Components view

Other views: Courses | Weeks | Timetables

Components are the basic building blocks of the system. Edit the list of components (such as classes, teachers, rooms or subjects) with the help of the commands Insert, Modify and Delete or the corresponding buttons. For each component, you have to enter an unique code, name and category.

When the list of components is double-clicked, the list of courses linked to this component plus its timetable are automatically displayed on top of the component list (if they exist). Double-clicking the list again hides them.

The order of the components in the list can be changed with the help of the Move up and Move down buttons or by sorting them according to some appropriate criteria (Tools|Sort). Note that it is very easy to import the list of components via Clipboard, provided you have entered it in a spreadsheet application with a format below (Code, Name, Category number):

Menu selections:

Edit

With Edit menu selections you can modify the list of components.

Duplicate (component)

This option duplicates the activated component by creating a new component with the same name and category. The code for the new component is generated automatically by using the last clicked component code as the basis (by appending letters a, b, c, …). You can modify all fields of this component later on.

Copy onto the Clipboard

Copies the list of components onto the Clipboard to be used also by other Windows applications. See Clipboard.

1 Codes and links
2 Codes, names and categories [Ctrl+C]
3 Codes and lectures
4 Codes and course links
5 Codes and lectures in weeks
6 Codes and addable components
7 Codes, names and lectures of courses
8 Codes, names and lectures of courses in weeks
9 Timetables
10 Selection matrix
Use timetabled lectures

The last selection Use timetabled lectures applies timetabled lectures (instead of lectures allocated to weeks).

You can select a subset from the courses and components to focus only on those codes that are of interest at the moment. If you first select "Use timetabled lectures", the results are calculated from already timetabled lectures (including Manual rooms), instead of weekly allocated lectures.

This information can also be obtained in Tools|Modify collections.

Paste from the Clipboard [Ctrl+V]

Pastes the list of components from the Clipboard, possible created by other Windows applications. See Clipboard.

Insert [Insert]

Inserts a new component. See Modify or insert a component.

Modify [Enter]

Modifies the data of the current component. See Modify or insert a component.

Delete [Delete]

Deletes the current component.

Move up

Moves the current component up.

Move down

Moves the current component down.

Replace courses

This (advanecd) selection enables you to move a component from its course to another course by scanning all permissible courses combinations and displaying their properties (lectures, gaps, matches and names). This tool is especially useful in schools with personalised timetables.

When you activate this selection, all components of the current category are scanned, and for each component and course combination all other courses are studied in order to find and list all feasible course replacements.

If you select from the list the first option [no change => go to next course] and click Ok, no replacement is made and the next replacement options are listed. Click Cancel to quit searching, or if the list is not shown (because feasible replacements cannot be found), click the component grid.

If you select a course from the list, the active component is moved from its previous course to the selected course and searching continues.

Go to topic Replace courses for more specific information about this selection.

View

Select font

Selects the font used in this window.

Component info [Ctrl+H]

Shows information of the selected components in tree form. See Course info for details.

Course links

This selection shows or hides a window on top of the components window, showing all courses using the current component in their collections. Double-clicking the list of components has the same effect. In Courses view you have a similar functionality to view the components of the active course.

Weekly lectures [Ctrl+W]

This selection shows or hides the weekly timetables and/or lectures of components.

Find component ... [Ctrl+F]

By entering the code or name (or a substring) locates the first component that matches the search criteria and makes it the active one. The search method is not case-sensitive. Press [F3] to locate the next code with the same search criteria.

Find by courses ...

This extended search mode allows the user to locate only those components that have links to selected courses or those that do NOT have links to selected courses. Press [F3] to locate the next code with the same search criteria.

Linked with components

Finds those components that have links to one or more of the selected courses.

NOT Linked with components

Finds those components that do NOT have links to one or more of the selected courses.

Search again [F3]

Locates the next component that matches the search criteria and makes it the active one.

Best matches [Ctrl+B]

Finds other components with the most similar course links compared with the current (last activated) component. Components are listed in the order of best match, each component code followed by the percentage number indicating the similarity of their course links (100%=exact match). This option can be used for grouping purposes to find students who have made the same selections.