Setting all activities with a specific tag to be grouped together

[zblakley]

Hello,

I have sets of activities in separate tags 'A' thru 'G' which are duration 3 or 4.
I would like all of these activities occupy the same time slots, but I do not care where they are placed.

Is this possible? I had trouble discovering a time constraint option to fit this need (but my brain is pretty well fried at this stage).

I am trying to open more options for what was previously a container or block scheduling system.

As always, I appreciate your advice.
(it seems as though this process will never end...)

Thank you,

Zack

[Liviu Lalescu]

Hello,

Either constraint activities same starting time (day+hour), or activities occupy max time slots from selection (select all slots of the week with X or red, max occupied = 4 I think).

[zblakley]

Beautiful,

Progress is being made.

Thanks again for the prompt and effective response!

[Liviu Lalescu]

You're welcome! Which approach of these two did you use?

[zblakley]

Same starting time (day+hour)

Then I added
each 1st activity of a group to a constraint
each 2nd activity of group
etc.

It doesn't really matter that first activities go together and so on, and I hope fet will not find that more difficult to place.
My test group worked well. It is processing now the whole batch. Fingers crossed I didn't make any mistakes entering everything.

Thanks!

[Liviu Lalescu]

You're welcome!

Say you have A1, A2, A3, and B1, B2, B3 (two activities split into 3 each). If the constraints for A1, A2, A3 are identical and so for B1, B2, B3, then you can use your approach. If the constraints are not the same and the timetable does not solve, you might want to try with occupy max constraints. Add A1, A2, A3, B1, B2, B3, select all slots, max occupied = 3.