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1.2 ! bowersj2 1: \label{Spreadsheet_Completely_Recalc}
1.1 bowersj2 2: The total number of sheets in course can be tremendous, since it is
3: the number of students times the number of assessments. LON-CAPA
4: caches these sheets and only selectively invalidates those cache
5: copies if potentially relevant data changes. \textbf{Completely
6: Recalc} forces LON-CAPA to invalidate all cache copies.
7:
8: For instance, this is necessary to get the most up-to-date
9: calculations if the sheet itself contains direct access to the system
10: clock (making it ``out-of-date'' the moment it is calculated), or if
11: an assessment is edited in a way that would retroactively change
12: grading. The automatic spreadsheet invalidation catches student
13: submissions, \textbf{PAR}a\textbf{M}eter changes, and spreadsheet
14: changes, but not re-publication of a problem resource.
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