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To enter the timetabling workspace, choose Timetable from the Start
menu at the top. The window that will open is divided to two main parts: 2/3 of
the screen is dedicated to the timetable grid, and 1/3 to utility windows, which
are shown to the right of the grid.
Timetable Grid
At the top of the grid appears the Navigation Bar, which is used to browse
the timetable and the different views of the timetable.
At the bottom, there are two selection controls: one to switch between Constraints,
Timetable and Reports views; and one to switch between the Interactive
and Automatic modes (in Constraints and Timetable views) and to switch between
the Detailed and Statistic report modes (in Reports view).
- Week - shows the timetable of the whole week (days x lessons) for the selected
object type. For example, if Teacher is selected, all teachers' timetables
are shown on one screen. The X axis will contain the teachers' names and the Y axis
the days and the lessons.
- Day - shows the timetable of one day for the selected object type. For example,
if Group is selected, all groups' timetables are shown on one screen for
the selected day. The X axis will contain the groups' names and the Y axis the lessons
of the day.
- Personal - shows a personal weekly timetable of the selected object. For
example, if Room is selected, shows the timetable of the selected room for
the whole week. The X axis contains the day names, and the Y axis the lessons.
Utility Windows
Utility Windows appear to the right of the timetable grid. There are four such windows:
- Activities window - contains the list of activities and sets that you had
entered in the Database, and displays the scheduled quantity for each activity,
together with important information about the number of free cells left to schedule
the activity without causing a conflict in the timetable (see below).
- Mini Timetable window - shows a personal timetable. This window reacts to
the selection in the main timetable grid: if you select a cell in a group's timetable,
the "mini" timetable will contain the personal timetable of the teacher scheduled
in that cell; and the opposite - selecting a cell in a teacher's timetable will
show the scheduled group's timetable.
- Who is Free? window - shows a list of free, blocked
and scheduled objects at the selected time slot in the grid.
- Where is Free? window - shows the time slots
into which the selected cell in the grid can be moved without causing a conflict,
and the reason for the conflict in case it does cause one.
Scheduling Activities
Scheduling activities interactively is a matter of a simple Drag & Drop. To schedule
an activity at a desired cell, all you need to do is drag it from the Activities
window into the cell.
Learn more about Scheduling Activities...
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