How To Use Flamingo® Slack Commands

Using Flamingo® Slack commands, will allow you to see and use many features related to Flamingo® right inside the Flamingo® app in Slack. This makes requesting leaves even easier.

First, make sure you have given permission to Flamingo® to use Slack commands by logging in to the web app here .

Click "Sign in with Slack"

Then click "Accept and Continue"

Once you see the Flamingo® timeline, that means you have given permission to Flamingo® to use Slack commands.

Please note - If you go back to the Slack app and to the Flamingo® "Messages" tab and there is a message saying "Sending messages to this app has been turned off." - Please click CTRL+R to refresh Slack and it will be gone.

There are 2 ways to use the commands. You can either type in "/flamingo" into a message field in Slack or use the "Help" button in Flamingo®.

/flamingo

You can enter /flamingo into any message field and hit enter. You can enter this into your own designated leave channel in Slack or into the Flamingo® messages tab.

For example, sending /flamingo to yourself will get back this response -

You will see a number of buttons that will greatly simplify your Flamingo® interaction.

Options button

Now go back to your Slack app and click on Flamingo® from the Apps section -

Now, look at the top and click on the "Options" button inside Flamingo® -

Then go to the "Messages" tab where there will be a command message waiting -

Now you will see a list of possible commands -

Next, simply copy and paste the command you wish to use into the "Message Flamingo" field and click enter.

Please note that the square [] brackets are not needed for commands. They are just there as an example. If you wanted to use a command for leave in 2022, you would do "/flamingo leaves 2022"

Or, to see a report for next month, use "/flamingo teamreport next month"

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