LateAndNotPresentWriteLateTypeFlag configuration setting

Modified on Sun, 19 Apr at 11:42 PM

Keys

Key	Value
1	Students
2	Attendances
3	LateAndNotPresentWriteLateTypeFlag

Description
The LateAndNotPresentWriteLateTypeFlag setting is used to determine whether a late arrival entered on the Attendance window creates an absence event with either a late or unknown absence type.
See:

Attendance window in the Attendance and absence events manual
Absence Events Maintenance window in the Attendance and absence events manual.

Default value
The default value is True. An absence event is created with a late absence type.
In the following example, a student has arrived at 9:40am for their 9:30am class.

When the class attendance is submitted, an absence event is created with an absence type of late.

Setting a different value
Clear the Value field on the Configuration File Maintenance window to set the value to False. See Maintaining configuration files.

A late arrival entered on the Attendance window creates an absence event with an absence type of unknown.