Events may be dragged into the cauldron. You can also use copy and paste
to get specific events into the cauldron.
To remove an item from the caulrod simply select it (or them) and
click on "Exclude Selection".
You can include events with particular properties. For example if you
click the button "Unplaced (Session)" then all the events which are
do not have a time slot will be included.
| Button | Explanation |
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| All | All events are included |
| Clear | The cauldron is emptied |
| Exclude selection | All items which are currently highlighted
are removed from the cauldron |
| Unplaced (Room) | Those events which have not been assigned a
room |
| Unplaced (Session) | Those events which have not been assigned
a time |
| Unsupervised | Those events which have no staff associated |
| Onerous | Those events which have the Onerous falg set |
| Fixed room | Events with the fixed room flag set |
| Fixed session | Events with the fixed session flag set |
| People Clashes | For each event we check all the people
attending - if the event participates in a "clash" then it is included.
The small box gives details of the clash.
Checking for clashes in a large file may take a long time. |
| Room clashes | Events which clash with other events over
rooms are included. |
| Unsatisfactory | The requirements and satisfactions
are checked for each event. Those found wanting are included |
| Kind | Those events whose "kind" matches that specified
are included |
| Prefix | Events whise names begin with the specified string
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| At least this big | Events of the size given or larger are included
The size of an event is the sum of the
sizes of the student groups (directly) attending it. |
| No bigger than | Events smaller or equal to the value given |
| On Day | All events on the specified day are included. 0 is
Monday, 1 is Tuesday, ... |
| Paste | The events in the clipboard are included in the
cauldron |
| Count | The number of events and the total hours are updated |
| Write event details | All the details of all the events in the
cauldron are written to a "Tab delimited file". This format can be easily
laoded into a spreadsheet or converted into a table in a word processor.
Users should use the spreadsheet or word processor to delete columns
which are not required. |
| Cancel | Some operations (such as clash checking) can take
a long time to complete. If you run out of patience press this. |
| Select in Event list | All items in the cauldron are
selected in the main event list window. If you wanted to delete from
the database all the events in the cauldron you whould do the following:
- Clear the selection in the event list window.
Select a single item then unselect it by click with "Ctrl"
- Click "Select in Event List" on the cauldron window.
- Click the "-" button on the event list window.
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