Create an App Testing Draw in SKED

Competition organisers may find it useful to create a test draw (phase) before the competition starts, so scorers can practice scoring a game in the Game Day App. We recommend doing this by adding a phase to the existing competition. Note: this test phase can be deleted once it’s no longer needed.

Here are the steps to do this:

1. Create a phase in SKED called Game Day App Testing.
2. AAdd two preferred dates. Choose dates before the upcoming season starts, so scorers and teams aren’t confused about whether a game is a real season game or a test one. Note: for grades with an odd number of teams (which have a bye), a third date can be added in Phase Settings to ensure all teams have at least two games to practice scoring. This can be a doubleheader, if required, by adding the same date twice and selecting Fill all venues at first preferred time then use alternate time in the preferred time settings. See this support article.
3. Edit the Total Game Duration, Preferred Times, and Preferred Venues in Phase Settings to ensure there’s sufficient venue capacity to accommodate all games on the selected dates.
4. In Advanced Options of Phase Settings, increase the number of teams per draw to the highest number of teams in any of the chosen grades. This ensures only one section is required per grade to build the test draw.
5. Save the Phase Settings.
6. Add teams to the section in each grade by selecting the Go button, or by dragging and dropping the teams into the section.
7. Rename each section to App Testing in each grade.
8. Select Generate Draw.
9. Select Add to Calendar.
10. For the test games to be visible in the Game Day App, the Publish Draw checkbox needs to be ticked in Draws & Results. This can be done in bulk by filtering all dates involved in the test draw, selecting Bulk Edit, and selecting Publish All Draws.
11. If the season draw has already been prepared, published, and displayed on the website, we recommend temporarily unpublishing it to avoid scorers accidentally scoring the season games. To retain a public view of the season draw, temporarily hide the website’s Draws & Results widget and display a PDF export of the upcoming draw while Game Day App testing is underway.
12. Once Game Day App testing is complete, delete the App Testing phase, remove the PDF export, and unhide the Draws & Results widget.