People & absences
An absence records that a member of staff or a pupil is not in today. They can be marked absent at a kiosk, or from the dashboard.
Clearing an absence
Clearing marks the absence as over — the person counts as present again from that moment. It does not delete anything: the absence stays on record with the time it was cleared, which is what makes late arrivals visible in reports.
The overnight sweep
Absences left open are closed automatically once the day is over, so nobody is still marked absent a week later. This runs against your organisation's timezone, not ours — set it correctly in Settings or the day will roll over at the wrong moment.
The sweep only closes absences recorded on a previous day. Somebody marked absent this morning stays absent until they are cleared or the day ends.