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Designate all unused partitions as "last choice"

Make setting up partitions a little easier by giving admins a one-click solution to set remaining partitions as "last choice" rather than having to select them all ...
Suggested by: Wes H (CollegeNET) (16 Dec, '19) Upvoted: 26 Feb Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Choose which layout is applied in Optimizer runs

When preparing Optimizer runs, let users select a layout to determine the capacity for locations. If a location in the run does not have that layout, use the maximum ...
Suggested by: Mike C (CollegeNET) (28 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 10 Oct, '23 Comments: 1
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Allow users to change between sets of organization partition preferences

Let users create alternate sets of partition preferences (eg, for different campuses or graduate level programs) and choose which ones apply to a given Optimizer run.
Suggested by: Wes H (CollegeNET) (16 Dec, '19) Upvoted: 29 Nov, '23 Comments: 1
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Allow multiple runs in sequence

It is useful to be able to perform a run based on the results of another run. Right now you have to accept the results of the first run permanently, which makes ...
Suggested by: Wes H (CollegeNET) (16 Dec, '19) Upvoted: 19 Dec, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Define Alternative Organization Partition Preferences on a Section-by-Section Basis

A section might have different partition needs than its formal department's partition preferences. For example, "Math for Music Majors" might be technically coded as ...
Suggested by: Maggie (19 Dec, '20) Upvoted: 05 Mar Comments: 3
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Use X25 Modeling transformations in Optimizer runs

Apply data transformations from X25 Modeling to subsets of prepared data: * Enrollment/capacity adjustment * Add/remove features * Alter partitions/fill ratio
Suggested by: Wes H (CollegeNET) (16 Dec, '19) Upvoted: 03 Oct, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Archive option for Optimizer runs

We would love an option to archive Optimizer runs rather than deleting them. Similar to how we can archive extract sets in LYNX.
Suggested by: Rebecca Wagner (22 Dec, '22) Upvoted: 03 Oct, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Separate options to ignore blackouts and/or closed hours in Optimizer

There are times when we might wish to ignore closed hours but honor blackouts when using the optimizer. Having these options separated in the Optimizer would be ...
Suggested by: Rebecca Wagner (22 Jul, '22) Upvoted: 03 Apr Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Allow global settings to be modified after a run is created

The "sum cross-listed" setting and others cannot be updated once a run is created. It would be nice not to have to copy and re-create a run.
Suggested by: Wes H (CollegeNET) (16 Dec, '19) Upvoted: 08 Mar, '22 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Setting to Automatically Bind MMPs

It would be a great help to have a setting in the Optimizer that would automatically bind MMPs that were not already preassigned. We build our final exam times as ...
Suggested by: Emily Bell (08 Dec, '20) Upvoted: 03 Oct, '23 Comments: 2
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Warn user when expected headcount is used instead of registered

If an event has no expected headcount and the default enrollment is used, there is a warning during the preparation step. There should be a similar warning when ...
Suggested by: Wes H (CollegeNET) (16 Dec, '19) Upvoted: 13 May, '20 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Option to only use Fill Ratio on Optimiser Run, ignores Location Fill Ratio.

We want Fill ratio on Locations to be the recommended/desired minimum fill ratio. This is not how we want to use it in the Optimizer. We would like to be able to run ...
Suggested by: Pamela Mason (12 Jun, '20) Upvoted: 12 Jun, '20 Comments: 1
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Allow Locations to have Multiple Partitions

"Because the Optimizer won't place a section in a location outside its organization's partition preferences, it's wise to use the lowest priority preference group for ...
Suggested by: Bryanna Parish (19 Dec, '23) Upvoted: 19 Dec, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Optimizer - Report of Event/Location searches

As an administrator of a large multi-campus institution, it would be helpful to be able to export the Optimizer run summary such as Name, Event search, Location ...
Suggested by: Michelle Bright (26 Jul, '23) Upvoted: 26 Jul, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Optimizer Effective Dating for Exam Changes

This request is for being able to use effective dating for final exam situations in which you are changing final exams from a 5 day schedule to 4 day schedule.
Suggested by: Jennifer Clifton (19 Jul, '23) Upvoted: 19 Jul, '23 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup

Ability to restrict Optimizer run deletion to only "My Runs"

As a large multi-campus institution whose Departments are interested in using the Optimizer, we would like for users to only be able to delete their own runs. ...
Suggested by: Michelle Bright (01 Apr, '21) Upvoted: 01 Apr, '21 Comments: 0
Under consideration Optimizer Setup