Set up detention codes

In order to manage detentions in Aspen, you must designate one or more conduct action codes as detention codes. Also, you need to link detention conduct actions to the appropriate calendar.

To set up detention codes:

1. Log on to the District view.
2. Click the Admin tab.
3. Click the Data Dictionary organizes the tables and fields that house all of your district's administrative information side-tab to expand it. The list of system tables appears.

4. On the side-tab, click Reference. The list of reference tables appears.
5. Find and select the Conduct Action table.
6. Under Reference, click Codes. The list of Conduct Action reference codes codes used to validate the options users can select from at fields appears.

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7. Find one of your district’s detention fields, such as Detention - Saturday.
8. Click the code. A details page appears.
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9. In the Federal code field, type DetMgt.

   Note: This field is case-sensitive.

10. In the Template Context field, type .detention.

    Notes: If you do not see a Template Context field, you need to add it to your default field set. While you are editing your detention codes, you might also want to edit your suspension codes.

11. Click Save.
12. Repeat steps 7-11 for each of your detention codes.