This setting defines the object type that UMS will extract from TimeEdit. If you click the buttons you will see default values for the object names in TimeEdit.
===Fields UMS uses when extracting timetable blocks.===
You can enter more object types for each UMS object
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!TimeEdit Name
!TimeEdit object type
!UMS object
!Description
|-
|studentclass
|Object
|Activity
|Used as activities that are class related
|-
|description
|Object
|Activity
|Used as activities that are not class related
|-
|description
|string
|Label
|This is a field on the reservation in TimeEdit
|-
|BlockType
|string
|BlockType
|This is a field on the reservation in TimeEdit
|-
|location
|Object
|Room
|Room or location somewhere in the world
|-
|person
|Object
|Teacher or Student
|This can be a student or teacher
|-
|comment
|string
|Comment
|This is a field on the reservation in TimeEdit
|-
|AbsenceRegistration
|bit
|AbsenceRegistration
|This is a field on the reservation in TimeEdit
Allow this timetable block to be seen in UMS absence registration
|-
|teacher
|Object
|Teacher
|Needs to be created as person in TimeEdit
|-
|student
|Object
|Student
|Needs to be created as person in TimeEdit
|-
|group
|Object
|
|Can contain students or teachers
|-
|course
|Object
|Course
|Used as courses that are class related
Is dependent on studentclass is set on reservation as well
In the example below. UMS will extract classroom and location as a room in UMS.
This setting defines the object type that UMS will extract from TimeEdit. If you click the buttons you will see default values for the object names in TimeEdit.
You can enter more object types for each UMS object
In the example below. UMS will extract classroom and location as a room in UMS.
What to do when TimeEdit replaces an existing timetable system such as SIS ?
When the school is ready to drop the old system, all old timetable data must be removed from UMS, else the enduser will see duplicated timetable blocks due days back / days ahead settings in both old and new system.