If your organization uses a location hierarchy (locations within regions, and regions within divisions), ILT sessions will be recommended to users based on that hierarchy. For example, they will be shown sessions at their own location first, then in their own region.

However, some sessions may be geographically close, but in a different region or division. You can use location clusters to help recommend these sessions to users, because you can group locations that aren’t in the same division/region.

System Settings

In order for Cognition to utilize Location Clusters for displaying ILTs. Select Cognition from the top menu bar and then click System Settings. Now select the Learning Module tab and locate ILT Modules Settings. We will be looking at Default Student Calendar Locations and Maximum Student Sessions Locations.

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Note: This article will focus on Location Clusters, but you can also include the other levels (Divisions, Regions, Locations) along with clusters.

• Default Student Calendar Locations: The initial locations filtered when a student views their calendar. This is a soft limitation. It does not prohibit the student from expanding their search to sessions outside their Location Cluster.

• Maximum Student Sessions Locations: All possible session locations that a student can view in suggested sessions and on their calendar. This is a hard limitation. It prohibits the students from expanding their search beyond their Location Cluster.

  • Note: Selecting this option will overrule any settings for Default Student Calendar Locations if both overlap.

Once you have decided which type of limitation to go with, check the Cluster checkbox and press the Update button at the bottom of the page to confirm your selection.

Creating a New Location Cluster

Navigate to Location Cluster Administration be selecting Administration and then Location Clusters. Then click the green Add New button to start the process.

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Enter a Cluster Name and a Description, then click Add New Location Cluster. Which completes the process of making a Location Cluster. Now it is time to associate Locations with it.

Now select the Locations tab.

To add Locations you can click on the – Select a Location to Add – dropdown box and either scroll through or type in the location you wish to add. Once found, select it and press the green plus button next to the box to add the Location to the Cluster. Repeat for any amount of Locations you wish to add.

You may also select Advanced Search to better narrow down your search and make multiple selections here. Press Use Selected Items once you are finished.

Your selected locations should now be showing in the list, and your Location Cluster is complete.

So in the screenshot above, if a user has Retail Location 101, and the ILT session has Retail Location 150, then the session will be visible to the user because they are in the same cluster.

Student View

Locations within a Location Cluster will appear like any other Location on the Student Calendar. The only difference is what the Student will be able to view.

The Image below is what the Student would initially see when they are viewing their Calendar with Default Student Calendar Locations enabled.

The image below is what the Student would see when viewing their Calendar with Maximum Student Sessions Locations enabled.