Reconfigure how absences are totaled and add a "half day" absence

Currently, absences are just absences. We are an elementary school, and have our attendance set up for "daily." I have set up many different categories for teachers to choose from, depending on the reason for the absence, including "half day." But the system only counts and totals the absence, whether it's a half day or a full day absence. In Education Edge, we had the half-day option, and totals would add properly. 

  • Jeannie Shay
  • Dec 8 2016
Blackbaud Student Information System / Setup - Attendance
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  • Julianne Blazevic commented
    November 28, 2023 16:08

    We have been waiting for this option for years. It is long overdue.

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  • Jaime Vasquez commented
    November 01, 2023 21:26

    This is a much needed update.

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  • Sandy Roth commented
    October 04, 2023 20:19

    This was requested a long time ago - I had hoped by now it would have been implemented.


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  • Candi Roberts commented
    December 09, 2022 12:01

    There is a Full Day/Half Day selection in attendance set up, but the Attendance Setup Guide says:

    • Full Day / Half Day: This feature is not fully functional yet. Your selection will not affect daily absence counts.

    Please make this functional! It has been that way for at least as long as we have been using Blackbaud (1.5 years). Please get this done, or all "daily" to calculate a portion of the day based on the time frame entered.

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  • Dino Vandenheede commented
    June 01, 2021 19:22

    I would like to see half day and even quarter day reporting.

    Absent 1, 0.75, 0.5, 0.25 days.

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