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Calendar mode — advanced options

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Calendar mode (creation): create a dated timetable with no weekly recurrence — each lesson on its own precise date — with its advanced planning options.

Calendar mode is one of the three timetable types supported by Omniscol, alongside weekly mode and cyclic mode. It is used when the timetable does not follow a regular recurrence: each lesson has a precise date, with no repeating weekly pattern.

Creating a calendar timetable is included in the Premium plan, along with availability in calendar mode and the publication of multiple active timetables in parallel: on a Premium account, these functions are available without any specific activation.

What calendar mode specifically enables

  • create a timetable whose lessons are individually dated;
  • define a start and end date range;
  • use date constraints when they are configured;
  • generate only a target window shorter than the timetable's total range;
  • ask the solver to compact lessons at the start of the period, at the end of the period, or with no position preference;
  • display, publish and view lessons like other timetables but over a date interval;
  • use off-grid mode on calendar classes, with explicit start and end times on each lesson.

Complementary functions

Other functions, described on their dedicated pages, naturally complement a calendar timetable:

When to prefer calendar over weekly

  • Non-recurring programmes: intensive modules, seminars, conferences on varying dates.
  • Continuing education: sessions that do not run on a regular academic year.
  • External teachers: each one has their own calendar, not fixed weekly service hours.
  • End-of-programme courses: projects, thesis defences, juries.

See Calendar mode for typical higher-education cases.

How-to

Creating a calendar timetable

  1. Create a new timetable in Timetable management. On the type selection screen, choose calendar mode. Enter the start and end dates, then confirm.

  2. Configure the calendar: label, description, working days and time structure. You can also declare reusable date windows, applied on the time constraints of classrooms, classes, subjects and groups.

  3. Enter the lessons on precise dates: date, times, group or class, teacher(s) and classroom(s). If a class is off-grid, fill in explicit start and end times.

  4. Start the generation if you use the solver on this timetable. The available constraints depend on the data filled in: teachers, classrooms, dates, availability and calendar constraints. For a test or a progressive build, use the advanced options to limit the generated date window; enable compacting if you do not want the algorithm to spread lessons across the whole available period.

  5. Publish and combine: you can publish this calendar alongside a regular weekly timetable. The people concerned see the merged lessons when viewing. See Multiple active timetables in parallel.

See also

See also