Viewing staff absence plan balances Use this procedure to view the absence plan balances of your direct reports. Select Time and Attendance. Click the Balances tab. On the Balances, Staff Expiring Balances, or Projected Balances list, open a record from the list to see more balances for a plan. For example, the total of their Pending + Approved requests, and the Available To Request balance. Select a plan on the Projected Balances list and click Calculate Balance to view the future projected balances for that plan on a specific date.