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  • DCU Done Flags

  • DCU Professor Constraints

  • DCU Room Notes

  • DCU Time Notes

  • Professors

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Not “Patterns” notes though, those should stay. 

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Manually delete:  

  • Secondary Files > Course Characteristics > Select all and delete.  

  • Secondary Files > Terms > select term and delete  

  • Pattern Constraints > only those created for the term (under 2x1 or 3x1 ) 

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Select the following files only:

  • Categories

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  • Course Combination Requests

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  • Course Combinations

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  • Courses

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  • Programs

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Select next.  

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The reason you're bringing in the older like term - is for the course combinations. giving the reps a starting place. 

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Click "Browse..." then navigate to where the Target file is saved on the server. Click on Set All and Same Folder as Selected then click OK. Then Click "Next". 

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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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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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Import Rooms: 

In Infosilem Timetabler navigate to Tools > Infosilem Campus Integration > Import Rooms 

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Change effective dates to Term dates 

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Select Next

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titleIf you get a connection error

one possible reason is the password needs to be updated in the Academic Suite Manager:

 Select Select no Room Filters: 

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 Laptop 3.5 mm audio conne... (always is a duplicate)*  

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If necessary, add electronic room and DOC camera as characteristics to appropriate REG rooms.

More Clean ups:

Usually can be done in the break between creating the database part 1 and part 2: 

  • Detach any instructors from block offs Level 1, 2, 3 (don't delete block offs - just remove instructors to maintain shells) 

  • Adjust the dates to the new term dates for all block offs and constraints

  • *Two ways to do it - from the block offs or from instructors* 

  • Ensure that all instructors have no "customized constraints" 

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titleTechnical table information

Characteristics should be in this format (no headers):

 

Column A (Asset standard code ?)

Asset Standard Name

 AT-01

Blackboard

 AT-01

Data Projector

 

 

Note: this arbitrary but required - can all be the same - in this format

 

Room Assets should be in this format (no headers):

BLDG NBR

Bldg Short

Bldg Long

Floor

Room Number

Asset Standard Code

Asset Standard Name

032A

AHS

Applied Health Sciences

1

2677

AT-01

Whiteboard

9

AL

Arts Lecture Hall

1

6

AT-01

No Tablet Armchairs

 

 

 

 

 

Note: this arbitrary but required - can all be the same - in this format

 

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