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Infosilem Academic Suite> Scheduling
Sign into the super account
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Sign into the most recent production database in order to retain the most recent departments/alternate pavilions etc |
Click on File > Database Tools > click copy database radio button
Enter new database name and ensure the source database is the one you are copying.
Click Create and sign into new database.
Take a backup, name is Copy of “” whatever database you copied from
Click on Tools > Rollover > Delete and select:
Courses
Scheduling Groups
Scheduling Ties
Academic Blocks
Course Combinations
Programs (Program Content, Program Allocations, Student Course Requests, Course Combination Requests, Academic Blocks)
Rooms
Click Next, then Delete, then once it’s finished click “Previous”
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Clear any notes and Done Flags: Click on Tools > Rollover > Clear Notes Notes… and select all notes and done flags to be deleted. Select all the notes (DCU Room NotesDone Flags, DCU Professor Constraints, DCU Room Notes, DCU Time Notes and Professors, DCU Done Flags) Not “Patterns” notes though, those should stay.
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In Infosilem Academic Suite navigate to Import.
File -> Import
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*The database should be the one you are creating (not the one you just pulled it from - as that would be stupid) * |
Select File Types: Space-delimited text file (TXT)
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Check the Report for any problems. If everything is ok, click on Next. If you get rejects take a look at the source files there might be spacing issues when exporting from the older database, those can be fixed in .txt files. Check the reports and when everything is ok click Import. *
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Will get rejects for all course combination course characteristic requests in step 7 of 8. This is good because we don't want any reserve characteristics to roll forward |
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Rejects are groups by the reason in the Rejected Records Report, so if page 1 has course characteristic reject and the final page has the same reason, there’s only course characteristic reasons. Meaning there won’t be other reasons sprinkled throughout the report. |
An automatic system backup will be taken.
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Within the new database, use the Rollover Delete function "Advanced" to selectively delete the Programs (Program Content, Program Allocation....) and Course Combinations you don't need. Also, Academic Blocks that begin with NCC. Delete NCC’s. *
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Really only the deleted things will be in the academic blocks – the NCC’s |
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Change all course combination's Default Academic Block type to 'to spread things out' by using a batch edit and enable any disabled cc's. In the Course Combinations along left side.
Usually given to scheduling to handle:
Detach any instructors from blockoffs Level 1, 2, 3 (don't delete blockoffs - just remove instructors to maintain shells)
*Two ways to do it - from the blockoffs or from instructors*
Ensure that all instructors have no "customized constraints"
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