Description
The luAbsencePeriod lookup table is used to configure the:

way the Period and Time fields operate on the Create Absence Event window, when entering an absence slip

Part of Day value for all modes, except when entering an absence slip.

You can:

change the descriptions of the periods as they appear on the Create Absence Event window
set up or alter additional codes for backwards compatibility of reporting if your organisation has reports based on morning, afternoon and all day absence events
change the order that the periods and additional codes are displayed in
set an override time for the period, if the start time of the period is not available from a timetable at your organisation
inactivate certain periods or additional codes from use at your organisation.

Example

Fields

Field	Description
Code	Unique code used to identify the absence period. Additional codes are set up for backwards compatibility of reporting for some organisations who have reports based on: morning afternoon all day.
Description	Description as it appears on the Create Absence Event window, when entering an absence slip and selecting the Period from the drop-down list.
Synergy-Meaning	Used by Synergetic to determine which period of the day applies for backwards compatibility of reporting for organisations who have reports based on: morning afternoon all day. When entering the time on the Create Absence Event window, Synergetic automatically populates the Part of Day field based on the mode and the start time of the absence event when a user submits the absence event. The following example shows an afternoon Part of Day value for an absence event with a time after 12 noon. See Individual student absence events in the Attendance and absence events manual.
SortSeq	Order that the periods are displayed on the Period drop-down list. The higher the number the later in the list that the entry appears. In the following example, the morning, afternoon and all day entries have been assigned the lowest priorities. The morning, afternoon and all day entries appear first before the periods.
OverrideTime	Override the time set on the Create Absence Event window, when entering an absence slip and selecting the Period from the drop-down down list. This saves you having to type the Time directly, if the start time of the period does not come from the student's timetable. In the following example, 9:00am has been set as the start time for period 1, 10:00am for period 2 and 11:00am for period 3.
PeriodNumber	Corresponding period number for the code entered. In most instances, the period number corresponds to the code. The period is set to zero (0) for any additional codes, such as morning, afternoon and all day settings.
ActiveFlag	Period or additional codes are active when this field is selected. Clear the field to set the period or additional codes to inactive.
ModifiedDate	Date and time the lookup table entry was last modified.
ModifiedUser	User that last modified the lookup table entry.

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