The season in which the draw is to be created. A season is a way of designating a competition to a time period which ultimately ends up in a finals series and winner. There can be

several seasons setup for each calendar year, by default the two seasons for each year are created. A Shoulder Season i.e. 2010/2011 which is any competition running from within

the dates July 1 and June 30. And a Calendar Season i.e. 2010 which is any season running within the dates January 1 to December 31. When a season is selected the Draw Creator

takes a "best guess" at the season start date and non playing periods.

The grade for which the draw is to be created. The grade designates a group of competing teams (can also be referred to as league, division, competition within different sports).

Multiple grades or a single grade can be selected. When selecting multiple grades (they can consist of grades with different teams) a fixture is created for each grade for the

settings defined. In Multi grade mode the Manually edit/enter matches option is disabled and you will not be able to change Draw Seeds in this process. Draw seeds and other

settings can be setup via the Team Settings tab in the Grade Management screen. Only grades with teams allocated for the current season will be displayed

This is the fixture template to be used for creating the draw and will be filled with all fixture templates of the chosen Draw Type. If your organisation has their own fixtures template

they can submit a request to have it uploaded for them after which it will appear in this list. See "Draw Creator - Concepts - Fixtures TypesTemplates"

If finals rounds are created select an appropriate template from the dropdown box. The most common templates should already exist but if you require a different one a custom finals

template can be up-loaded for you organisation.

The default match type for matches within this draw. On the Round Settings page you will have the opportunity to change the match type for a given round of matches and when the

draw has been created you will be able to change the match type for a given match via the Edit Match screen. See "Draw Creator - Concepts - Match Types"

This is the date the draw creator will use for the start of the fixture. The time of the matches may be adjusted in either of the two scenarios:
1) If the home team for a given match has a default start time set as in the Team Settings page then this is used as the time of the match
2) If no start time as set above but if the grade has a default start time as set in the Grade Edit screen then that will be used as the time for the match

When using "Fixture Slot" mode the time for the match is set according to the first available fixture slot as defined in the Grade Management screen (Season tab) or the default as

configured in the Venue Selection page screen

This is the number of rounds you would like to create for this draw. The maximum number of rounds that can be created is 30 but if you require more then contact support.

To create Finals matches only set this value to "0"

If you would like to start the round numbering from a number greater than 1 enter the value here. This allows you to create partial fixtures. For instance you may create round 1-3

and then later on create rounds 4-10 and when doing so you will set the Start from Round value to 4.

This is the amount of time in days, hours, minutes to leave between rounds in the fixture. Usually this value is left at 7 days which indicates that once a week a round of matches

are played. However for some tournaments or events matches may be played once or several times a day. This value is used to create the round dates and times which you'll be

able to change in the Round Dates page.

This field only applies to multi-day sports such as cricket and will indicate how many match days are required for each match

Home and Away - This is the most common way of allocating venues for matches where each team in the grade plays at their home venue if they are the home team.

These can be setup via the Team Settings page.

This specifies whether to publish the draw when the draw is finalised and submitted. An unpublished draw is not visible on public web sites and only visible to admin users for the

organisation that created the draw. This allows it to be fine tuned before allowing people to see it.

If this is checked the user will be taken to the Manual Draw Edit screen before proceeding to the Review/Submit screen. The user can always go back to this screen from the

Review screen before the draw is submitted even if this box is not checked. This option is not available if you have selected multiple grades.

During some competitions there is a mid-season break or non-playing period(s) which the user can specify with these date ranges. This will determine what round dates are

automatically generated which can be changed in the Round Dates page.

The text entered here is displayed at the top of the Draw display page. This may be a good place to display a sponsors name.

This text is displayed at the bottom of the fixture and is typically used to enter notes that teams need to be aware of in regards to the draw.