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Maintaining attendance configuration settings

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-
StudentFlag

Used to determine whether students can be added informally to the class when marking attendances on the Attendance window.

AddAnyStudentFlag configuration setting

Attendances: CheckSemester
Dates

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.

Attendances:CheckSemesterDates configuration setting

Attendances: DefaultAttended

Used to determine whether scheduled attendances default to absent or attended.

Attendances:DefaultAttended configuration setting

Attendances:-
ShowDelete-
ButtonFlag

Used to determine whether students can be deleted from the class when marking attendances on the Attendance window.

Attendance window (cut down)

Attendances:ShowDeleteButtonFlag configuration setting

Confirm-
Students-
Present-
PromptFlag

Used to determine whether students are listed when a user confirms attendances on the Attendance window.

Confirm Attendance window

ConfirmStudentsPresentPromptFlag configuration setting

Confirm-
Students-
Present-
PromptShow-
PresentFlag

Used to determine whether students listed when a user confirms attendances on the Attendance window are either those that have been marked:

  • present are listed as being present

    Confirm Attendance window

  • absent are listed as being not present.

    Confirm Attendance window

ConfirmStudentsPresentPromptShowPresentFlag configuration setting

Default-
AttendedMode

Used to determine the initial condition of the Attended field on the Attendance window.

Attendance window (cut down)

DefaultAttendedMode configuration setting

EditDays-
Threshold-
Attendance-
Officer

Used to set the number of days within which class attendances can be changed by the Attendance Officer.

information - cannot be edited (attendance officer, cut down)

EditDaysThresholdAttendanceOfficer configuration setting

EditDays-
Threshold-
Teacher

Used to set the number of days within which class attendances can be changed by a teacher.

information - cannot be edited (teacher, cut down)

EditDaysThresholdTeacher configuration setting

Enable-
Attendance-
OfficerMode-
Flag

Used to determine whether the Attendance Officer and Teacher modes are displayed on the Set Attendance Search Criteria window.

Set Attendance Search Criteria window (cut down)

EnableAttendanceOfficerModeFlag configuration setting

EnableHold-
Flag

Used to determine whether class attendances can be put on hold on the Attendance window.

Resume for hold message

EnableHoldFlag configuration setting

HideFileYearAndSemester

Used to determine if the File Year/Semester/Term controls are displayed on the Attendance Maintenance search window.

HideFileYearAndSemester configuration setting

LateAnd-
NotPresent-
WriteLate-
TimeFlag

Used to determine the time used when creating an absence event, when adding a late entry on the Attendance window.

Absence Events Maintenance window (cut down)

LateAndNotPresentWriteLateTimeFlag configuration setting

LateAnd-
NotPresent-
WriteLate-
TypeFlag

Used to determine whether a late arrival entered on the Attendance window creates an absence event with either a late or unknown absence type.

Absence Events Maintenance window (cut down)

LateAndNotPresentWriteLateTypeFlag configuration setting

LateAnd-
PresentCreate-
AEFlag

Used to determine whether to create an absence event if the student arrived late but has been marked present on the Attendance window.

Attendance window (cut down)

LateAndPresentCreateAEFlag configuration setting

MakeLateNot
Present
Threshold
Minutes

Used to automatically change a student's attendance record from late to not present if after the set time.

MakeLateNotPresentThresholdMinutes configuration setting

Modify-
Attendance-
Prompt-
ReasonFlag

Used to determine whether a reason is required if an attendance record is changed on the Attendance window.

Modify Attendance Reason window

ModifyAttendancePromptReasonFlag configuration setting

Overlay-
NonAttend-
Reason-
Threshold-
Minutes

Used to set the number of minutes that is used when searching for nonattendance reasons on the Attendance window for possible overlaps with:

  • absence events
  • medical incidents
  • co-curricular activities.

Attendance window (cut down)

OverlayNonAttendReasonThresholdMinutes configuration setting

ShowClass-
Status

Used to determine whether the Class Status field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window.

Attendance window (cut down)

ShowClassStatus configuration setting

ShowPossible-
AbsenceCode

Used to determine whether the Possible Absence Type field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window.

Attendance window (cut down)

ShowPossibleAbsenceCode configuration setting

ShowPossible-
Description

Used to determine whether the Possible Description field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window.

Attendance (configuration file maintenance, ShowPossibleDescription, cutdown)

ShowPossibleDescription configuration setting

ShowPossible-
NonAttend-
FirstFlag

Used to determine the order that the attendance records are displayed on the Attendance window, when modifying a class that has already been marked.

Attendance window (cut down)

ShowPossibleNonAttendFirstFlag configuration setting

ShowPossible-
NonAttend-
Reason

Used to determine whether the Possible Non Attend Reason field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window.

Attendance window (cut down)

ShowPossibleNonAttendReason configuration setting

ShowPossible-
ReasonCode

Used to determine whether the Possible Reason Code field (column) is displayed on the Attendance window.

Attendance window (cut down)

ShowPossibleReasonCode configuration setting

TreatBlank-
AsAttended-
Flag

Used to determine whether the first click on the Attended field on the Attendance window is either:

  • Attendance window - Attended field (marked as absent)
  • Attendance window - Attended field (marked as present).

All other blank records can be treated as attended.

TreatBlankAsAttendedFlag configuration setting

UserFlags

Used to specify user-defined fields (columns) to be included in the grid area of the Attendance window.

Attendance window (cutdown)

Up to five additional user-defined fields (columns) can be defined.

UserFlag configuration settings

Last modified: 23/09/2014 3:42:03 PM

See Also

Maintaining attendance and absence events setup data

Maintaining absence events lookup tables

Maintaining absence events configuration settings

© 2015 Synergetic Management Systems. Published 6 May 2015.

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