Schedule not allowing shared parameters?

[Sahay_R]

I have a schedule that ought to be talking to a tag. It doesn't since I cannot add a Shared Parameter. It's just this particular schedule that does not allow me to add a Shared Parameter - all of the other schedules in our Template are gentle, friendly, and obedient.

Jokes apart - I have a Schedule created with occupancy information from Code. This in turn drives another schedule that assigns occupancy type to rooms and reports and calculates values of rooms - occupancy, net and gross area, etc. I would like to connect a tag to this by means of a shared parameter, but Schedule #1 will not accept Shared Parameters. All the parameters in this schedule are Project parameters. The Field for 'FUNCTION OF SPACE' is a Key Name - I fear that this is one of the dreaded Key Schedules. Even if I try to hook in a parameter that will talk to Schedule #2, since some of the fields are Project Parameter driven, it won't work. Both Schedules are attached as well as the tag I am trying to get to work with them.

Thank you!

[ToanDN]

You cannot add shared parameters to any Key Schedule. 

[Sahay_R]

Rats.

My next thought - possibly recreate Schedule #1  as as regular schedule? Would it be able to assign occupancy types, etc like the original does?

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

You could group similar Rooms into one row and enter the information for them.  It is still not at robust at using the Key schedule, where you just assign a Key and the entire list of parameters change accordingly.

It depends on your priority.  If you have large quantity of information need to be standardized then I would stick with using a Key schedule, especially for the maintenance of information in the long run.   If you only have a few and they need to be on a Tag then the other way around.

[Sahay_R]

This schedule was formulated from the point of view of Commercial / Higher Ed occupancy - so I do not think that dumbing it down would be an option.

What a mess. It was a good thought while it lasted......