Setup Guide: Reasons-Based Attendance Migration - Orah

Описание: Ready to migrate to Reasons-Based Attendance in Orah? In this walkthrough, Emily and Zohaib break down what’s changing, why it matters, and exactly how to switch your school over with minimal disruption.

You’ll learn:

What Reasons-Based Attendance is (and how it differs from roll codes + passes)
Why it improves accuracy, reporting, and day-to-day workflows
How “Reason Types” work (Excused, Unexcused, Not Expected)
How to simplify your SIS sync by mapping reasons in one place
How the migration works (and what happens to historical attendance data)
Tips for timing your migration (weekend vs midweek vs summer)
How to manage reason visibility for staff and parents
What’s new in insights, alerts, and automation once you switch

This session includes a live demo of the “Manage Reasons” screen, showing how to:

Pull reason codes in from your SIS
Handle duplicates between SIS and existing Orah reasons
Map reasons to passes, roll codes, and events
Enable parent-reported reasons (example: “Late due to traffic”)
Confirm and complete the migration switch

Need help? Our Customer Success team is here to support you through every step.

For support, contact:

Your Customer Success Manager
OR Schedule a demo on orah.com

And don’t forget: Finn (the in-app assistant) is trained on all things Reasons.

Chapters:

0:00 What we’ll cover

1:00 What Reasons-Based Attendance is

4:00 Key benefits (insights, fair reporting, simpler SIS sync, automations)

9:00 Migration steps overview

13:00 Live demo: enabling reasons + managing mappings

22:00 New insights, filters, and alerts

25:00 Parent reporting example

29:00 Timing + best practices

35:00 Q&A

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