What happens if you create an absence for a student already on an event

     

The screen show below is of the attendance management screen – Data Entry | Attendance | Manage. We can see that Jack Adamson has been recorded as attending an event (Excursion) from 11am to 3pm.

 

Jack’s father calls first thing in the morning to say that Jack will not be at school today. The absence admin staff then uses this screen to mark that Jack is away. This is done via the ‘By Individual’ popup on Data Entry | Attendance | Manage.

 

information2 More information on how to mark a student absent, using the ‘By Individual’ popup.

 

Once Jack has been marked absent, the attendance management screen then displays two rows for Jack – one for the whole day absence that was just created, and one for the event record. The event record has now changed to show that Jack is also absent from the event.