This is the process that we use to determine which sections are for an actual group of students vs which ones are simply meant to not be in conflict. It takes a few days to complete this whole process, and is very manual.
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Run this query to Excel: UW_RS_SCH_RSRV_CHK_FOR_CC_SB
Enter in term and term start date
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Next head over to where the Course Combination section is along the side menu bar.  Make sure all the Program and Levels are the same in the Course Combinations. To do this you have right click on the top course combination, select open viewer, then click on each course combination individually. 
Sort by Default Department and Name, filter out the “to spread things out” Academic block type ID and only work on the “For Actual Group of students” combinations.  Right click on the top course combination and select “open viewer”  in the window that opened select Course Combination Requests, then right on the first course and select Open Viewer again:  The window that open under the first tab you’ll want to double click on Level which opens up another window (we will call it “Program window”, we will get to that)  Then click on the Course combination window select the Course Characteristics tab (this is where ONE reserve gets added, or if there is no reserve or one does not apply chose “Space” under “Characteristic”.  Then in the Program window that opened up from before [Program: subject] find “Alternative Course Request-Course Characteristics”  Add above reserve or Space (do not repeat them – you will get an error if you do though) in the “From” column and under “To” write RESALL rank is always 100 and check Allow Partial Move. RESALL is the characteristic on all secondary components, so we always write “Resall” on the To field to cover our bases for any potential secondary component that will exist.  Once all reserves are added for the courses in the course combination put the marker on the course combination window and move on to the next. |
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Then in the Program window that opened up from before [Program: Core or Elective] find “Alternative Course Request-Course Characteristics”
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Only care about the “No Course Combinations” ones sort by that. Do not bother with courses that are fully forced (typically Engineering First year) this is the reason that you have a second timetabler window open. Open course from My View and then double click on Department -> Click on Academic Blocks -> Add new under it and under “ID” it should be called: “NCC Course” put block size as 1 and the Type is “to spread things out”. Under components attach the components of the course that need the academic block.
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