The Fixture Upload feature allows organisations to create, update, or extend a fixture by uploading a file in the system. Fixture Upload offers a flexible solution to generate a fixture, regrade teams, and allocate games. An additional benefit is that rounds can also be added or removed for fixtured grades. Use of the Fixture Upload feature is intended for the more advanced administrator who has an unusual/highly specific need to configure fixtures for a given competition season. If in any doubt, please discuss your need with your sports support team before using it.
Note: The Fixture upload feature is disabled for Tournament style competitions due to the added complexity of this style of play. Additionally, if you use the fixture upload feature, the PlayHQ Regrade wizard will be disabled for the corresponding competition season. Regrading is then accomplished via the fixture upload.
Rounds can be added to a fixtured grade to extend the current season. Rounds can also be removed if you need to shorten a fixtured grade's season.
More information on using the fixture upload can be found:
- generating a fixture via the fixture upload
- to regrade teams
- game allocations
- frequently asked questions
The sections below provide instructions for:
- Adding rounds to a previously generated fixtured grade using the fixture upload.
- Removing rounds from a previously generated fixtured grade using the fixture upload.
Adding rounds to a previously generated fixtured grade using the fixture upload
Scenario: The Monday U15 Boys B grade currently has two rounds fixtured and the administrator would like to add two additional rounds, Round 3 and Round 4.
Select the Competition Management main menu item, and then the appropriate Competition and Season tile, and then the Settings tab, and finally the Fixturing sub-tab.
Ensure that you understand generating a fixture via the fixture upload, then continue with the following steps.
Fill in the template with the fixture details, then select the 'Add Custom Fixture' button, then the 'Upload CSV' button to select your fixture template file, and finally Upload.
This file is attempting to add two additional rounds to the Monday U15 Boys B grade.
When a fixture file is uploaded, the information is validated to ensure it has the correct formatting. The information in the file is also validated against the data that exists in the system. If information is incorrect an error message(s) will be produced. The file should be updated and then attempted to be uploaded again. If there are no error messages a green success message will appear at the top of the screen:
Upon successful upload with no errors detected, a green banner will appear displaying the file is now ready to be uploaded.
Select the 'Generate Fixture' button to complete the process.
Once the fixture is generated, you will be taken back to the grade list:
Selecting the 'View Fixture' button for the Monday U15 Boys B grade will now display Rounds 1, 2, 3 & 4 as created in the upload fixture file. The system should match the file fixture. ie. in Round 3, the Yellow team is playing the Gold team on Monday the 22nd of June with game allocation details TBC.
Removing rounds to a previously generated fixture using the fixture upload
Continuing the above scenario, this grade currently has four rounds fixtured and the administrator would now like to remove one round to shorten the season to three rounds. To do this, upload Round 3 via the fixture upload and this will clear any future rounds after round 3. As another example, if there was a ten round season, to shorten it to seven rounds then you should only upload round 7, or rounds up to round 7, if you would like to replace the details of the other rounds.
Select the Competition Management main menu item, and then the appropriate Competition and Season tile, and then the Settings tab, and finally the Fixturing sub-tab.
Ensure that you understand generating a fixture via the fixture upload, then continue with the following steps.
Fill in the template with the fixture details, then select the 'Add Custom Fixture' button, then the 'Upload CSV' button to select your fixture template file, and finally Upload.
When a file is uploaded the information is validated to ensure it has the correct formatting and information is also compared with data on the system. In this file upload the Monday U15 Boys B grade is attempting to specify only the changed details for round 3 (the previously uploaded round 4 will therefore be deleted from the system):
The information in the file is also validated against the data that exists in the system. If information is incorrect an error message(s) will be produced. The file should be updated and then attempted to be uploaded again. If there are no error messages a green success message will appear at the top of the screen:
Upon successful upload with no errors detected, a green banner will appear displaying the file is now ready to be uploaded.
Select the 'Generate Fixture' button to complete the process.
Once the fixture is generated, you will be taken back to the grade list:
Selecting the View Fixture button on the Monday U15 Boys B grade will now display Rounds 1, 2, 3 only, with round 4 deleted. The system will match the file fixture. ie. in Round 3, the Yellow team is playing the Gold team, on Monday the 22nd of June with game allocation details TBC: