E10 - Elective data > Courses Action: Translation Table

Modified on Thu, 14 Aug at 12:59 AM

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preamble
Enabling Tertiary Features
How to use the Translation Table

Preamble

This article explains how the Translation Table can be used to break courses into sub components when generating Lines in E10.

Enabling Tertiary Features

The translation table can only be accessed once Tertiary features are enabled in Lines > Elective Data > View by ticking ‘Show advanced options’ and then 'Enable tertiary features':

The Translation table will appear under the 'Class Constraints' table in the Lines > Elective data screen. It consists of 5 columns in total with the following headings:

Input - The course code of the master course to be translated.
Output - The course codes of up to four sub components the master course will be translated into.
Warn - Warns if the defined unit count of the sub components doesn't add up to the defined unit count of the master course you are translating.

How to use the Translation Table

In this example a single Biology course will be broken up into two distinct components; 'Biology Theory' and 'Biology Lab'

Step 1

All three components first need to be created in the Courses table. After translation, the master course will not exist, so you need to make sure that the #C, MaxS, Teachers, Rooms and Lines values are set for the sub components accordingly.

Ensure the #C value for both subcomponents is the same as the master course. Similarly, the MaxS size will also be the same for both sub components. In this example, different room requirements have been entered for the lab lessons.

The Unit count is important; the 'Units' value against the sub components MUST total the 'Units' value entered for the master course. In this case, both sub-components will be 1U each, which means they will run for half a line (4 periods each), based on the Units per Line and Periods per line settings in the Parameters table:

Step 2

Once sub-components have been set up accordingly in the courses table, create an entry in the translation table as follows:

Then generate lines as normal. In the View lines screen, you will see that the two Biology sub-component classes are displayed instead of the regular Biology class:

In this example, these 1U courses have been places on the same line as if they were horizontally linked, however the two components do not have to be on the same line which means you can also use the Translation Table to split a class across multiple lines. This can be useful if a class needs to be delivered for a greater number of periods than can be delivered in a single line and therefore needs to span more than one.

The 'Same as' constraint can be used to ensure the class lists of both Biology class subcomponents are identical:

Unit Count Warnings

The total unit count of all sub-components must equal the unit count of the master course. If this does not occur, a warning will be displayed in the warning column. Below the translation table is giving feedback that the sub-component classes have a greater number of units than the master class:

In the Courses table the unit entry for the Biology Theory course is 2U instead of the required 1U, causing the above error warning. It should be changed to 1U.