Fixture details and updates can be sent directly from SKED in a Push Alert to subscribers in the Sporty mobile app or in an email.
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Sending Fixture Updates in Push Alerts to the Sporty App
If you are a user of the Sporty Game Day app, then these notifications can be specifically sent to referees, team admins, scorers or Sporty app users – either to a section, fixture or filtered selection.
For non-Sporty Game Day app users, notifications can only be sent to all Sporty app users.
To send a notification to all Sporty app users:
1. Select Notify
2. Select Push Notification
3. Select Sporty App Users from the dropdown list
4. Either type in the Push Alert Text box or use the Auto Fill Text for Fixture Updates or Referee Appointed.
Note: additional content can be added to the Auto Fill Text options.
5. Press Send
To send a notification to specific users:
1. Apply filters to restrict your fixture selection to those you wish to communicate to.
2. Select:
a. Notify to send to all users contained in the filtered selection
b. the bell symbol next to a fixture: to send to users associated with a particular fixture
c. the bell symbol contained within a section: to send to users associated with fixtures in that section
3. Select the Push Notification radio button and click Ok
4. Select who the alert is being sent to from the dropdown list:
a. Referee
b. Team Admins
c. Team Scorers
Either type in the Push Alert Text box or use the Auto Fill Text for Fixture Updates or Referee Appointed.
Note: additional content can be added to the Auto Fill Text options.
5. Click Send
Sending Fixture Updates in an Email
Following these steps will send the email to the 'Email for Competitions' email contact for each organisation included in the fixture filter. See here for details on how to set this in Admin Settings.
1. Apply filters to restrict your fixture selection to those you wish to communicate to.
2. Select:
a. Notify to send to all users contained in the filtered selection
b. the bell symbol next to a fixture: to send to users associated with a particular fixture
c. the bell symbol contained within a section: to send to users associated with fixtures in that section
3. Select the Email radio button and click Ok
4. The email message will be automatically populated and will include the fixture details based on your current filters. You can also add additional text to the email.
Note: The details of the fixture/s will show in the email where the words {Fixture Details} appear
5. Click Send