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FET Support (English) => Get Help => Topic started by: OnBeyondBeing on June 17, 2013, 01:01:23 AM

Title: Activities Meeting on Either Monday or Friday But Not Both
Post by: OnBeyondBeing on June 17, 2013, 01:01:23 AM
I am using FET to schedule a course that meets two times in a standard 5-day week.

The two activities must have a full day between them so MinDaysBetweenActivities is set to 2, at 100%.  However, I do not want the activities to be scheduled on both Monday and Friday, because I consider Monday and Friday to be "consecutive" days.  See below.

OK:
Tuesday and Thursday
Monday and Wednesday
Tuesday and Friday

NOT OK:
Tuesday and Wednesday
Thursday and Friday
Monday and Friday

Is there any way to make FET consider Monday and Friday consecutive for purposes of the MinDaysBetweenActivities constraint?  If not, is there any way to express this constraint in FET some other way?
Title: Re: Activities Meeting on Either Monday or Friday But Not Both
Post by: Volker Dirr on June 17, 2013, 05:52:17 AM
Quote from: OnBeyondBeing on June 17, 2013, 01:01:23 AMThe two activities must have a full day between them so MinDaysBetweenActivities is set to 2, at 100%.  However, I do not want the activities to be scheduled on both Monday and Friday, [...]

hmm... there are even 2 days between them (Saturday and Sunday).

Quote from: OnBeyondBeing on June 17, 2013, 01:01:23 AMIs there any way to make FET consider Monday and Friday consecutive for purposes of the MinDaysBetweenActivities constraint?  If not, is there any way to express this constraint in FET some other way?

A MaxDaysBetweenActivities set to 4 at 100% should help.
Title: Re: Activities Meeting on Either Monday or Friday But Not Both
Post by: Liviu Lalescu on June 17, 2013, 06:15:21 AM
Quote from: Volker Dirr on June 17, 2013, 05:52:17 AM
A MaxDaysBetweenActivities set to 4 at 100% should help.

Very nice, Volker, I didn't think of this.
Title: Re: Activities Meeting on Either Monday or Friday But Not Both
Post by: OnBeyondBeing on June 19, 2013, 07:01:54 PM
Yes, that worked perfectly.

Thank you so much.