Scoring HELP PAGES

EVENT SETUP HELP...
OARS321 Online Automated Race Scoring system - HELP pages

All these help pop up boxes are WorkInProgesss with just so headers for now
If you see any of these yellow bands like this then it means an item is being changed, added or fixed.
These will hopefully go once beta testing is over...

General notes for all help pages....
Setup and data entry lists have changing background colours to indicate warnings and errors.

  BLUE Buttons are for titles and Navigation to other pages

  GREEN Buttons are for actions such as saving, updating, and printing

  GOLD Buttons are for messages and actions requiring caution

  ORANGE Buttons - for actions that require caution

  RED Buttons   are for actions such as deleting which cannot be recovered     RED - DELETE !

   Grey Buttons are currently out of service

  Violet areas are Work In Progress and not currently functioning

WIP Notes

check out the example system... HERE

Evente Setup where you can add, amend, delete your entries and place them in the correct classes

Specials worth noting

You cannot change a class or hull number once it has any score or rank as doing so will delete the entries scores.
Aliasing - when you want to score a boat in 2 different classes for the same race and elased time - tey acn be scored as different handicaps ifrequired
Status is used to either score or retire boats
Support boats can be entered here if they need tracking
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EVENT DATA...

BOAT NAME = The title that you wish to appear at the top of results pages - e.g. "Sunny Bay Annual Regatta" - max 100 char.

SKIPPER = The first and last days of actual racing - if a weekly series then first day and last day of series (Do NOT include practice days as these will affect the overall scores, set them up as a seperate event or scoring group)

STATxxxxxxxxxxxxxUS = Live if it is current or future and active

TYPE = This determins the DNC score as per ISAF scoring defaults.

RACES = If a regatta where some classes compete in more races thn others show the Max number by any class. Subgroups are used to group certain races together for a subresult - see example regatta

CLASSES = The number of classes using in scoring - you can have overlapping classes for scoring by using the subrace groups - see example regatta

SCORING = The title that you wish to appear at the top of results pages - e.g. "Sunny Bay Annual Regatta" - max 100 char.

RESULT GROUPS = The title that you wish to appear at the top of results pages - e.g. "Sunny Bay Annual Regatta" - max 100 char.

RATING SYSTEM = Main rating system for bulk of classes - some classes can use PY, OMR etc whilst bulk are scored using their IRC as TCR

DISPLAYS = Line Honours is shown for each class or each race plus a Race option - this allows for Fastest Elapsed or first over line awards. Other options are for Date displays

some items still WIP

Enter the max number of races that any class has to race - some classes may race less than this.
Start Race Number : - race numbering normally starts at 1 but you can amend if you wish to continue from another series.
Subgroups : - these are sub scoring groups for use if you wish to score a set of races seperately - see HELP
YB groups : - these are for scoring using YB trackers 0 if not in use - see HELP

RESULT GROUPS - determine how results are groups so that you can have multiple results for the same classes
DISPLAY OPTIONS
Line honours is calculated as both first over line or fastest elapsed & is shown for each class for each race, plus a Race option for all classes.
You can determine which is your main option for Class Line Honours 1 & 2 plus Race Line Honours 1 & 2
There are also options for choice of Date displays and ???

CLASSES & RESULT GROUPS - go to group setup to determine which boats are in which result class & result group. Result groups are usually the same as Classes but can be adjusted to allow for combined or split classes or any combination - see examples in help section.
RESult GROUPS

Number of CLASSES - go to class names setup screen to amend class names

Number of Classes
from: to Max Class :

Max Races : enter the max number of races that any class has to race - some classes may race less than this.

SCORING SYSTEM OPTIONS - Scoring defaults to ISAF low points scoring.. other options will be available in future releases
scoring system - ISAF
Default scoring discard profile

HANDICAP SYSTEM OPTIONS - defaults to IRC based handicaps but other options available in future releases or by special request
Rating System - IRC/PY/etc - list

ENTRY LIST HELP..WIP

Entry List is divided into Classes and ordered by Status then Hull number

The background colours are to assist with seeing warnings , errors or status .

To add entries you can either:

Add a BLANK Entry - you will need to complete all fields and save
COPY an existing entry and then amend Names - useful for one design or where entry data is common to many boats
Add from this ARBR Event entry list - If the event registration is being handled via ARBR system then can simple add those entries direct from the registration list. - see further detals on this and autoupdating later.
Add from the list of ALL ARBR Events (that you host) so that you can import boat data from one of your other events - useful for club annual regattas and repeated events with sililar entries.

With all of these methods you can amend any of the data once an entry is visible but remember to save an entry before changing another row.

DELETING...
If you delete an entry then all entry, scoring and associated data will be lost forever, so you can only delete if... there are no scores nor ranking for that entry, the status is X-DELETE..

ENTRY ROWS explained

Entries require class, Hull number, TCR minimum.
Active entries will be scored and displayed, Hidden will be scored but not displayed and Retired will not be scored.

CLASS = This should be one of the classes listed at the top
HULL = This should be a unique number for the boat - you can use sail numbers if required - uniqueness to the event will be checked each save.
DO NOT CHANGE HULL OR CLASS AFTER RACES HAVE STARTED otherwise scoring data will be lost

ALIAS.= allows you to have the same boat in 2 or more classes - you have to have the same boat in each class it is to be scored, but any race times for the master will be copied to the aliases so that you can for example, have a class of just TP52s racing within a larger class of racing boats giving 2 class results for the same race/series

WIP.....
e title that you wish to appear at the top of results pages - e.g. "Sunny Bay Annual Regatta" - max 100 char.

RACE DATES = The first and last days of actual racing - if a weekly series then first day and last day of series (Do NOT include practice days as these will affect the overall scores, set them up as a seperate event or scoring group)

STATUS = Live if it is current or future and active