Sportzware Central - Fixture Generation

Sportzware Central - Fixture Generation

A fixture, also known as a draw or schedule, is a timetable of matches showing competitors, rounds, match times, dates and venues.

Generate a New Fixture

Note: you must first have created a Competition and added its Teams before you can Generate a fixture.

1. The Fixture Generation step can be reached in two ways:
   
   
   1. By proceeding through the Competition Setup Wizard, or
      
   2. By clicking on Fixture Generation from the Competitions tab.
      1. From the Fixture Generation window, select a competition and click Select.
         
         
         
         
2. Enter the venue and date requirements for the fixture.
   
   
   
   

Field Name	Description	Example
Start round	The round that the competition starts at	Usually round 1
End round	The last round in the competition	8
Fixture Template	Select from the available fixture templates or create your own by clicking on the pen and paper icon	6 Team Home/Away
Venue Assignment options	Home venues: Where each team has an allocated home ground Court Allocation: Several courts and times that are used in a competition Manual Allocation: allows the user to manually select the venues for each game	Home venues: MCG- often used in AFL Court Allocation: MSAC Court 1 - Often used in basketball Manual Allocation: select any of the venues in the database
Edit team home venues	edit the venu that has been assigned to the team. You are able to add a second and third home ground incase multiple teams share the same home ground.	MCG
Default start time	By default all matches will start at this time. But can be edited in the edit fixture section	02:00 PM
Start Date	The date that the competition will begin.	1/2/2009
Redraw Date	you are able to set a redraw date if your wish to regrade after the first few rounds	1/3/2009
Use round dates	If you tick this option you are able to chose the specific dates of the rounds otherwise the rounds will be played on the same days every week
Exception dates	If you don't tick the use round dates option you can select exception dates where the competition won't be played usually due to holidays.	Exception date: 25/12/2008, Reason: Christmas Day
Round Dates	If you use round dates you must add a date for every round in the competition.	10/03/2009 Round 1

1. Click on Ok to generate the fixture.

Venue Allocation

1. If you have selected 'Court Allocation' as the venue option from the Fixture Generation screen, the Court/Venue Allocation screen will open after clicking on OK. From here you can select the venues and times that will be used for the competition.
2. click on Ok to generate the fixture.