Classic View: System Administration > Ed-Fi
Search Terms: Ed-Fi
This event entity represents the recording of whether a student is in attendance for a class.
Object Triggering Logic
This table describes logic for triggering syncing of this object.
| Action | Trigger |
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| Post | When a new attendance event is verified for a student on the course section and the Attendance Status + Attendance Excuse combination is mapped to an Ed-Fi code. OR When a student has a Positive Attendance record for the section and 'Positive Attendance' is mapped to an Ed-Fi code.
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| Delete/Post | If any part of the natural key is changed: Section Reference, Student Reference, Event Date, Attendance Event Category Descriptor.
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| Delete | Delete if all the attendance records with the same Date & Descriptor are deleted. |
| Delete | When an enrollment is deleted. |
| Delete | If the student is removed from the course section. |
| Put | If the comments are updated. |
School Exclude, Calendar Exclude, Resource Toggle and Resync Logic
This table describes the School Exclude, Calendar Exclude, Resource Toggle and Resync logic of this object.
| Action | Trigger |
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| None | If a resource is toggled to 'OFF' after data has sent, all sent data will remain in the ODS but no new data will send. |
| Resync | If a record is in the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table and not in the ODS, it will be deleted from the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table. |
| Resync | If a record is in the ODS and it does not have a matching record in Campus or the Ed-Fi Identity Mapping table, it will be deleted from the ODS. |
| Resync | If a mapping is changed in Resource Preferences, a resync will need to be done to reflect the changes. |
Natural Key Changes, Cascading Updates, and Deletes Logic
This table describes the Natural Key Changes/Cascading Updates and Deletes logic of this object.
| Action | Trigger |
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| Post/Delete | If any part of the Natural Key Changes
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| Post/Delete | Cascading Updates: N/A, there are no dependent resources |
Scope Year Logic
This table describes scope year logic of this object.
| Logic |
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Attendance will send to the scope year for the school year the attendance dates are associated with based on the student's enrollment.
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Resource Preferences
This table describes the Resource Preferences of this object.
| Data Element Label | Mapping Needed |
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| Attendance Status and Excuse | Attendance Event Category Descriptors |
Event Queue Detail
This table describes the Event Queue Detail of this object.
| Campus Table | Ed-Fi Action | Fields |
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| attendance | Post/Put/Delete | The primary table used for sending data for this resource. |
Object Data Elements
This table describes data elements sent within the Student School Attendance Event resource.
| Data Element Label | Business Requirement | Business Rules | M, C or O | Data Source GUI Path | Database Field |
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id | The unique identifier of the resource. | M | |||
| attendanceEvent CategoryDescriptor | Key for AttendanceEventCategoryType. |
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| eventDate | Date for this attendance event. | Enter the date for the attendance record being reported . | M | Student Information > General > Attendance | attendance. date |
| sectionReference | A reference to the related School resource. | Reports the fields that are part of the Natural Key for the Section resource. | M | ||
| studentReference | A reference to the related Student resource. | Reports the fields that are part of the Natural Key for the Student resource. | M | ||
| attendanceEvent Reason | The reported reason for a student's absence. |
| O | Student Information > General > Attendance | attendance. comments |
| educationalEnvironment Descriptor | Key for EducationalEnvironment. | Do not report, this is optional. | O | ||
| etag | A unique system-generated value that identifies the version of the resource. | Do not report, this is optional. | O |
