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# Attendance Event

Attendance Event represents information about a student's attendance.

- **[Sample Uses for Attendance Event](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.eda_attendance_event.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Changes in a student's attendance might indicate that something's going on in their life that could affect their educational success. For example, consistent tardiness or absence is an early warning indicator that a student might need intervention to stay on track to pass a course or graduation. The Attendance Event object can be used to track attendance.
- **[Configure Attendance Event](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.eda_attendance_event.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Consider these updates, depending on which version of Education Data Architecture you originally installed.
- **[Create an Attendance Event Record](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sfdo.eda_attendance_event.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Create an attendance event record from a student’s contact record.

## Sample Uses for Attendance Event

Changes in a student's attendance might indicate that something's going on in their life that could affect their educational success. For example, consistent tardiness or absence is an early warning indicator that a student might need intervention to stay on track to pass a course or graduation. The Attendance Event object can be used to track attendance.

- University—Track the number of days and reasons that a student's missed a specific course.
- K-12—Track a student's tardiness or absence for a class period or an entire day and the reasons.
- Any educational institution—Determine a student's total participation during a term. Generate reports on the frequency of such events.

## Configure Attendance Event

Consider these updates, depending on which version of Education Data Architecture you originally installed.

### Keep Up with Attendance Event Updates

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                    <li>Add the Attendance Events related list to your Contact and Course Connection page layouts.</li>
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                  <p style="margin-bottom:0;"> Learn about updating layouts in <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleview?id=sfdo.eda_display_cust_obj_post_rel.htm" target="_blank">Display a New Custom Object After a Product Release</a>. </p>
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## Create an Attendance Event Record

Create an attendance event record from a student’s contact record.

1. From the student’s Contact record, click **New** in the Attendance Events related list.
2. Enter a date for the tardy or absence. Don’t change the Contact name.
3. Fill in optional fields as needed.
4. Click **Save**.