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Update Exam Notification

Overview​

The Update Exam feature allows Master Institution to modify the details of an existing exam notification.

Feature Description​

Purpose​

The purpose of the Update Exam Notification is to update an existing exam notification while maintaining data integrity and preventing unauthorized changes.

Key functions​

  • Update specific exam notification:
    • If the exam is published, user can only change the names in the exam notification. They are
      • group name
      • regular exam name
      • supply exam name.
    • If the exam is not published, user can change various fields like:
      • subject types
      • exam type
      • batches
      • evaluation type

Output​

Successfully updating exam notification or throw exceptions with error messages

Process Flow​

Development Steps​

  • Check Permission: Validate that user attempting to update exam details possess the 'end_semester_examinations_edit' permission.
  • Check Authorization: Only Master Institution can update the exam notification.
  • Check Existence Verify the existence of the exam notification.
  • Check Publish Status: Check whether the exam notification is published.
  • Validate exam type and batches: It is essential to prevent the creation of exam notification allowing a particular batch to write both regular exam and supplementary exam.
  • Validate Removing a subject type: We have to ensure that there are no student registrations for a particular subject type before removing the subject type from the notification
  • Validate Removing a supplementary batch: We have to ensure that there are no student registrations for the supplementary exam in this notification before removing the batch from the notification.
  • Validate Removing a regular batch: We have to ensure that there are no student registrations for the regular exam in this notification before removing the batch from the notification.
  • Check Duplicate: Validate if an exam notification with specific input details is already created.
  • Update exam notification: save the changes to 'ExamGroup' entity.

Functions with individual test cases​

  • updateExamGroupDetails
    • Updates exam notification details with the checks and validations as mentioned above and returns a success message.

Dependent Modules​

  • Subject Entity
  • Course Entity
  • Subject Type Entity
  • Exam Group Entity
  • Stud External Entity

Conclusion​

The update exam feature in ExamX provides a robust mechanism for modifying exam notification details while ensuring data consistency and integrity. Through a series of validations and checks, the backend implementation guarantees that only authorized and valid updates are processed, contributing to the overall reliability of the ExamX system.

References​

  • API Postman Link: