For one-time attendance where the column header does not contain a date, you can enter the column header in the configuration as shown below:
If you are using a Google smart table, which does not support date objects, you can also enter the column header and manually update the configuration each time you take attendance.
On the name column, you can use labels such as “Total”, etc. In the configuration, simply provide the first label that marks the end of the attendance name list.