1. Training course Part 4: More advanced features!
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Training course
Part 4: More advanced features!

2. Agenda – Part 4 Preferences screen Edit classes – advanced
Custom class definitions and entry forms
Edit clubs
Other disciplines
Certificates
Customising results & checklists
Anything else I’ve forgotten!

3. Preferences screen
Lots of settings are available – most are self-explanatory

4. Advanced class editing - 1
You can assign multiple classes to a single flight (Timetable editor)
The classes bounce together
Results a kept separate
We frequently want to combine classes if numbers are low
Makes a ‘proper’ competition if > 3 entrants
Keeps trophy costs down
Two way to combine classes
By adding a different age group to the current class
Join multiple classes an create a new composite class
Ones joins are selected, you click ‘Combine’
You can undo the join by using Reset – original classes are remembered
You can export results with the original classes too

5. Demonstration
Join Classes

6. Advanced class editing - 2
Once you have edited classes, you may want to re-use them
TScore saves class definitions in simple “class definition” text files (CDF)
You can save the current set using ‘Save to File’
You can merge a CDF with the current competition
You might want to have one per discipline
CDFs are listed in the ‘New Competition’ screen as Competition ‘Type’
CDFs are located in C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\ClassDefns
Files are strictly column-aligned, but can be edited by hand

7. Entry forms - 1 Entry forms are written in Excel
Simple in essence, but can include complex lookups
4 key fields define a class: Discipline, Gender, Grade & Age
These are read from 3 fields on the entry form and must match the CDF

8. Entry forms - 2
The Age (actually AgeGroup) is normally calculated from the Year of Birth
This will often entail a complex formula, so Protect the worksheet

9. Entry forms - 3
When you actually look at the formula, it just uses a couple of lookups from the ‘Lists’ worksheets, and some named cell ranges

10. Import lists
Online entry systems (BGNet, USAG Online) usually generate CSV or Excel lists
TScore can import these using the Import/Export screen
Prepare the file so it has correct column names
Basics are: Name, Age, Gender, Grade, Discipline, Start
See the User Guide for the full set of recognised column names
Note that the USAG file contains multiple disciplines per athlete
Some formats (BG GymNet) do not have Discipline, Age, Gender and Grade
TScore has to try to match these by ‘competitionname’ alone
If there is no identically named class, TScore will try to guess it
It looks for key phrases to identify the key fields
The phrases are defined in ‘Lookup files’ for Discipline, Age, Gender and Grade
You can extend or modify these – take care with ordering

11. Lookups for class matching
Some formats (BG GymNet) do not have Discipline, Age, Gender and Grade
TScore has to try to match these by ‘competitionname’ alone
If there is no identically named class, TScore will try to guess it
It looks for key phrases to identify the key fields
The phrases are defined in ‘Lookup files’ for Discipline, Age, Gender and Grade
C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\ClassDefns\Lookup
You can extend or modify these – take care with ordering
Example:
Club 1 | CLB1
Club 2 | CLB2
Club 3 | CLB3
Club 4 | CLB4
Challenge Junior | ChJnr
Challenge Senior | ChSnr
Espoire | ChEsp
Espoir | ChEsp

12. Edit Clubs The Edit Clubs screen serves three purposes
Make changes to all of the gymnasts from a particular club
Set addresses or just fill in missing ones
Correct long and short names
Set state / region
Check the status of each club’s gymnasts – who has competed etc.
Use the filter to print of certificates for all clubs / schools who have finished competing

13. Other Disciplines TScore supports:
Trampoline, Synchro, DMT, Tumbling, Acro, Artistic Gymnastics and Pole Sports.
Some of these are still in ‘beta’.
Each have different scoring schemes, layouts and rules

14. Certificates
Can be produced for participation, confirmation of results or qualification
Create a Word certificate template in C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\Templates
Use pre-printed backgrounds, static text and bookmarks for fields to be replaced:
Name
Club
Place
Qualified
Score
Competition
Grade
After Class
Date

15. Custom result sheets You can customise the printed results sheets
these use Excel files as templates
installed as C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\Templates
and C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\TemplatesUSA
override in C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\MyTemplates
or per-competition in <competition folder>\Templates
Set colours, fonts, row and column sizes
Results templates are “PrintTemplate<DSC>.xlsx” e.g. PrintTemplateDMT. xlsx
Export files are “ExportTemplate<DSC>. xlsx”, (e.g. ExportTemplateART.xslx)
but the default includes TRA, SYN, DMT, TUM as worksheets
Don’t add or remove rows or columns – it can break printing
Beware of template version marker in cell - P1. Do not change it!
You can add graphics / logos etc

16. Custom checklists You can customise the checklists and export files
these use Excel files as templates
installed as C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\Templates
and C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\TemplatesUSA
override in C:\Users\Public\Documents\TScoreX\MyTemplates
or per-competition in <competition folder>\Templates
Set colours, fonts, row and column sizes
Checklists can be portrait / landscape
Number of rows per gymnast (useful for manual recorders)
Beware of version and other flags on row 1 – some can be changed
Z1 is a version marker – don’t change it
AA is ‘rounds per row’ for the recorder sheet
AE is the letter of the last column to copy into the output
AH is Y/N to use row heights set in the template

17. The future? A few ideas and requests! (no promises just yet)
Flexible flights – mix & match from classes
Passes on different panels (especially for tumbling)
Lunch / presentations in timetable
Individual judge entry pads
Full support for WAG / MAG
Rhythmic gymnastics
‘Track display’ for next gymnast etc.
Online entries
Bundled ‘publish to website’
Integration with ToF and HD equipment
TScore as a cloud service

18. Where can I get help?
The User guide is the first place to look – you can download a copy
Training videos, knowledge base and forum on the TScore website:
Most discussion though is now on
the TScore Facebook group, which
has over 40 members.
Please
for an invitation to this closed group