[chandler-users] starting off .. partitioning info?

[Andrew Hill]

hi Mimi,

thanks for the reply - i most want to just use Cosmo for room  
scheduling - so don't have the "dashboard" for that particular  
interface.  this allows lab members to use the web interface or their  
ical, or chandler desktop, etc., for management.

i guess the simplest way would be to create a collection for each lab  
room we want to schedule, and do project-management tasks/events/notes  
that are not room-scheduling things as separate collections for  
projects.

thanks,
andrew


On Apr 8, 2008, at 9:11 AM, Mimi Yin wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> I'm not sure I fully understand your question, but I'm going to try  
> answering it anyway ;)
>
> - The Dashboard Collection automatically picks up all items you  
> create. But that's everything in 1 collection.
> - If you want to be able to see items "By Project" and "By Lab  
> Room", you'll need to create a collection for each project and put  
> items in both the Lab-Room collection they belong in *and* the  
> Project(s) they pertain to.
>
> At some point, we would like to make this easier by allow you to  
> define rule-based collections (e.g. Add all items where  
> "Location=Room A" into the "Room A" collection) so that you don't  
> have to do this kind of double-filing by hand.
>
> Depending on how complicated your scheduling gets, you could also  
> try putting the Lab-Room in the beginning 'Title" field of event  
> items so that when you schedule lab time, you have a visual cue for  
> conflicts. Then you would primarily organize everything "By Project"  
> and overlay all the project calendars when your scheduling resources  
> to make sure that nothing is conflicting.
>
> <lab-roooms.png>
>
> Does that answer your question?
>
> Mimi
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2008, at 6:42 PM, Andrew Hill wrote:
>
>> hi folks, just starting to use Cosmo and Chandler Desktop.
>>
>> i'm wondering; can location conflicts be managed, for different  
>> collections?
>> for instance, two collections have unrelated calendar items that  
>> attempt to utilize the same location as the same time.
>>
>> i'm trying to figure out the best way of doing:
>> 	- task management for several people's projects, with various  
>> collaboration between them
>> 	- resource management for a shared lab (scheduling rooms,  
>> messaging / tasks about supplies, sharing docs, etc).
>>
>> so far it looks like the best way to start would be to set up a  
>> collection for every room in my lab, and then schedule items within  
>> a room, regardless of project.  but i'd like a way to group and see  
>> calendar items and task items across collections, if possible.
>>
>> thanks,
>> andrew
>>
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