Service Design Specification - Object Design for leaveRequest

workforceos-leavemanagement-service documentation

Document Overview

This document outlines the object design for the leaveRequest model in our application. It includes details about the model’s attributes, relationships, and any specific validation or business logic that applies.

leaveRequest Data Object

Object Overview

Description: Tracks employee leave/absence requests including period, type, status, reason, and approval state. Linked to a user and (optionally) department, with audit fields for request and approval. Company-tenant scoped.

This object represents a core data structure within the service and acts as the blueprint for database interaction, API generation, and business logic enforcement. It is defined using the ObjectSettings pattern, which governs its behavior, access control, caching strategy, and integration points with other systems such as Stripe and Redis.

Core Configuration

Properties Schema

Property Type Required Description
userId ID Yes ID of employee/user requesting leave (auth:user.id)
departmentId ID No Department (userGroup) id, for scoping leave if relevant
requestDate Date Yes Datetime when leave requested
leaveType String Yes Type of leave (e.g. vacation, sick, emergency).
startDate Date Yes First day of leave (inclusive).
endDate Date Yes Last day of leave (inclusive).
reason String No Employee-provided reason/message for leave request
status Enum Yes Leave request status (pending, approved, rejected, cancelled).
approverId ID No UserId of manager/admin who approved/rejected/cancelled the request
approvedDate Date No Date/time leave was approved/rejected/cancelled, if applicable.
companyId ID Yes An ID value to represent the tenant id of the company

Default Values

Default values are automatically assigned to properties when a new object is created, if no value is provided in the request body. Since default values are applied on db level, they should be literal values, not expressions.If you want to use expressions, you can use transposed parameters in any business API to set default values dynamically.

Constant Properties

userId requestDate companyId

Constant properties are defined to be immutable after creation, meaning they cannot be updated or changed once set. They are typically used for properties that should remain constant throughout the object’s lifecycle. A property is set to be constant if the Allow Update option is set to false.

Auto Update Properties

departmentId leaveType startDate endDate reason status approverId approvedDate

An update crud API created with the option Auto Params enabled will automatically update these properties with the provided values in the request body. If you want to update any property in your own business logic not by user input, you can set the Allow Auto Update option to false. These properties will be added to the update API’s body parameters and can be updated by the user if any value is provided in the request body.

Enum Properties

Enum properties are defined with a set of allowed values, ensuring that only valid options can be assigned to them. The enum options value will be stored as strings in the database, but when a data object is created an addtional property with the same name plus an idx suffix will be created, which will hold the index of the selected enum option. You can use the index property to sort by the enum value or when your enum options represent a sequence of values.

Elastic Search Indexing

userId departmentId requestDate leaveType startDate endDate reason status approverId approvedDate companyId

Properties that are indexed in Elastic Search will be searchable via the Elastic Search API. While all properties are stored in the elastic search index of the data object, only those marked for Elastic Search indexing will be available for search queries.

Database Indexing

userId departmentId status companyId

Properties that are indexed in the database will be optimized for query performance, allowing for faster data retrieval. Make a property indexed in the database if you want to use it frequently in query filters or sorting.

Secondary Key Properties

companyId

Secondary key properties are used to create an additional indexed identifiers for the data object, allowing for alternative access patterns. Different than normal indexed properties, secondary keys will act as primary keys and Mindbricks will provide automatic secondary key db utility functions to access the data object by the secondary key.

Relation Properties

userId departmentId approverId

Mindbricks supports relations between data objects, allowing you to define how objects are linked together. You can define relations in the data object properties, which will be used to create foreign key constraints in the database. For complex joins operations, Mindbricks supportsa BFF pattern, where you can view dynamic and static views based on Elastic Search Indexes. Use db level relations for simple one-to-one or one-to-many relationships, and use BFF views for complex joins that require multiple data objects to be joined together.

The target object is a sibling object, meaning that the relation is a many-to-one or one-to-one relationship from this object to the target.

On Delete: Set Null Required: Yes

The target object is a sibling object, meaning that the relation is a many-to-one or one-to-one relationship from this object to the target.

On Delete: Set Null Required: No

The target object is a sibling object, meaning that the relation is a many-to-one or one-to-one relationship from this object to the target.

On Delete: Set Null Required: No

Session-sourced Properties

userId

These properties have source: 'session' — their values are read from the authenticated session at create/update time and cannot be supplied in the request body.

This property is the data object’s ownership field, used by ownership-based access control.

CustomData-sourced Properties

requestDate status

These properties have source: 'customData' — every create/update API on this data object declares the value via apiOptions.dataClauseSettings.customData[]. Refer to the per-API documentation for the concrete value each API writes.

Filter Properties

userId departmentId leaveType startDate endDate status companyId

Filter properties are used to define parameters that can be used in query filters, allowing for dynamic data retrieval based on user input or predefined criteria. These properties are automatically mapped as API parameters in the listing API’s that have “Auto Params” enabled.