Attendance Audit Report - Including PowerTeacher Single User Version
Introduction
The Attendance Audit reports audit data related to attendance entry and modification, including the identification of the person logging the attendance into the system, the IP from which it was logged, and the date and time of the modifications.
This is a school-level report.
Note: The PowerTeacher Single User Version is available within the PowerTeacher Portal for teachers to check attendance for their sections.
Selection Criteria
Attendance auditing must be enabled by selecting both of the following options:
Electronic Attendance Auditing checkbox must be selected in District Setup > District Information > District Info > Electronic Auditing Setup. Time Zone Conversion should also be set up in Electronic Auditing Setup.
Audit attendance records checkbox must be selected in School Setup > Attendance Preferences > Recording > Audit attendance records.
Report Input
This report is run at the School level only.
For help with navigation and running the report, see How to Find and Generate a Report.
Navigation: Start Page > Reports > Reports (State Reports) > Attendance Audit Report
Field | Description |
Select Students† | Indicate which students to include in the report by selecting one of the following options:
Note: If running the report for a single student, or group of students, select the students prior to running the report. |
Select Attendance Date Range† | Select one of the following:
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Attendance Mode (Blank for All) | Choose the attendance modes to be displayed on the report. Choose Use Default to display the results for the default attendance mode for the school. Note: For schools that are set up as meeting code to day, if all modes are displayed on the report, both the daily record and meeting record will display for each attendance code recorded. |
Implement the 'Exclude from ADA' flag to exclude designated Periods, Courses, Sections, and Student Enrollments from this report† | Choose Yes or No from the pop-up menu. Choosing Yes excludes the student from the report if the student has a school enrollment marked to be excluded from ADA during the report date range. |
Sort Option† | Select from the following sort options (primary sort appears first, followed by the secondary sort):
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Report Student Name as† | Choose the appropriate option from the pop-up menu:
Note: This field is set up based on security preferences and may not be visible. For more information, see Entering Security Information. |
Select Grade Levels (Blank for All) | Select one or more grade levels. Note: Only grade levels with audit data are displayed. |
Select Teacher (Blank for All) | Choose one or more teachers from the list. |
Select Period (Blank for All)† | Choose one or more periods from the list. Note: Only periods with audit data are displayed. |
Select Changed From Attendance Code Values (Blank for All) | Select the attendance codes that are changed from the code selected to something else. Note: Only attendance codes with audit data are displayed. |
Select Changed To Attendance Code Values (Blank for All) | Select the attendance codes that are changed to the code selected from something else. Note: Only attendance codes with audit data are displayed. |
Select IP Addresses (Blank for All) | Select the IP address from which attendance changes have been made. Note: Only IP addresses with audit data are displayed. |
Select Who Modified (Blank for All) | Select the users that have made attendance changes. Note: Only users with audit data are displayed. |
When Modified Start Date | Select the start date for when the attendance modifications took place. |
When Modified End Date | Select the end date for when the attendance modifications took place. |
† Report parameters available in the PowerTeacher Single User version.
Report Output
Each of the fields displayed in the output of the report are described below. See Understanding the Report Output Tables for a definition of each column in the table.
Report Output Format: The report output format for this report is pdf.
Data Element | Description | [Table]FieldName |
School Name | The school name. | [Schools]Name |
Reporting Period | The reporting period indicated at runtime. | N/A |
Date Range | The report date range entered at report runtime. | N/A |
Student Name | The student’s name. Note: This field reports the student's name based on whether Preferred Name or Legal Name was chosen in the report parameters or in the security settings for Report Parameter Authorizations. Refer to Entering Security Information for more information. If Legal Name is selected and populated, the legal name is reported. Otherwise, the student preferred name is reported. | [Students]LastFirst [StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_Last_Name [StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_First_Name [Attendance]StudentID |
Student Number (in brackets) | The student’s locally assigned student number. | [Students]Student_Number |
Attendance Date | The date of attendance. | [Aud_Attendance]DCID [Attendance]DCID [Attendance]Att_Date |
Grade | The grade level of the student at the time the attendance was recorded. The Translated Text value from the appropriate Grade Level Mapping is used, if present. Otherwise, the numeric value from the Grade Level field is extracted in a 2-character format. EX: 1 = 01 | [Students]Grade_Level |
Period | The period for which attendance was recorded Note: Time attendance will have a blank period. Periods that use Interval Attendance will be denoted as follows: Period.IntervalNumber (eg. 2.1, 2.2) | [Attendance]PeriodID |
Teacher | The teacher associated with the section for which attendance was taken. Note: Time attendance does not have an associated teacher. | [CC]TeacherID [SectionTeacher]TeacherID [Users]LastFirst |
Teacher Number (in brackets) | The teacher’s locally assigned teacher number. Note: Time attendance does not have an associated teacher. | [Users]TeacherNumber |
Crs Num | The course number associated with the attendance taken. Note: Time attendance does not have an associated course. | [CC]Course_Number |
Course | The course name associated with the attendance taken. Note: Time attendance does not have an associated course. | [Courses]Course_Name [CC]Course_Number |
Sec Num | The section number associated with the attendance taken. Note: Time attendance does not have an associated section. | [Attendance]CCID [CC]SectionID [Sections]Section_Number |
Change From | The original value of the modified attendance.
Example: 55[T] indicates a time attendance value of 55 and a T attendance code value. | [Aud_Attendance]Old_Attendance_CodeID [Aud_Attendance]Old_Total_Minutes [Attendance_Code]ID [Attendance_Code]Att_Code |
Change To | The new value of the modified attendance.
Example: 55[T] indicates a time attendance value of 55 and a T attendance code value. | [Aud_Attendance]New_Attendance_CodeID [Aud_Attendance]New_Total_Minutes [Attendance_Code]ID [Attendance_Code]Att_Code |
Changed By | The name of the person that modified the attendance. | [Aud_Attendance]WhomodifiedID [Users]DCID [Users]LastFirst |
Change Date/Time | The date and time that the attendance modification took place. | [Aud_Attendance]Transaction_Date |
IP Address | The IP address of the computer from which the attendance modification took place. | [Aud_Attendance]IP_Address |