Same Activity and Same Hours But on Different Days - Possible in FET?

[activityum]

Hello,

Is is possible to use create a schedule somewhat similar to this link (https://mash.ie/images/product/Screenshot%20%2815%29_5.png or https://www.seczanzibar.com/example-timetable/)? In my school, there is a preference that an activity is done in the same hour every day throughout the week.

There are 6 days in a week. Activities count usually differs from 5-8. For the past years, while creating the timetable on paper, we try to fill in activities with count 5-6 and then fill the remaining activities in the gaps.

This year, I wanted to use FET but I can't seem to find a solution for this. I tried using "A set of activities have a set of preferred starting time" for group incharges and but doing this for all activities looks very time consuming and will create more conflicts.
Using this constraint, I could force Activity B to start only at 9AM. Now, doing this for multiple activities is troublesome and will create conflicts. I can adjust Activity B to start anytime but it should start at same time throughout the week.

Thank you for reading this!

[Liviu Lalescu]

Hello, @activityum ,

I think you are looking for the constraint activities same starting hour (any days), and there you have a button to "Add/remove multiple constraints" at once.

Please let me know.

[activityum]

Sorry for replying late.

Thanks it worked perfectly.

[Liviu Lalescu]

I am glad it worked! If you agree, you can send me your file, so I can have a look, I am interested. If it is private, by email; if it is not private, you can post it archived here and if you want we can add it as an official example in FET.

[activityum]

Hello,

Sure thing. Although I am still creating the final timetable, I can share a draft version. There are some advanced changes that I am doing right now which is making the timetable impossible to generate. It will take me few days to get the final version. Let me know if you are interested in that so that I can send it once done.

Meanwhile, I have attached the draft file alongside. The timetable takes 5-10 minutes to generate depending upon the seed. I have also attached data_and_timetables.fet too just in case.

I am okay if this (or the final version) timetable goes in official example. I would be happy to share it to others.

[Liviu Lalescu]

Hello,

Thank you for your kindness! It is an interesting file. I will add it to the official FET examples, but please see how the other examples are put into directories and suggest a location for your file as well.

I would prefer to add the final timetable. We plan a new FET release on 26 March 2024, so maybe it will be ready.

[Liviu Lalescu]

Hello,

Maybe a new FET version will come sooner, on 25 March 2024, in the afternoon. If you are not ready with the final file, I could add the current file.

[activityum]

Hello,

I was (still am) sick and unable to work on it for a period of time. Here is the new version. I would suggest adding both versions in the examples.

As for the folder, "India/Punjab" should be good. I am not sure if this FET-5 or FET-6 folder.

Edit - Changed zip file.

[Liviu Lalescu]

Hello,

I am sorry to hear this! I wish you a good recovery!

I added your files in FET-6 (because you work with FET version 6.18.1). But recently I decided it is best to put the example files in directories named after the user who submitted them, so I added them in a directory named after your forum username.