Configuring student attendance

You can configure some of SynWeb's attendance features through Synergetic Configuration File Maintenance.

See Configuration File Maintenance window and Lookup Table Maintenance window in the Synergetic System maintenance manual.

Key configuration settings

Configuration setting

Description

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DefaultAttended

Used to control whether students default to Attended when marking attendance.

DefaultAttended configuration setting

DefaultSubmitButton

Used to determine whether the Submit or Submit and Close button is clicked when pressing the Enter key on Create Absence Events window.

RefreshFromDays

Used to determine the number of prior days of data refreshed by the attendance summary cacher.

ShowDailyAttendanceStringColumnFlag

Used to determine whether or not the Daily Attendance column is shown in SynWeb.

ShowStudentAlertIcons

Used to determine whether student alert icons can be displayed in Attendance Maintenance.

ShowAlertsCheckbox:StickyControlEnabledFlag

Used to determine whether SynWeb remembers your selection on the Show Alerts field in Attendance Maintenance.