--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Calculation.tex 2003/08/29 21:08:40 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Calculation.tex 2003/08/29 21:45:21 1.2 @@ -1,18 +1,16 @@ -\label{Spreadsheet_Completely_Recalc} -The total number of sheets in course can be tremendous, since it is +\label{Spreadsheet_Calculation} + +The total number of spreadsheets in course can be tremendous, since it is the number of students times the number of assessments. LON-CAPA caches these sheets and only selectively invalidates those cache -copies if potentially relevant data changes. \textbf{Completely -Recalc} forces LON-CAPA to invalidate all cache copies. -\index{Completely Recalc} +copies if potentially relevant data changes. -For instance, this is necessary to get the most up-to-date -calculations if the sheet itself contains direct access to the system -clock (making it ``out-of-date'' the moment it is calculated), or if -an assessment is edited in a way that would retroactively change -grading. The automatic spreadsheet devalidation catches student +The automatic spreadsheet devalidation catches student submissions, \textbf{PAR}a\textbf{M}eter changes, and spreadsheet -changes, but not re-publication of a problem resource. \label{Spreadsheet_Max_Depth_Exceeded} +changes, but not re-publication of a problem resource. + +\textbf{Spreadsheet_Max_Depth_Exceeded} + The ``Maximum Calculation Depth Exceeded''\index{Maximum Calculation Depth Exceeded error} error can occur when you reference other cells in calculations. For example, if you have: