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Welcome to ResultsVault

Please take a few minutes to read through this getting started guide, which provides an overview of the core features of ResultsVault and aims to help new users familiarise themselves with the software and complete some key tasks.

Once logged into ResultsVault, detailed help files are also found on each screen, specifically for that task.

Logging into ResultsVault

A Welcome email is sent to all new users containing a Login ID and Password with a link to the Administration page.

 

Navigating the Administration Menu

Navigating ResultVault is performed via a series of menus organised into a set of 4 task-specific modes.

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Mode

Description

Top Level Menus

Organisation

Organisation contacts and office bearers and details, Member Signup, Account Management and User Maintenance.

Organisation, Webstore, People, Members, Users, Help.

Competition Management

All competition management functions including grade and fixture management, ladders, umpire management, reports, etc.

Competition, People, Players, Umpires/Referees, Communications, Reports, Help

Competition Participation

This mode is used by Associations that manage teams that participate in competitions run by another organisation (Eg: Representative teams)

Functions include team selection, match results / player score entry and registering players to a governing body

Matches, Teams, People, Members, Players, Communications, Configuration, Help

Website (SportzVault)

Only available to organisations with a SportzVault website this mode is for managing online content.

Content, Site, Webstore, SportzVault Options, Help

Where to begin?

As a starting point we suggest a change of password to something more memorable. To do this navigate to

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Each step can be performed via the standard ResultsVault menus, navigation directions and a brief description are provided for each below the following screen.

 

Step 1: Review Competition Settings

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MODE: Competition Management   MENU: Competition -> Competition Settings

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The list of result options that will be available when entering results is configured here.

 

Step 2: Create Admin Users

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MODE: Organisation   MENU: Users -> User List

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Point values are assigned result types and match events and ladders are automatically calculated overnight after results have been entered.

 

Step 5: Configure Ladder Display Schemes

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MODE: Competition Management   MENU: Competition -> Ladders -> Maintain Ladder Display Schemes

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To create a ladder points scheme use the add new ladder display scheme link in the top left corner of the page.

 

Step 6: Manage Affiliate Organisations / Manage Teams for Internal Competition

This option will vary depending on the team mode selected but in both cases it refers to managing the teams that will be competing in competitions.

 

Teams Managed by Clubs
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MODE: Competition Management   MENU: Competition -> Teams and Affiliates -> Child Organisations (affiliates)

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This page allows you to set up contacts for each of your member organisations as well as create club administrator user ids or perform admin tasks on behalf of clubs.

 

Teams Managed by this Organisation
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MODE: Competition Management   MENU: Competition -> Teams and Affiliates -> Maintain Entity Teams

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To create a new entity team click the add new entity team link. Enter a team name and click update to save. This team will now be available on the allocate teams to grades page and players can be selected through the edit entity teams page.

 

Step 7: Team Nomination

Note

Team nomination is only required by organisations that want their affiliate clubs or participants to nominate their own teams. If this information is being provided to the association by other means and manually re-entered this step can be skipped.

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Affiliate clubs will be able to Nominate teams from the opening date set on this form. Team nominations can be made directly by participants to association's by syndicating 

 

Step 8: Manage Grades

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MODE: Competition Management   MENU: Competition -> Grades -> Maintain Grades Teams and Ladders

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Grade divisions provide a means of organising your list of grades. These divisions can be used to filter grades on a number of admin pages and will determine the way that grades appear in drop down lists in the public portal.

Step 10: Manage Squad Lists

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MODE: Competition Management   MENU: Competition -> Grades -> Maintain Grades, Teams and Ladders... Team Settings... Edit (squad list column)

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Changes can be made to squad lists after nominated teams are allocated to grades.

 

Step 11: Allocate Teams to Grade

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There are two different approaches to this task depending on whether or not team nomination has been used.

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Allocate teams into grades. Other grade configuration options are applied at this step including Ladder point and Display schemes. Navigating to the team settings tab allows for more in depth team configuration such as default (home) venues and starting times and Fixture display and Media report names.

If a team nomination form has been used
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MODE: Competition Management   MENU: Competition -> Grades -> Team Nominations... Allocate to Grades

Step 12: Create Fixtures

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MODE: Competition Management   MENU: Competition -> Draws -> Create Draw

Create the fixtures.

Support

Online Help documentation

Each page on ResultsVault has a detailed help file, specific to that task, which will guide you through each step – click on the <help on this topic>.

InteractSport Support Centre

The InteractSport online support centre allows you to:

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