GetTimetable/TimeEdit

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UMS Modules

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TimeEdit

This feature only works if UMS has uploaded the data with our TimeEdit module.

Setting

Description

Name of the setting.

Extra required TimeEdit fields

Fields UMS uses when extracting timetable blocks.

TimeEdit Name	TimeEdit object type	UMS object	Description
studentclass	Object	Activity
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

Location

This can considered as rooms or they can be locations. They will be put in UMS tables as rooms.

Location must have 2 fields in TimeEdit

general.id

Will be put in these 2 fields in UMS

• Room ID
• Room number

general.title

Will be put in this field in UMS

• Room name

Course

extid

Will be put in this fields in UMS

• SKFA_ID

course.code

Will be put in this fields in UMS

• Course

course.name

Will be put in this fields in UMS

• Description

course.shortname

Will be put in this fields in UMS

• DescriptionShort

Timetable block

These 2 fields must be set on the timetable block.

AbsenceRegistration

UMS supports Absence information from TimeEdit.

This is achieved by creating a True/False column on the timetable blocks called "AbsenceRegistration"

When set to True UMS will see the timetable block as Attendance Registration enabled.

Comment

This will be put in the comment field in UMS

FAQ

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.