Some aspects of the attendance function can be configured to suit your organisation's needs.
The attendance configuration settings:
Key configuration settings
Configuration setting |
Description |
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AddAny- |
Used to determine whether students can be added informally to the class when marking attendances on the Attendance window. |
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Attendances: CheckSemester |
Used to check classes being marked and display a warning if the class does not fall within the defined semester dates for the year level. |
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Attendances: DefaultAttended |
Used to determine whether scheduled attendances default to absent or attended. |
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Attendances:- |
Used to determine whether students can be deleted from the class when marking attendances on the Attendance window. |
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Confirm- |
Used to determine whether students are listed when a user confirms attendances on the Attendance window. |
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Confirm- |
Used to determine whether students listed when a user confirms attendances on the Attendance window are either those that have been marked:
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ConfirmStudentsPresentPromptShowPresentFlag configuration setting |
Default- |
Used to determine the initial condition of the Attended field on the Attendance window. |
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EditDays- |
Used to set the number of days within which class attendances can be changed by the Attendance Officer. |
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EditDays- |
Used to set the number of days within which class attendances can be changed by a teacher. |
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Enable- |
Used to determine whether the Attendance Officer and Teacher modes are displayed on the Set Attendance Search Criteria window. |
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EnableHold- |
Used to determine whether class attendances can be put on hold on the Attendance window. |
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HideFileYearAndSemester |
Used to determine if the File Year/Semester/Term controls are displayed on the Attendance Maintenance search window. |
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LateAnd- |
Used to determine the time used when creating an absence event, when adding a late entry on the Attendance window. |
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LateAnd- |
Used to determine whether a late arrival entered on the Attendance window creates an absence event with either a late or unknown absence type. |
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LateAnd- |
Used to determine whether to create an absence event if the student arrived late but has been marked present on the Attendance window. |
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MakeLateNot |
Used to automatically change a student's attendance record from late to not present if after the set time. |
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Modify- |
Used to determine whether a reason is required if an attendance record is changed on the Attendance window. |
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Overlay- |
Used to set the number of minutes that is used when searching for nonattendance reasons on the Attendance window for possible overlaps with:
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OverlayNonAttendReasonThresholdMinutes configuration setting |
ShowClass- |
Used to determine whether the Class Status field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window. |
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ShowPossible- |
Used to determine whether the Possible Absence Type field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window. |
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ShowPossible- |
Used to determine whether the Possible Description field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window. |
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ShowPossible- |
Used to determine the order that the attendance records are displayed on the Attendance window, when modifying a class that has already been marked. |
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ShowPossible- |
Used to determine whether the Possible Non Attend Reason field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window. |
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ShowPossible- |
Used to determine whether the Possible Reason Code field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window. |
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TreatBlank- |
Used to determine whether the first click on the Attended field on the Attendance window is either:
All other blank records can be treated as attended. |
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UserFlags |
Used to specify user-defined fields (columns) to be included in the grid area of the Attendance window. Up to five additional user-defined fields (columns) can be defined. |
Last modified: 23/09/2014 3:42:03 PM
See Also Maintaining attendance and absence events setup data |
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