The Attendance History tables in Aeries store multi-school, multi-year attendance history. It is built each year from attendance information in the Aeries ATT table. Prior year’s Attendance History data can be pulled  forward to the current year to build multi-year attendance history by using the Pull Attendance History From Another Database form in Admin CS. 

The Pull Attendance History From Another Database in Aeries Client AdminCS can be used to pull Attendance History from previous years. 

To start the process, log into AdminCS for the earliest year you have and run Force an Update from the Control Panel. 

The Attendance History Macro has been disabled in Aeries Client.  Attendance history can be updated by clicking the Update All Schools Now in Aeries Web as mentioned previously and enabling the nightly Attendance History Configuration. 

Then log into the earliest year (same year as Client) in Aeries Web and run Update Schools Now button on the Attendance History Configuration page.  This will populate the Attendance History (AHS) tables based on the Attendance (ATT) data.  This process takes just a few minutes to run, and you receive an email when it has been completed.

In Client, Switch Server/Database to log into the next year and run Force an Update from the Control Panel.

In View all Forms, click the mouse on the Pull Attendance History From Another Database form.

Log into the previous years database.

The following form will display. Select the prior year and click the mouse on Update.

Then log into the next year in Aeries Web and run Update Schools Now button on the Attendance History Configuration page. 

In Client log into the next year (same year as Aeries Web). Run Force an Update from the Control Panel. In View all Forms, click the mouse on the Pull Attendance History From Another Database form and log into the previous year.

The following form will display.  Select the prior years and click the mouse on Update. 

Repeat the process until you are at the current year. 

Summary of Steps  to copy attendance history

1. Log into earliest year Client database

2. Run Force an Update

3.  Log into earliest year (same year as Client) in Aeries Web and run Update Schools Now button on the Attendance History Configuration page

4. Change years to the next year database in Client

5. Run Force an Update

6. Run Pull Attendance History From Another Database – select previous year(s)

7. Log into same year Aeries Web and run Update Schools Now on the Attendance History Configuration page

8. Change years to the next year

9. Repeat steps 5 – 8 up to the current year