Monitoring student absence data using the Student Absence Power BI Dashboard

Date range of the displayed data.

You can filter the dashboard content by adjusting the dates using either:

• text fields
• slider.

Total absences for each student enrolled at your organisation by absence factor.

You can:

• select a column to filter the dashboard content by year
• select a row to display dashboard data for the selected student.

Smoothed absences by date including a forecast to allow you to monitor the ongoing relationship between dates and student absences.

You can:

• hover over the graph to display a popup summarising the absence data at the specified date
  
  
  Note: Hovering over the section of the graph including forecast data displays the forecast value in the popup.
  
  
  
• click a point on the graph to filter the dashboard content by the specified date.

Total absences compared to the previous year.

You can:

• click a column to filter the dashboard content by the Total Absence Factor or Total Absence Factor LY for the selected month
• click a dot in the legend to filter the dashboard content by Total Absence Factor or Total Absence Factor LY.

Difference in absences compared to the previous year.

You can:

• hover over the graph to view a popup summarising the difference at the specified date
  
• click a location of the graph to filter the dashboard content.

Average absences for each year level at your organisation. For each year level you can view:

• Average absence factor
• Average absence factor compared to the previous year.

You can:

• click a row to filter the dashboard content by Average Absence Factor or Average Absence LY for the selected year level
• click a dot in the legend to filter the dashboard content by Total Absence Factor or Total Absence Factor LY.

Select one or more checkboxes to filter the entire dashboard by the selected campuses.

Select one or more checkboxes to filter the entire dashboard by the selected houses.

Select one or more checkboxes to filter the entire dashboard by the selected year levels.