Resource

A resource in Omniscol is a piece of movable equipment, not attached to a particular classroom. Each resource carries a name and an available quantity.

Examples: three portable projectors, a case of 30 tablets (the case counts as 1, not 30 — you enter the number of cases, not the number of tablets), a microphone kit, a set of first-aid manikins.

How it is used

When configuring a course, you indicate the resources it requires. The solver guarantees that simultaneous lessons never request more resources than exist: if you have 3 portable projectors, no more than 3 simultaneous lessons can each request one.

Difference with classrooms

A classroom is attached to a site and never leaves it. A resource is not attached to any classroom (but it is attached to a site, which prevents using a case from site A for a lesson on site B).

Typical cases where no resource is used

Many courses have no declared resource — that is the default. Declare a resource only if it constitutes a real limit: if you have 30 portable projectors and at most 4 simultaneous lessons, there is no point in modeling it; if you have 3 and several lessons requesting one, you want the solver to arbitrate.