Ladders can be set up and modified within a grade and season, specifically:
- Any number of ladders can be set up for a particular grade and season.
- Each ladder can include all matches, or optionally filter the matches by one or more match formats.
- Each ladder can have completely different settings, however all must share the same Ladder points scheme.
- When entering a ladder adjustment for automatically calculated ladders, this can apply to all ladders, or to individual ladders.
When the season is locked for the grade (via the Season settings tab), ladders for that grade cannot be created, edited or deleted.
When do ladder configuration changes take effect?
If a change is made to anything that affects a ladder's points or percentage, the changes will only take effect from the next time the ladder is calculated, whether this is overnight, or by doing a recalculation via the Ladder Maintenance screen e.g. setting up a new ladder, changing the points scheme of an existing ladder, modifying the points scheme that is in use by one or more ladders, or changing match results.
If a change is made to anything that affects a ladder's display, the changes will take effect immediately e.g. changing the display scheme of an existing ladder, modifying the display scheme that is in use by one or more ladders, setting the public visibility of a ladder.
However one exception here is changing the percentage calculation method (simple mode) or adding a complex calculated field (advanced mode) within a display scheme in that this information displayed in the ladder will not change until the next time the ladder is calculated.