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FET Development => Suggestions => Topic started by: ant7 on October 13, 2015, 07:48:48 PM

Title: Fixed number of days between activities
Post by: ant7 on October 13, 2015, 07:48:48 PM
Hi all!
I use FET for a long time and  I think it's a good piece of software.

I do some tricks to make pair of activities to be
scheduled the same time but in two neighbouring days.
Because of that I need the constraint:
Fixed number of days between activities (with default value equal to 1).

To achive it I use:
Minimum number of days between activities (set to 1)
and
Maximum number of days between activities (set to 1)
so

t1-t2>=1day   and   t1-t2<= 1day    give  t1=t2 + 1day

Could you add this constraint?
Fixed number of days between activities (with default value equal to 1).

When I have to click hundreds of times  Min and Max... constraints
I would save a lot of time if you add this constraint.

Title: Re: Fixed number of days between activities
Post by: Liviu Lalescu on October 13, 2015, 10:20:54 PM
I would prefer not to add such a new constraint, to keep things simpler. I will add your request in the TODO list, but I don't think it will be implemented (soon).

We can talk some more, if you want. But I am very stubborn :)
Title: Re: Fixed number of days between activities
Post by: Volker Dirr on October 13, 2015, 10:40:57 PM
i corrected my mail, because i missunderstood first. now a better answer:

if you need such a feature, it will be maybe much more clever to imply add one day less. So maybe instead of thurstday and friday, you will add only a day "thu/fri". then all activities that need a constraint like you suggested are only allowed to be placed that day. this will also have the advantage, that you don't need to add constraints and you need only to add half of the activities, but you will get the same result.
Title: Re: Fixed number of days between activities
Post by: Volker Dirr on October 13, 2015, 11:30:45 PM
Quote from: ant7 on October 13, 2015, 07:48:48 PM
When I have to click hundreds of times  Min and Max... constraints
I would save a lot of time if you add this constraint.

hmm... the min n day constraint is already added automatily as soon as you add an activity. So you don't need to click them if you add them in an normal activity.