schedule

Schedule App

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The ``schedule`` app allows staff members to create the schedule for the 

conference's presentations, breaks, lunches, etc.

The ```schedule``` app has a number of models that facilitate building the

structured schedule:

  * Schedule: A high level container that maps to each Conference Section.

  * Day: A Day associated with a Schedule.

  * Room: A Room associated with a Schedule. 

  * Slot Kind: A type of Slot associated with a Schedule.

  * Slot: A discreet time period for a Schedule.

  * Slot Room: A mapping of a Room and Slot for a given Schedule.

  * Presentation: A mapping of a Slot to an approved Proposal from the ```proposals``` app.

Schedule Builder Form

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It can be cumbersone to generate a schedule through the admin. With that in mind,

a generic schedule builder is available via a Schedule's edit view. For instance,

if a Conference site has a Talks Section and Schedule, the form would be

available for Staff at::

/schedule/talks/edit

The form consume a structured CSV file, from which it will build the schedule. 

Sample CSV data is included below::

"date","time_start","time_end","kind"," room "

"12/12/2013","10:00 AM","11:00 AM","plenary","Room2"

"12/12/2013","10:00 AM","11:00 AM","plenary","Room1"

"12/12/2013","11:00 AM","12:00 PM","talk","Room1"

"12/12/2013","11:00 AM","12:00 PM","talk","Room2"

"12/12/2013","12:00 PM","12:45 PM","plenary","Room1"

"12/12/2013","12:00 PM","12:45 PM","plenary","Room2"

"12/13/2013","10:00 AM","11:00 AM","plenary","Room2"

"12/13/2013","10:00 AM","11:00 AM","plenary","Room1"

"12/13/2013","11:00 AM","12:00 PM","talk","Room1"

"12/13/2013","11:00 AM","12:00 PM","talk","Room2"

"12/13/2013","12:00 PM","12:45 PM","plenary","Room1"

"12/13/2013","12:00 PM","12:45 PM","plenary","Room2"

It is worth noting that this generates the **structure** of the schedule. It 

does not create Presentation objects. This will need to be done manually.

One can also **delete** an existing schedule via the delete action. This is

irreversible (save for a database restore).