Schedule Generator

The Schedule Generator is a league by league feature that allows individual leagues to generate a schedule for their games and practices.

Where is this available?

Once you log in to the site go in to your League's control panel by selecting the league from the league drop-down.  Under Scheduling select Generate Schedule.

Before Setup!

Don't forget to go to Edit Schedule Details under Scheduling in your league menu to update the settings associated with your schedule. You will want to update the settings which include your game duration and points set up then click Save Changes.

Generating Your Schedule

The Schedule Generator has a four step process for creating your schedule:

Step 1 - Configuration

1. You will need to select which teams are playing in this schedule under "Choose the teams playing in this schedule".
2. Beside each team is "View Team Options". Within here you have the option of setting up the venues that each team uses exclusively for home venues under the "Home Venue for #team name# tab" and if the team shares practice times with another team you can set up which team(s) under "Teams to Practice with #team name# tab".
3. Beside each team there will also be an option to choose which conference they are in, if using conferences.
4. Beside "Schedule Start Date and Schedule End Date" make sure these dates are the start and end dates for the schedule you are generating.
5. Under "Game Configuration" section set up the following restrictions:
   • Number of Games/Team
   • Maximum Games/Week/Team
   • Maximum Games/Day/Team
   • Minimum Time between games
   • Schedule Double Headers
6. Under "Practice Configuration" section set up the following restrictions:
   • Teams/Practice
   • Maximum Practices/Week/Team
   • Minimum Time Between Practices
   • Minimum Time Between Games and Practices
7. Once everything has been configured, click "Save Configuration and Options".

Step 2 - Blackout Dates

1. Within this tab you will choose the dates that individual or all teams cannot play/practice on. For example: holidays or away for tournaments.
2. Under “Choose blackout dates for your teams”, select either “All Teams” or a team that you want to set up a blackout date for.
3. Click on the date within the month calendars on the right.
4. There is no need to save changes as the blackout dates will automatically save.
5. If you want to delete a date click on the month then click the x beside the blackout date.

Step 3 - Time Slots

1. Within this tab you will set up the dates and times for each venue you would like to play games and/or practice on.
2. Select which venue you would like to set up time slots for. (Note:  Will need to follow the below steps for each venue needed).
3. A calendar will appear on the right, select a date to start setting up your time slots.
4. Click on the time and day of the week to start the schedule set up.
5. A pop up window will appear. Make sure to set up the following:
   • Venue
   • Start Date and End Date
   • Start Time and End Time - This is for setting up the full day, not just one game so enter the start date of the first game and end time of the last game
   • Weekdays
   • Conflict Handling
     • Abort (Cancel the operation and not add/edit any slots)
     • Skip (Leave conflicting slots unchanged)
     • Update (Update/Overwrite conflicting slots to match)
   • Slot Duration​
   • Slot Type:
     • Scheduler - Time slots or for either games or practices
     • Game Scheduler - Time slots or for only games
     • Practice Scheduler - Time slots or for either only practices
6. Click Save Changes.

Step 4 - Create Schedule

1. On the left hand side you will need to choose what you would like to schedule. 
2. Select the radial button beside No Games, Full Schedule, Inner-Conference Play, or Cross Conference Play.
   • Use No Games if you would like to generate practices only.
   • Inner-Conference play only allows games to be scheduled against other teams within your own conference
   • Cross Conference play allows games to be scheduled against teams from other conferences
3. Beside each option it will display the total number of games set to scheduled.
4. Slots available to games - We display the number of time slots available to schedule the games or practices.  
   • Note:  If the number of slots available is not enough for the games/practices being scheduled you will need to go back to Step 2 - Time Slots and book more slots.
5. Check the box for “Schedule Practices for all teams”, if you would like to schedule practices at the same time.​
6. Select View Chosen Matchups, which displays a "Schedule Summary" and "Temporary Schedule":
   1. Schedule Summary
      • View the list of games and/or practices by clicking on the game number link, or highlight all of a team's games by clicking on the magnifying icon next to the team
   2. Temporary Schedule
      • You can click a time slot to see what fits, or drag a game or practice around to reschedule. Any changes made will have to pass a conflict check, which is done right away.  You can override conflict checks.
      • Below the temporary schedule there is an additional list of unique matchups, which you can:
        • Each unique matchup is listed, with like-games grouped together. The number of times each matchup is scheduled is listed with the matchup, in brackets or;
        • Drag a matchup from list below into a timeslot and we will let you know if that game fits in the schedule
7. If satisfied with the schedule select “Create Schedule”.
8. Select “Yes” on the Confirm box to continue.
9. Select "Publish Schedule" button at the bottom to make the schedule live.
10. If you leave Step 4 - Create Schedule before publishing, you can go back to Step 4 and will see “An un-committed schedule has been found, Click here to restore the old session” option.