Some aspects of the absence events function can be configured to suit your organisation's needs.
The absence events configuration settings:
- Are used in the absence events function, particularly the Create Absence Event window. See Individual student absence events in the Attendance and absence events manual.
- Can be searched for based on the Key 1 value AbsenceEvents in Configuration File Maintenance. See Maintaining configuration files.
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Key configuration settings
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AbsenceEvents:ShowDeleteButtonFlag | Used to determine whether to show the |
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BeepWhen-Unexplained-Flag
BeepWhenUnexplainedFlag | 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. |
| BulkEntry_AutoSupersede | Used to determine whether existing absence events are superseded by absences events entered in bulk. | BulkEntry_AutoSupersede configuration setting |
CancelClassMustHaveAbsenceEvents | Used to control whether a class can be cancelled without first creating absence events for all the students. |
ClearForm-AfterXMinutes
ClearFormAfterXMinutes | Used to set the time elapsed before the second screen is cleared, during unattended sign in or out. |
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ContactMinutes- Lower
ContactMinutesLower | Used to determine the maximum number of minutes that a student can be absent and with an Absence Factor rounded to 0.0. |
ContactMinutesUpper | Used to determine the maximum number of minutes that a student can be absent and with an Absence Factor rounded to 0.5. |
ConvertUnexplainedSignInToLate-BeforeThisTime | 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. |
| ConvertUnexplainedSignInToLateBeforeThisTime configuration setting |
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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. |
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Explode-MultiAllDay-EventsFlag
ExplodeMultiAllDayEventsFlag | Used to determine whether to create a single absence event or create multiple absence events for a multi-day all day absence. |
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HalfDays:Alarm1 | Used to determine the number of half-day student absences required before the first unjustified student absence alarm is triggered. |
HalfDays:Alarm2 | Used to determine the number of half-day student absences required before the second unjustified student absence alarm is triggered. |
HalfDays:Alarm3 | Used to determine the number of half-day student absences required before the third unjustified student absence alarm is triggered. |
HideFileYearAndSemester | Used to determine if the File Year/Semester/Term controls are displayed on the Attendance Maintenance search window. |
PeriodLengthMinutes | 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:
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ShowApply-Absence-TypeAlways-Flag
ShowApplyAbsenceTypeAlwaysFlag | Used to determine whether to display fields used to set the absence details on the Create Absence Event window:
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ThresholdMinutes | 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. |
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Use24Hour-TimeControls-Flag
Use24HourTimeControlsFlag | Used to determine whether to use 12-hour or 24-hour time on time-based fields on the Create Absence Event window. |
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