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See comments below: On 3 Nov 2000, at 12:13, Maggie Park wrote: > Has anyone any comments on the use of the two major > timetabling systems: > > Facility CMIS and Syllabus Plus > If you are using either or them: > > Which one? Facility CMIS > Does it work efficiently? Yes . > Is it in operation across the whole institution? No, we have a ten user concurrent license and use is restricted to Room Bookings, Exams, the Octagon conference centre and Corporate Information. > How long does it take to produce a timetable for a whole > year? Currently we only use the software to record timetable information, not to construct the timetable, which is the responsibility of departments. The time they take varies between departments but is a really an on-going process taking place throughout the year. > How good is the service from the company? The support & training courses are very good. Inevitably they are not always as good at responding to requests for system enhancements as some would like. > How long did it take to implement in the first place? About six months. > What is the scale of use you are making of it? E.g. how > many students, courses, rooms etc? We book all centrally pooled rooms using the system. We do not however keep student data on Facility. We currently hold data on 8336 events held in 222 rooms for the 2000 academic session. Rgds Simon Simon Geller Academic Information Management Corporate Information and Computing Services University of Sheffield Tel: 0114 22 21114 Fax: 0114 222 1188 CICS: http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/admin/cics/ mailto:[log in to unmask] Personal Home Page: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/~smg/index.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%