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Set Up Notifications for Absence Forms

Set up or change the recipients for Absence Form email notifications, including staff types, individual staff members, and year group overrides.

Written by Cristina Gruita

This article explains how to manage who receives email notifications for Absence Forms. You can send notifications to staff types, individual staff members, or specific school and year group combinations.

πŸ“ŒNote: Additional email addresses must be marked as members of staff in your MIS before you can select them.

Set Up Notifications for Absence Forms

  1. Go to the Forms drop-down menu, then click Content Form Submissions Overrides in Admin Tools.

  2. Choose how you want to add or edit recipients for Absence Form Submissions.

  3. Use the relevant recipient option to configure who receives the notifications.

  4. Click Save Changes.

Recipient Option

Description

Send to

Use the check boxes to choose the relevant staff type or staff types.

Linked Staff

Search for and select the email address of an individual staff member.

Year Group Overrides

Create overrides for a specific school or year group.


Add a Year Group Override

Use a year group override when different schools or year groups need notifications sent to different recipients, for example Prep and Senior schools.

  1. Go to Forms, then click Content Form Submissions Overrides in Admin Tools.

  2. Find the relevant form, then open Year Group Overrides within the Content Form Submissions manager.

  3. Click Add if you want to set up specific staff types or staff members.

  4. In the pop-up window, select the relevant schools and year groups for the notification override.

  5. Search for and link additional staff members by email address if required.

  6. Click Done when you have finished setting up the override.

  7. Review the override in the list, then edit or delete it if needed.

  8. Click Save Changes.

πŸ“ŒNote: Your overrides appear in a list after you save them, and you can edit or delete them as needed.

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