two activities in the same room

[liquid]

I know it may be contrary to what FET does but sometimes two activities may or should be in the same "room", e.g. swimming pool. How to do this? I mean two classes (groups) are allowed to but needn't be assigned to one room while having swimming lessons, provided swimming pool is big enough to fit more than one group.

[Liviu Lalescu]

Add two rooms, and preferred room to one room becomes preferred rooms to these two rooms.

[liquid]

OK. If I add swimming_pool_1 and swimming_pool_2,  on the schedule, I will get swimming lessons in two rooms that in fact are the one. I can tell students and teachers that swimming_pool_1 and swimming_pool_2 are the same swimming_pool but I may expect from them some disappointment. Is this the only solution?
Well, by the way, if I had aliases I could assign the same alias to both rooms. Then the schedule would show right description for the room.

[Liviu Lalescu]

Sorry.

I added this in the TODO (aliases for rooms, in the same TODO item as your aliases for students sets).

[liquid]

Oh, great.

For now I assign statically two groups to one activity which takes place at the swimming pool. FET will have less work to do 

[Liviu Lalescu]

For now I assign statically two groups to one activity which takes place at the swimming pool. FET will have less work to do 

Not sure, because you constrain these two groups to have swimming at the same time.

[Volker Dirr]

For now I assign statically two groups to one activity which takes place at the swimming pool. FET will have less work to do 

It will be faster if you have an easy timetable.
But if you have a difficult timetable, you won't be able to find the (best) solution.

I can tell students and teachers that swimming_pool_1 and swimming_pool_2 are the same swimming_pool but I may expect from them some disappointment. Is this the only solution?
Well, by the way, if I had aliases I could assign the same alias to both rooms. Then the schedule would show right description for the room.

I am several years a teacher now and we also have only one gym. But there is enough room for 3 activities. So we call it gym1, gym2 and gym3.
If i remeber correct, then in all that years, max. 3 guys asked what gym2 is; and i explain it only if someone ask.

I even bet using alias names will increase the number of question, because they will ask: Hey, there is already an other group in the pool, is't that a bug?

I recommend to avoid calling a room 2 times the same, because it might lead to bugs. (For example if a other school or public guys ask if there is still space in the room. You might give him an incorrect answer if you check the false room (because both have the same name).) Also you might not check you timetable as quick (for example if you want to have 2 groups at the same time. Or if a large group need the whole pool.)

So overall i don't like naming 2 rooms the same name and i can't see an advantage in that.