Modify collections

In this advanced selection you can also make changes to the structure of the collections of the courses also after some or all of their weekly lectures have been timetabled. The system automatically prevents all the possible overlaps that may occur when the collections are modified. Removing components from collections is normally much easier, just like adding new components to course collections when they have not yet been timetabled.

This tool enables to view the timetables simultaneously while adding components to courses or removing them from courses. It also allows to view the timetables and courses in Conflict mode, displaying the slots which cause conflicts in timetables.

On the upper half of the window you see the timetables of the selected course and component. Click a cell of this grid if detailed information of a particular timetable cell is needed. If all weeks are not currently visible, you can scroll them to the right and left. On the bottom left there is a list of all courses and on the bottom right a list of all components that are to be modified. Use the buttons between them to select the desired action.

Used timetabled cells by the current component are marked here with blue colour, whereas those of the current course use yellow colour, and the numbers indicate the current time-period (1,2,3,...). If you have selected the Conflict mode (see below), all overlapping slots are marked with red X’s. When clicking them, they can also be removed.

First week to check conflicts from ignores all conflicts that occur prior to the selected week. In this way the user has more degrees of freedom if the previous weeks are not taken into account. This feature is enabled, when there are more than one week in the planning period. When you want to add a component to a course (or vice versa), and some of the lectures in past week(s) cause the conflict, you can often clear those slots, since they are not anymore needed, but they also prevent from changes in the current or upcoming timetables.

At the start, First week to check conflicts from points to the first week, and it checks for all conflicts. If you change its value, you may be able to create conflicting timetables.

Buttons

Navigation by components: First select the component from the list on the right that you want to add. Then select the course from the list of candidates on the left and press this button to confirm the addition.

Navigation by courses: First select the course from the list on the left where you want components to be added to. Then select the component from the list of the candidates on the right and press this button to confirm the addition.

Use this button to activate the (default) Add direction mode. You can select to find suitable components for a selected course or vice versa.

This button activates the Remove mode. If you select a course from the list on the left, the course collection is shown on the top, and if you select a component, all courses having this component in their collections are listed on the top. If you want to remove one or more items from the list, select them and click the Remove button again to confirm removal.

Displays the components of the active course in tree form (Course info).

The function of this button is identical for the left and right box (courses and components list). Click it to enable only the currently activated category to be displayed (instead of all categories). This option is often useful to limit your search to a specified set of the code list.

This button activates the Conflict mode, which is the opposite action to the Add. You can then see only the conflicting combinations of courses and components, and no additions are then permitted. All overlapping lectures are marked by X on the grid. You can then mark all or selected conflicting lectures from the timetables (marked with X). Right-click to see the menu of the permissible actions.

When the Conflict mode is activated, this buttom becomes active, and by clicking it you can clear all conflicting slots (of the active course and component) at once. This is the same functionality as selecting Clear conflicting slots in the pop-up menu.

Actions of the pop-up menu: