An Attendance Dashboard Is a Starting Point

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A visual dashboard can help a manager see attendance events over time. It can show when an entry was recorded, how a policy calculation works, and whether a case needs another look.

Its limits should be visible too. A point total does not explain a person’s circumstances. Entries can be corrected. Some absences require special handling, and an organization’s policy must be interpreted alongside applicable rules and human review.

I would design the screen to make its evidence traceable: event date, event type, recorded source, adjustment history and a clear status such as “needs review.” That is more useful than a large red number without context.

A good tracker helps people apply a process consistently while preserving room for judgment. My public demo uses fictional records and configurable fictional rules. It illustrates interface and calculation design; it is not an employer policy or a decision engine.

General information and personal perspective. Examples, names and demo data are fictional.

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