Ensure Your Attendance Cycle Days are Correct After Labor Day

If school is out on Labor Day, ensure your attendance days will be correct when you return by skipping Labor Day on the Configuration scheduling calendar.

When you add a date on the Scheduling Calendar tab of the Academic Year, you are prompted to add the dates to the Session Scheduling Calendar. When you click Yes, you are prompted to mark those dates as in session or skip them. If you mark In Session, the cycle days will remain in order and you can enter attendance for those dates; an example would be Awards Day when classes are still meeting. If you mark the Skip? checkbox, the next date in session starts with the cycle day of the skipped date. If you do not mark either of those checkboxes, the schedule will resume as usual.

For example, if classes are out for Labor Day, enter September 7 on your scheduling calendar. If you want Tuesday's schedule to resume as usual, leave the Skip? checkbox unmarked. If you want the attendance cycle for Monday to meet on the Tuesday, mark the Skip? checkbox.

An easy way to double check your cycle is to click the Calendar icon in the session's Calendar. You'll see each cycle day listed beside the date.

If you return from Labor Day and your attendance dates are off, you can still reset the cycle days. In the Date column, enter the date to set as an exception to the cycle sequence. For example, if Labor Day was entered, enter the first day back to class as your exception date. Mark the In Session checkbox. In the Cycle Day column, select the new cycle day for the date. This resets the sequence of subsequent dates in the scheduling calendar.

Note: If attendance entries exist for the reset date or dates afterward, you will receive the message "Error: Attendance already exists on or after this date and Scheduling calendar entries cannot be created, changed, or deleted". Refer to Knowledgebase solution BB193070 for steps to resolve the message.

It's not too late to skip cycle days for your future holidays.