Non-Attendance Reasons

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"the charitylog admin menu displays a button for 'non attendance reasons'"


Non-attendance reasons are used if you need to record why people do not attend, or a session has been cancelled.

"a list of non attendance reasons, examples include transport issues, illess, on holiday."

Adding a new reason

Click on the "New Reason" button, you will then be presented the following screen;

"the non attendance reason entry page."

You can now enter:

  • Reason name (Required.)
  • Description (Information for administrators on this screen only; this field will not output on reports.)
  • Reason Reporting Code (Used if you wish to group reasons together by a unified code on a report.)
  • Highlight Reason In Report? (This option controls whether the reason is highlighted on the report.)
  • Display Order (If you want the reason to be displayed in a certain order. See Display Order for full details.)
  • Active Reason? (Set this to yes to make available.)

Click on the "Save Details" button to add the new reason.

Editing a reason

Click on the name of an existing reason to go to the edit screen. Please note that renaming the reason will change historical reporting. To switch a reason off, set the active field to no.

Click on the "Save Details" button to save the changes.


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