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SMS Unexplained Absent Students (read time 1 minute)
To SMS all student who have an unexplained absence recorded against them on the current day, simply click the SMS Button on the AM/PM Attendance widget on your Dashboard
![](https://support.vsware.ie/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/s3.amazonaws.comuploads.intercomcdn.comio14363981edd319d89895021c00079733AMPM_Widget.jpg)
This will display a virtual phone as shown below. From here you can type the body of the message to your liking or select a template from the dropdown menu at the top.
(These templates can be set up under your notifications tab)
![](https://support.vsware.ie/hubfs/Knowledge%20Base%20Import/s3.amazonaws.comuploads.intercomcdn.comio14363987746e5ab9063f299cc050098ePhone.jpg)
The 'Variable' under the body of the text allow you to automatically personalise the message with student names and user passwords.
#F = Student First Name
#L = Student Last Name
#U = Parent Username
#P = Parent Password
For Example, if the above message was being sent to 'Caoilan O'Doherty', The message would read as follows:
Caoilan is absent from school today.