Changing Section Period Error

[rhusemann]

I am trying to change a section period, and I keep getting the following error message: 

Record not saved
Updates to the schedule expression will orphan associated attendance records.

I have attempted to clear all attendance, change a few attendance requirements, and even exclude attendance for that section. 

Nothing seems to work. Got any suggestions or solutions?

[JeffG9]

@rhusemann 

Once the school year has started and teachers have entered attendance for students enrolled in a section, you can not go in and change the periods that the section is meeting.  You’re only option at this point is to create a new section with the correct expression, drop the students from the old section, and then enroll them in the new section.

[Nititohir]

can you delete the old section ? or just leave that section with 0 enrollment ?

[JeffG9]

@NititohirWe usually advise leaving it just to make sure we don't orphan any associated records. You can assign it to a dummy staff account if you get teacher complaints.

[Nititohir]

got it.

thanks