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Example 1 - Superseding events
For example, a student is absent from period 1, 2 and 3 classes, each entered by the three class teachers as absence slips. Later, the student's parent rings the office to let you know that the student is at the dentist and is expected in at 11:30am. You enter this as an Expected In absence event.
Synergetic checks for student absence events which have a lower priority (see below) around the same time as the one entered, and displays these in the Auto Match window. In this case, the three absence slips can be explained (superseded) by the Expected In absence event being entered.
Example 2 - Modifying an existing absence event, instead of superseding
For example, a student is absent from their period one class and the teacher returned a slip to the office recording the absence. The slip is entered into Synergetic with an unknown Absence Type. Later, the student's parent phones to let you know that the student is at the dentist and is expected in at 9:30am. Because you can change the mode of an absence slip to Expected In, it is best to modify the existing one.
Priority of absence events
The way that absence events supersede other absence events, depends on their priority set in the luAbsenceEventsType lookup table. See luAbsenceEventType lookup table in the System maintenance manual..gif)
Initially, absence events priorities are set as follows but can be different for your organisation:
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