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title: "Absence reports: days, rate and distribution"
description: "Two reports deal with absences, from two complementary angles. Both require the **Absence management** module; without it they do not appear in the catalogue. ## Absence days A **heatmap** crossing months and departments. The darker a cell, the more absence…"
url: "https://illizeo.com/en/centre-aide/absence-reports/"
updated: "2026-09-20"
category: Core HR services / People Analytics
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# Absence reports: days, rate and distribution

Two reports deal with absences, from two complementary angles. Both require the **Absence management** module; without it they do not appear in the catalogue.

## Absence days

A **heatmap** crossing months and departments. The darker a cell, the more absence days that department accumulated that month. This is the view that surfaces seasonality, or a team in difficulty.

## Absence rate

Two separate blocks on the same page:

- the **weekday distribution** — it reveals Mondays and Fridays, if there is anything to reveal;
- the **rate trend** over the selected period.

## Days or rate: which to look at

| What you are after | Report |
| --- | --- |
| Which team absorbs the most absence | Absence days |
| Whether absence is rising or falling | Absence rate |
| A pattern across the week | Absence rate |

*A high day count in a large department does not mean the same as the same count in a small team. The rate corrects for that size effect; the day count does not.*

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