Using the Rules for building an Options Pattern

Pattern Rules

Options allows you to specify Rules for building a pattern of option blocks.
These Rules will be followed whether the pattern is being built by AutoCreate or you are building the pattern yourself.  If you try to break a Rule you will be warned.

There are 7 Rules you can choose from:

... and here is an example of how you might use some of them:          

Example 1.   Subjects MUST be in the same block
In this example (shown above) Art and Graphics will be placed in the same Block.

Example 2.   Subjects must NOT be in the same block
In the example above, Dip-1 and Dip-2 will be placed in different blocks (so that students taking this double-option Diploma will be able to study both).Example 3.   Students must be placed in the groups consistently
In the example shown, HSC1 and HSC2 form a double-option, but there is more than one group of each, and so the students must be allocated consistently, so that the groups are not mixed up.Example 4.   Subjects to be confined to specific blocks
A sub-screen allows you to specify which subjects are to be confined to which blocks.
See also the details on the HelpScreen, via the Help button.

Notes:
- Take care that you do not make it impossible for AutoCreate to find a solution, by applying too many restrictive rules.
- When you start a new pattern, its Rules are inherited from the previous pattern. Check this is what you want.
- Any given Rule can be Deleted, or Suspended (and later un-suspended).
- There is a separate KnowledgeBase article dealing with double options (double subjects) ...for example, type 'diploma' in the Search Box.