Attendance Trends Graphing

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Attendance Trends Graphing video

How-to

This program will let you to view student's attendance graphically based on a specific date range. There are three graph types: Bar Graph, Pie Graph, and Line Graph.


Select Attendance from the program list on the left. Click on Trends, then Attendance Trends Graphing .


Setup Box Options

To find definitions for standard setup values, follow this link: Standard Setup Options.

Click Ok to move to the next screen.


Column Headers

To find definitions of commonly used column headers, follow this link: Common Column Headers.

For other columns not listed in the common column list:

  • Codes – The number associated with the attendance code for posting attendance.
  • Description – A description that corresponds with the code number.
  • E – Total number of Excused absences recorded for the selected date range.
  • U – Total number of Unexcused absences recorded for the selected date range.
  • O – Total number of Late arrival/early departure check in/out days from school and/or any tardies which are categorized as Other
  • Total – Total number of students with this particular absence code
  • Percent – Percentage of the total number of students with this particular absence code

Graph Options

  • Graph Style – You may choose a Bar Graph (Number of transactions), Pie Graph (Pie Shape), or a Line Graph (Range Axis).
  • Date Option – Review results by the Month or by the Week
  • Unit Type – Counts (Number of Transactions) or Percent (Percentage of Transactions)
  • Absence Type – Transactions (Number of transactions) or Days (Number of Days)
  • Graph Type
    Gender
    Ethnicity
    Special Education
    Grade
    Time Span in number of days
    Site--School Site
    Time of Day - Hour of the day
    Day of Week
    3 Year - gives data for a 3 Year Span using the same date span


To Print

There are two options for printing
  1. Printing the chart
  2. Printing the graph
To print the chart
  • Click the print button at the bottom of the screen.
  • A popup will appear with several print versions available. The PDF version is the default and is preferred.
  • Click the Print button at the bottom of this popup and a print preview will appear on the left of the screen.
  • A printer icon will appear at the bottom of the preview. Click the printer icon.
  • Then click the printer button at the top of the preview.
  • After the chart prints, close the print preview window.
To print the graph
  • Above the 'Graph Style selection' there is a small printer icon. Click this icon to get a preview of the graph.
  • This preview will appear on the left of the screen.
  • Another printer icon will appear at the bottom of the preview. Click this printer icon.
  • Click the printer button at the top of the preview.
  • After the graph prints, close the print preview window.
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