<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>Hi,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I need to plan some tasks within a nr of timeslots.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Until now a task was always done within the period of one timeslot and I could validate my rules since a task has a planning variable </span><span>getTimeSlot/ setTimeSlot.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new
york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Now requirements have changed and a task can take more than one timeslot to complete.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>What is the best way to validate that the task is not started in a timeslot that would end the task after the last timeslot?</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>- Timeslots are always equally long (for example a week).</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>- All timeslots in the list of timeslots are </span><span>sequential (no gaps). </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>So if I have a list of timeslots W18, W19, W20, W21 and I have a task taking 3 TimeSlots to complete, it should start in W18 or W19.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Should I create a single planningRange fact, holding the first and last slot?<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new
york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Any directions would be appreciated.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Regards,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><span>Michiel Vermandel<br></span></div><div> </div><div>-----------------<br>http://www.codessentials.com - Your essential software, for free!<br>Follow us at http://twitter.com/#!/Codessentials</div></div></body></html>