Why Wise Timetable?

Overview

Wise Timetable was made in close cooperation with end users: schools and universities.We learned a lot

from them about timetabling process and we designed our software with a great respect for their wishes

and needs. Our product was also successfully tested by our end users, so we are certain that it is capable

of handling various demands of modern education system.

The latest version Wise Timetable, version 3.0, was released in February 2007. For development we used

the most up-to-date technology, and by doing so, we managed to make one of the best products in market

of class scheduling.

Our main motto is: keep it simple and flexible! On first glance one can see how simple and user friendly

Wise Timetable is. More important, it is very flexible, so if there is any specific in your organization, which

is not already included in our product, we can implement it as a new functionality.

Data input

Your data can be inserted manually or automatically imported from your database. For manual input of

programs, subject areas, courses, lecturers, groups, locations, and students specifications use intuitive

interface with clear descriptions and tooltips (explanation are shown when mouse is placed over function

of interest). All functionalities are directly accessible from all the points where you might need them. For

quicker access shortcuts are also available.

Timetable can be created manually or automatically or in both ways by mixing them in any way you want

(to avoid changing already inserted parts of timetable by generation just use locking functions).

When creating timetables manually our software gives you extensive hints of optimal actions for creating

ideal timetables. With SWAP function you can easily manage lecture permutations across timetable,

utilizing conflict prevention at the same time.

Help tools

An extensive help is inseparable part of our application, easily accessible by F1 key. There, you can find

clear descriptions of all functionalities and useful examples. Help is content sensitive and contains index

and search functions on your disposal.

If you have any additional questions, do not hesitate to contact us. You can expect prompt response from

our support team. Some of the most frequently asked questions are collected on our FAQ page

(www.wisetimetable.com).

Views and reports

Timetables can be extremely complex, because of numerous combinations. To ensure that you can

easily see how the data is interconnected, we provide five views on the timetable (view by location, by

lecturer, by group, by course and by student). With the Wise Timetable reports, all the data is just a few

clicks away!

List of unallocated turns shows all turns (courses) that are not allocated in the timetable. With the function

View occupancy you can see when lecturers, groups or locations are occupied. You will quickly find free

locations with the help of locations review. You can send lecturers their timetables by e-mail.

Automatic generation

To generate a timetable automatically, just press button "Generate". Wise Timetable will generate

new highly optimized timetable, taking care of all the restrictions you have made: blockades, location

size, equipment required, lecture parameters, locked timetable units... With our software, you can

easily generate a timetable for each week or each semester separately or for whole year at once.

It is absolutely flexible!

You can optimize the process of automatic generation by setting up the percentage of deviation for the

number of students and the number of seats in the room. Generation can be adjusted according to time

constraints - by defining primary and secondary hours for lectures execution, or/and including Saturdays.

Maintenance

We know that no timetable is finite and fixed at the beginning of the year. That's why we took special care

of manual timetable maintenance. With just a few clicks, you can change location reservations or change the

lecturer. Graphical interface is optimized for quick and easy usage. All changes are transparent throughout

the timetable.

Your timetable can be maintained by more persons. You can even maintain different programs (e.g.

undergraduate and postgraduate) simultaneously in the same locations - Wise Timetable will allow you to

reserve locations for different timetables and transfer these reservations between them. You can

add comments, which will be displayed in the main workspace, reports and/or email notifications.

Corrections

You can always make corrections to your timetable or even make the whole timetable manually, keeping

the data controlled and double-checked by Wise Timetable. Changes in the timetable can be made by

making a single cell changes or copying parts of a timetable in a various ways.

You can change timetables for whole school year or just for one week. With the function swap you can

quickly swap allocated course with other allocated courses or with empty fields. All changes are transparent

and built-in conflict prevention function will guarantee you against overlapping.

Publishing

Publish all the timetables to the WEB! We have prepared ready-to-use PHP and ASP web pages which

can be easily included into your web site as sub-pages. To publish the timetable, just include connections

string for your database and ODBC scripts will do the rest. PHP and ASP pages are made differently for

access by professors and by students.

All pages are equipped by searching tool that uniquely identifies students of professor. Since, it is possible

that timetable differs from week to week, searching by weeks is enabled.

Import data

Wise Timetable read and execute SQL commands (retrieving data from DB) directly from your text files.

Prepared data about students in CSV (or Excel) file can be imported by using import functions directly

from application.

If you have your data about lecturers, subject area, courses and students in any ODBC compatible database,

you can import them. Wise Timetable is compatible with all popular databases (for example Microsoft

SQL, Oracle, Interbase, MySQL or any other SQL database supporting ODBC communication or ANSI SQL.