# Coverage - what is the use of the "value" field in Home \> Staff \> Manage Staff Absences \> Edit" ?

**URL:** <https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/coverage-what-is-the-use-of-the-value-field-in-home-staff-manage-staff-absences-edit/3849>\
**Category:** Administration\
**Created:** [November 9, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/coverage-what-is-the-use-of-the-value-field-in-home-staff-manage-staff-absences-edit/3849 "2022-11-09T19:34:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![rfernandez2007](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/rfernandez2007/32/141_2.png) [@rfernandez2007](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/rfernandez2007)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/coverage-what-is-the-use-of-the-value-field-in-home-staff-manage-staff-absences-edit/3849/1 "2022-11-09T19:34:03Z")

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Hi,

As the title says, the question is: what is the use of the field "Value in “Home \> Staff \> Manage Staff Absences \> Edit Absence \> Edit” ?

Thank you  
Regards  
Ricardo

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**Author:** ![sandra](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/sandra/32/5_2.png) [@sandra](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/sandra)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 8:03am UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/coverage-what-is-the-use-of-the-value-field-in-home-staff-manage-staff-absences-edit/3849/2 "2022-11-14T08:03:09Z")

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Hi Ricardo,

Some schools track the number of days that teachers have absences for, as well as track the number of specific types of absences. In Gibbon, a full day absence has a value of 1.0 when counting these days, and a half-day absence has a value of 0.5 (the thresholds for these can be set in User Admin \> Staff Settings). The value is editable should an administrator wish to override the automatically calculated value. All of the values are tallied up per staff member in the Staff \> Staff Absence Summary report, as well as in the individual View Absences page per staff member.

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**Author:** ![rfernandez2007](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/user_avatar/ask.gibbonedu.org/rfernandez2007/32/141_2.png) [@rfernandez2007](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/u/rfernandez2007)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 2:40pm UTC](https://ask.gibbonedu.org/t/coverage-what-is-the-use-of-the-value-field-in-home-staff-manage-staff-absences-edit/3849/3 "2022-11-14T14:40:25Z")

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Crystal clear !!

Thank you!!