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Calculating daily attendance codes

For each day, PowerSchool SMS calculates each student's daily attendance code for every school in the district. PowerSchool SMS calculates this code based on rules set up at each school [Setting up the daily attendance code calculation >>]. The resulting figures are used in reports for such purposes as school funding, communications to parents, and state reporting [Report results >>].

Since calculating daily attendance codes is a task that typically makes heavy demands of system processing power, PowerSchool SMS makes its calculations for the district at a scheduled time each day. Typically this is an off-peak time outside school hours [>>]. PowerSchool SMS calculates an attendance code for each student for each day only once and stores the result.

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