Student Lifecycle › Rooms & Timetabling
Meeting Patterns
What the timetable builder is asked to place for a section: hours a week, session length, preferred days, room type and equipment. A section without one keeps the shape of the meetings it has.
Where to find it
- Module: Student Lifecycle
- Group: Rooms & Exams
- Section: Rooms & Timetabling
- Screen: Meeting Patterns
Address in the console: /slcm/meeting-patterns
List · 9 columns · 13 fields on its form · 3 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Section | Code | section_no |
| Course | Code | course_code |
| Term | Code | term_code |
| Hours a week | Number | hours_per_week |
| Minutes | Number | session_minutes |
| Preferred days | Text | preferred_day_list |
| Room type | Status | room_type |
| Cohort | Text | cohort_tag |
| Kept fixed | Yes or no | keep_fixed |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section required | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Hours a week required | Number | ||
| Session length (minutes) required | Number | ||
| Preferred days | Text | Configuration list | |
| Not before | Time | ||
| Finished by | Time | ||
| Room type | Choice | lecture, lab, seminar, tutorial, exam_hall, studio, computer_lab, other | Blank: a lecture, seminar or tutorial room. |
| Equipment needed | Text | Configuration list | |
| Needs step-free access | Yes or no | ||
| Seats needed | Number | Blank: the section’s capacity. | |
| Cohort | Text | Sections with the same cohort are never placed at the same hour. | |
| Keep its meetings where they are | Yes or no | ||
| Notes | Long text |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.