Upload Absence Entry using Awaiting Approval Status

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Dear All,

We have a business requirement wherein we are uploading training leaves through HDL. The absences are uploaded either with Approved or Pending Approval statuses that we pass in the HDL. The actual approval process isn't triggered. Also, we tried a HDL with blank Approved Status, which failed to load with an error. Is there a solution for this. Is it possible to upload absences as Pending Approval status and also make a HDL upload into the employee's supervisor's BPM worklist? Is that a feasible solution or a better solution available. thanks in advance!

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