modern UI consistency and reduces configuration complexity (EnchantApps), Ensures payroll accuracy and compliance across HR & time systems (EnchantApps), Prevents workforce scheduling conflicts and reduces operational disruptions (EnchantApps), Reduces manual HR workload and improves decision accuracy (EnchantApps), Simplifies admin configuration and improves maintainability (EnchantApps). The release-aware test pack is auto-composed by SyntraFlow Release Intelligence based on the 26A impact analysis on your specific tenant.
How does Oracle Absence Management 26A differ from 26B?
26A landed February 2026 and 26B follows in May 2026. The 26A Absence Management changes establish the baseline that 26B builds on. Validating 26A first ensures a smoother 26B upgrade. Use SyntraFlow Release Intelligence to compare both quarters.
Absence Management Across Oracle Releases

Module Change History

Track how Oracle Absence Management evolved across the last 5 quarterly releases — same module, different release scope.

Jul 2025
25C
Absence Management
Explore →
Oct 2025
25D
Absence Management
Explore →
Feb 2026 · current
26A
Absence Management
You are here
May 2026
26B
Not impacted
Jul 2026
26C
Absence Management
Explore →
How SyntraFlow Tests Absence Management Natively

Built-in for Oracle, not bolted on

SyntraFlow runs Absence Management testing through purpose-built native modules — DataVault auto-generates test data, AI heals Redwood selectors, Process Mining maps real flows, Release Intelligence narrows scope per Oracle release.

BUILT FOR THIS MODULE

Oracle HCM Testing Tool

Tests absence types, accruals, approvals and pay impact.
NATIVE PLATFORM

Oracle Fusion Testing Tool

AI test automation built for every Oracle Fusion module — Redwood UI, AI agents, quarterly patches.
NATIVE PLATFORM

SyntraFlow DataVault

Auto-generates valid Oracle test data — supplier hierarchies, employee assignments, GL combinations.
NATIVE PLATFORM

Config Discovery

Scans your live tenant and maps every configuration, role, security policy and customisation.
NATIVE PLATFORM

AI-Powered Oracle Testing

Self-healing Redwood selectors, AI agent validation, generative test data.
NATIVE PLATFORM

Release Intelligence Platform

Tenant-specific impact reports for every Oracle quarterly release, CPU and CSPU.
More on Absence Management & Oracle Testing

From the Blog

FROM THE BLOG

Oracle 26A Payroll: UK + GCC Compliance
FROM THE BLOG

Oracle Fusion GCC Compliance
FROM THE BLOG

What Is Regression Testing?
FROM THE BLOG

UAT Testing for Oracle Fusion Cloud
FROM THE BLOG

Oracle Fusion Patch Testing Checklist

Prepare Oracle Absence Management for 26A

Get a tenant-specific 26A Absence Management impact assessment and ship targeted regression coverage.

Request Assessment Analyze Absence Management Environment
Release Intelligence Separately-licensed SyntraFlow module

How SyntraFlow Release Intelligence Works

Release Intelligence is a SyntraFlow module that is licensed and priced separately from the core SyntraFlow test automation platform. It pinpoints exactly what each Oracle Fusion quarterly release or critical patch will affect in your tenant — and produces the test scenarios needed to validate it. The workflow runs in five connected steps:

  1. Connects to your Oracle Fusion environment. A secure read-only connection to your live Oracle Fusion tenant ingests setup data, security model, and live transactions — no manual exports, no spreadsheets.
  2. Scans your complete configuration with Config Intelligence. Config Intelligence snapshots every setup object (FSM tasks, profile options, BPM rules, descriptive flexfields, security policies) and compares it against the incoming release.
  3. Reads master & transaction data via DataVault. DataVault profiles your real master data and live transactions so impact analysis is grounded in what your business actually runs — not generic Oracle samples.
  4. Produces a detail-level Impact Map. Cross-references the release notes against your configuration and data to highlight which features, flows, integrations, and reports are at risk — down to the line-level setting or seeded role that changed. See Release Impact Analysis.
  5. Generates test scenarios & remediation report. Outputs ready-to-execute test cases targeting each impacted area, plus a remediation report with the exact steps to update your setup or data so the patch goes live with minimum disruption. Run them with Patch Testing Automation.

Licensing note: Release Intelligence is a standalone SyntraFlow module available as its own subscription, or as an add-on to the SyntraFlow test automation platform. Pricing is separate from the core platform — contact us for module pricing and bundling options.

Related Reading