Attendance Event (object)
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Attendance Event (object)
The attendance event object is used to identify when students will be away before the session. Typically if a student is going to be away, they or a parent may inform the school of the absence. If the absence is stored in an attendance event object then the attendance marking component will be able to find and use it.
When a faculty marks attendance for the session, our attendance component will check if any attendance events match the dates for the session, and if so will automatically mark the student absent, and optionally "excused"
Important fields
| Field name | Description |
| Contact | Lookup to the related Contact. |
| Course Connection | Lookup to the related Course Connection (enrollment to a Course). |
| Course Name | Formula field referencing the 'Name' field on the Course that is related to the Course Connection. The name of the Course in which the student was tardy or absent (read-only). |
| Attendance Type |
Indicate whether this tardy or absence was for one class period or for the day. Picklist options:
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| Start Time | For a partial-day excused absence, the time the student left school. |
| End Time | For a partial-day excused absence, the time the student returned. |
| Date | The date of the tardy or absence. |
| End Date | The date the tardy or absence ended. |
| Unexcused | A checkbox to indicate that this incident of tardy or absence has not been excused. |
| Reason |
Select an option that most closely matches the reason the student was absent or tardy. Use the Reason Description field to enter more details. |