This Document is a brief guide outlining the process of creating fixtures in Results Vault using Fixture Slots

Before beginning this process you should make sure the following tasks have been completed.

Adding fixture slots to a grade - All venues and start times should exist in the database.
Allocate teams to grades - All of your grading should be finished prior to fixture creation
Fixture Template Uploads - If you have a fixture template send it to support@interactsport to have it uploaded
Match Type Creation - All of your required match types should be created with the appropriate duration set.

Once these tasks are done, you are ready to begin. The process of creating your draws can be broken down into the following steps.

Adding fixture slots to a grade

You should add all of the times that will be used as match start times across all of your Venues for each day of the week.

Each Start time can be applied to multiple venues during the Draw Creation process.

Allocating teams

Select the season and grade from the selector bar and click the Go button.
If the are no allocations for the selected Grade/Season, the team type can be changed from the Populate available list from drop down list. Select either Child Organisations or Teams within the current organisation. If there are current allocations for the selected Grade/Season, the team type cannot be changed unless all clubs/grades are first removed.

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Once your Start Times have been created you can create your draws.

Navigate: Competition > Draw > Create Draw

The Start Page is used to input the general settings of your fixture and can be broken down into the following sections.

Set the type of draw you wish to use, the season and the grades (1 - many) that you wish to create fixtures for.

The fixture templates and match types available in your drop down lists have been pre-loaded.

The Start Date used should be the Monday of the first week of your fixture.

Start time is not relevant when using fixture slots and will be superseded by the Start Times configured earlier.

If there are breaks in your fixture you can specify them next. Begin the date range from the day after the last match

and end it on the day before the next match for best results.

Headers and Footers can be added to the draws as well.

The next steps involve confirming the round dates and times generated by the settings entered on the previous page.

You can confirm the selected match type on this page. If desired different match types can be used from round to round.

The starting date and time in each round can be modified on this page.

When working with Fixture Slots the Starting times used will always be

Create pairings of each available Start Time and Venue and apply a weighting to each pair indicating

its preference for allocation.

When applying weighting to a Fixture Slot 100 is the highest order of preference and 0 is the lowest.

Setting all weightings to the same level will ensure an even distribution of matches

If fixture slots have been assigned for the season you can skip this step

If a Start Time is allocated to Any Venue/Court matches will be allocated to any venues specified in the

Default Venues list (below) at that time.

The last step is checking the generated fixture to ensure it meets your requirements.

You can return to any step in the process by clicking on the title in the progress bar

displayed at the top of the page.

When the Fixture is suitable click on the submit button to save it.