diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/attendance/add-day-attendance/roll-call-setup/roll-call-setup.component.spec.ts b/src/app/child-dev-project/attendance/add-day-attendance/roll-call-setup/roll-call-setup.component.spec.ts
index 588b0f74a3..26c65a7784 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/attendance/add-day-attendance/roll-call-setup/roll-call-setup.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/attendance/add-day-attendance/roll-call-setup/roll-call-setup.component.spec.ts
@@ -67,4 +67,18 @@ describe("RollCallSetupComponent", () => {
     expect(component.existingEvents[0].authors).toEqual([TEST_USER]);
     expect(component.existingEvents[1].authors).toEqual([TEST_USER]);
   }));
+
+  it("should only show active activities", fakeAsync(() => {
+    const active = new RecurringActivity();
+    const inactive = new RecurringActivity();
+    inactive["active"] = false;
+    mockAttendanceService.createEventForActivity.and.resolveTo(new EventNote());
+    const entityMapper = TestBed.inject(EntityMapperService);
+    spyOn(entityMapper, "loadType").and.resolveTo([active, inactive]);
+
+    component.ngOnInit();
+    flush();
+
+    expect(component.existingEvents).toHaveSize(1);
+  }));
 });
diff --git a/src/app/child-dev-project/attendance/add-day-attendance/roll-call-setup/roll-call-setup.component.ts b/src/app/child-dev-project/attendance/add-day-attendance/roll-call-setup/roll-call-setup.component.ts
index a3d0f898be..d78262bd50 100644
--- a/src/app/child-dev-project/attendance/add-day-attendance/roll-call-setup/roll-call-setup.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/child-dev-project/attendance/add-day-attendance/roll-call-setup/roll-call-setup.component.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ export class RollCallSetupComponent implements OnInit {
   }
 
   private async loadActivities() {
-    this.allActivities = await this.entityMapper.loadType(RecurringActivity);
+    this.allActivities = await this.entityMapper
+      .loadType(RecurringActivity)
+      .then((res) => res.filter((a) => a.isActive));
 
     if (this.showingAll) {
       this.visibleActivities = this.allActivities;
diff --git a/src/app/core/config/config-fix.ts b/src/app/core/config/config-fix.ts
index 7d9dca7b1b..169f2bda6c 100644
--- a/src/app/core/config/config-fix.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/config/config-fix.ts
@@ -784,6 +784,17 @@ export const defaultJsonConfig = {
         "type",
         "assignedTo"
       ],
+      "filters": [
+        {
+          "id": "isActive",
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": "true",
+          "label": $localize`Status`,
+          "true": $localize`:Active records filter label - true case:Active`,
+          "false": $localize`:Active records filter label - false case:Inactive`,
+          "all": $localize`:Active records unselect option:All`
+        },
+      ],
       "exportConfig": [
         {label: "Title", query: "title"},
         {label: "Type", query: "type"},
@@ -804,7 +815,7 @@ export const defaultJsonConfig = {
               "config": {
                 "cols": [
                   ["title"],
-                  ["type"],
+                  ["type", "inactive"],
                   ["assignedTo"]
                 ]
               }
diff --git a/src/app/core/entity/model/entity.ts b/src/app/core/entity/model/entity.ts
index 23696c72ff..54c7aa1aa2 100644
--- a/src/app/core/entity/model/entity.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/entity/model/entity.ts
@@ -170,6 +170,12 @@ export class Entity {
   /** internal database doc revision, used to detect conflicts by PouchDB/CouchDB */
   @DatabaseField() _rev: string;
 
+  @DatabaseField({
+    label: $localize`:Label of checkbox:Inactive`,
+    description: $localize`:Description of checkbox:Ticking this box will archive the record. No data will be lost but the record will be hidden.`,
+  })
+  inactive: boolean;
+
   /** whether this entity object is newly created and not yet saved to database */
   get isNew(): boolean {
     return !this._rev;
@@ -215,29 +221,16 @@ export class Entity {
 
   /**
    * Check, if this entity is considered active.
-   * This is either taken from the (not configured) property "active".
+   * This is either taken from the property "inactive" (configured) or "active" (not configured).
    * If the property doesn't exist, the default is `true`.
    * Subclasses may overwrite this functionality.
-   *
-   * To have a simple boolean indicating if an entity is active or not, add the following schema:
-   * ```json
-   *  {
-   *    "name": "active",
-   *    "schema": {
-   *      "dataType": "boolean",
-   *      "label": "Active",
-   *      "defaultValue": true
-   *    }
-   *  }
-   * ```
-   * alternatively you can store the inverted, as name "inactive"
    */
   get isActive(): boolean {
     if (this["active"] !== undefined) {
       return this["active"];
     }
-    if (this["inactive"] !== undefined) {
-      return !this["inactive"];
+    if (this.inactive !== undefined) {
+      return !this.inactive;
     }
     return true;
   }
@@ -248,7 +241,7 @@ export class Entity {
    */
   set isActive(isActive: boolean) {
     this["active"] = isActive;
-    this["inactive"] = !isActive;
+    this.inactive = !isActive;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/app/features/data-import/data-import/data-import.component.spec.ts b/src/app/features/data-import/data-import/data-import.component.spec.ts
index b9e825705e..fce1084906 100644
--- a/src/app/features/data-import/data-import/data-import.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/data-import/data-import/data-import.component.spec.ts
@@ -74,11 +74,11 @@ describe("DataImportComponent", () => {
     component.entityForm.patchValue({ entity: "Child" });
     component.entitySelectionChanged();
 
-    component.processChange("na");
+    component.processChange("nam");
     expect(component.filteredProperties.value).toEqual(["name"]);
 
     component.columnMappingForm.addControl("Name", new FormControl("name"));
-    component.processChange("na");
+    component.processChange("nam");
     expect(component.filteredProperties.value).toEqual([]);
   }));