Season Schedule Now Page

Description | Controls | Displaying | Keyboard Shortcuts

 Description

Use the Schedule Now page to have the Team Sports Scheduling System schedule your season automatically. Simply click the Start Scheduling button. If you would like to schedule the games manually, just click the OK or Finish button without clicking the Start Scheduling button.

 Controls

• Schedule Name page
  Allows you to change the name of the schedule and also specify which master schedule and league to use.
  
  
• Game Sets page
  Lets you create the team pairings.
  
  
• Officials page
  If officials should be schedule, this screen allows you to specify which ones and how many per game.
  
  
• Settings page
  Change the season dates and other constraints.
  
  
• Total number of games to schedule information display
  Displays the total number of games to schedule in all the created game sets.
  
  
• Advanced button
  Allows you to customize how long to scheduler runs by displaying the Advanced Schedule Settings dialog.
  
  
• Number of games scheduled information display
  Displays the number of games currently scheduled by the scheduler.
  
  
• Number of games unscheduled information display
  Displays the number of games still unscheduled by the scheduler.
  
  
• Best Rating information display
  A rating for the current schedule based on the number of games to schedule, the current schedule's score, and other factors. The following ratings may be displayed while scheduling your season:

   

  • Perfect - The current schedule has a score of zero meaning it is not violating any of the rules specified in the Settings and Scheduling Penalty Values.
    
  • Great - This schedule is quite good and can probably be used as your season schedule.
    
  • Good - This schedule is good, but could be better. You may want to use this as your season schedule.
    
  • Fair - This schedule isn't so good but could be worse.
    
  • Poor - This schedule is pretty bad and you wouldn't want to use this as a season schedule. A rating consistently of poor usually means there are problems with the set up of the league. Double check to make sure there is enough available time, fields, and dates to play the selected number of games.
    
  • Terrible - A schedule that stays at the Terrible rating for a length of generations usually means there are problems with the set up of the league, teams, fields, or officials. Double check to make sure there is enough available time, fields, and dates to play the selected number of games.

    

• Best Score information display
  Displays the numerical rating of the current best schedule. The numerical rating is calculated from the Scheduling Penalty Values and the constraints on the Settings page. The lower the score, the better the schedule.
  
  
• Schedule Now/Stop Scheduling button
  Starts or stops the scheduler.
  
  
• Current generation information display
  The number of scheduling combinations already tried by the scheduler. You can specify how many combinations the scheduler should try by clicking the Advanced button.
  
  
• Elapsed time information display
  The amount of time spent on this scheduling attempt.
  
  
• OK button 
  Saves the changes.
  
  
• Cancel button 
  Close the dialog discarding changes.
  

 Displaying

The Create/Edit Season Schedule dialog is displayed whenever you choose to create or edit a season schedule. This may be from the New dialog, the Creation Toolbar, and even the Project Tree. Click the Schedule Now tab to display this page.

 Keyboard Shortcuts

Alt+Ctrl+S