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Maintaining absence events configuration settings

Some aspects of the absence events function can be configured to suit your organisation's needs.

The absence events configuration settings:

Configuration File Maintenance (AbsenceEvents)

Key configuration settings

Configuration setting

Description

See

Absence-
Events:-
ShowDelete-
ButtonFlag

Used to determine whether to show the Delete button button on the Absence Events Maintenance window.

Absence Events Maintenance window (buttons, including delete)

AbsenceEvents:ShowDeleteButtonFlag configuration setting

BeepWhen-
Unexplained-
Flag

Used to determine whether unexplained absence events are displayed in red and the user is beeped. This applies to the Second Screen when entering certain types of absence events.

BeepWhenUnexplainedFlag configuration setting

 

CancelClass
MustHave
AbsenceEvents

Used to control whether a class can be cancelled without first creating absence events for all the students.

CancelClassMustHaveAbsenceEvents configuration setting

ClearForm-
AfterXMinutes

Used to set the time elapsed before the second screen is cleared, during unattended sign in or out.

Create Absence Event window - Auto Sign In (second screen, view last person, cutdown)

ClearFormAfterXMinutes configuration setting

Convert-
Unexplained-
SignInToLate-
BeforeThis-
Time

Used to set the time used to determine when an Unknown absence type is automatically set to Late, when using the Create Absence Event window.

Modify Absence Event (ConvertUnexplainedSignInToLateBeforeThis, cutdown)

ConvertUnexplainedSignInToLateBeforeThisTime configuration setting

DayRange

Used to set the date range of absence events history displayed on the Create Absence Event window. The history displayed is based on the number of days either side of the starting date of the absence event.

Create Absence Event window (Actual tab, cutdown)

DayRange configuration setting

Explode-
MultiAllDay-
EventsFlag

Used to determine whether to create a single absence event or create multiple absence events for a multi-day all day absence.

Absence Events Maintenance window (Multi-day absence, cut down)

ExplodeMultiAllDayEventsFlag configuration setting

PeriodLength-
Minutes

Used to determine the start and end times of each period, that applies to an absence event. This is then used to identify possible overlaps, when a user selects either one of the following filters on the Absence Events Maintenance window:

  • Unexplained Slip with possible CoCurricular
  • Unexplained Slip with possible SickBay.

Absence Events Maintenance window (cut down)

PeriodLengthMinutes configuration setting

ShowApply-
Absence-
TypeAlways-
Flag

Used to determine whether to display fields used to set the absence details on the Create Absence Event window:

  • Absence Type
  • Reason
  • Comment.

Absence Events Maintenance window (apply to selected records area)

ShowApplyAbsenceTypeAlwaysFlag configuration setting

Threshold-
Minutes

Used to set the number of minutes used when searching for other absence events that can be superseded by the absence event being created on the Create Absence Event window.

Create Absence Event window (including Auto Match, cutdown)

ThresholdMinutes configuration setting

Use24Hour-
TimeControls-
Flag

Used to determine whether to use 12-hour or 24-hour time on time-based fields on the Create Absence Event window.

Create Absence Event window (Submit Expected In Time area)

Use24HourTimeControlsFlag configuration setting

Last modified: 5/01/2015 1:54:00 PM

See Also

Maintaining attendance and absence events setup data

Maintaining absence events lookup tables

Maintaining attendance configuration settings

© 2015 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 6 May 2015.

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