Once you’ve added games to your site, the next steps is to assign officials to those games.
Assigning officials to games happens in the Games section of your account.
To assign officials to a game, follow these steps:
1. Select Games → All Games.
Or Games → Unassigned if you want to view exclusively unassigned games.
2. Select the Assign button, on the right-hand side of the game you’d like to assign officials to.
3. Select the dropdown menu for the position you’d like to assign first.
4. Search for and select the name of the official you want to assign to this position.
💡 In order to determine who should be assigned to which position, you’ll want to look at the letters to the right of each person’s name in the dropdown.
The system will display the word OK if there are no conflicts, or it will display one or more letters next to the official’s name.
These are called Conflict Codes. Each letter represents a reason why you might not want to assign a particular official to the game.
You can view what an official's conflicts mean by selecting the Conflicts tab underneath the game you're assigning.
You can view a breakdown of what each conflict code means in the following article: A Breakdown of Conflict Codes.
5. Repeat steps 3 through 4 for each open position for the game you’re working on.
6. Select Save.
💡 If you want your officials to be notified of their new assignments, don’t forget to publish your game:
Assigning FAQs:
1. What are Conflict Codes?
Conflict codes are a series of letters that represent conflicts, or potential reasons, why an official should not be assigned to a game.
2. Where can I view what each Conflict Code means?
You can view what an official's conflicts mean by selecting the Conflicts tab underneath the game you're assigning.
You can also learn what each conflict code means in this article: A Breakdown of Conflict Codes.
3. How do I reassign a position in a game?
The process looks remarkably similar to how you’d initially assign an official to a game. 👍
To reassign a game to a different official than the one already assigned to it, follow these steps:
Select the Assign button on the right-hand side of the game you’d like to re-assign an official to.
Select the dropdown for the position you’d like to reassign.
Recommended: Assess potential conflicts via Conflict Codes.
Select the official that you’d like to work the position you’re re-assigning.
Select Update.
The system will generate notifications to the new official, as well as the previously assigned official, as needed.
4. How can I automatically get the system to filter out officials who have conflicts?
By default, all officials are shown in the assigning dropdowns, but you can automatically hide officials who have conflicts with a game if you’d like.
If you take a look at the bottom of the assigning page, you’ll see a banner that looks like this:
Select the Officials Without Conflicts button in order to only show officials who have no conflicts with the game you’re assigning.
💡 If you select All Officials, the lists will revert back to showing all officials for your site, regardless of conflict codes.
5. I’d like to assign the same crew to several different games happening at one venue. How can I copy assignments from one game to the next?
It’s not uncommon to assign the same crew to multiple back-to-back games at the same venue.
If that’s the case, you can easily auto-populate your assignments from one game down to the next game by using the Copy Assignments feature.
More about how the Copy Assignments feature works:
Copy Assignments. When you select Copy Assignments, this will copy the crew from the first game to the next game.
⬇️ Copy All. When you select the down arrow, then Copy All, this will take the crew assigned to the game, and copy it to all of the proceeding games, on that day and at that venue / subvenue.
⬇️ Copy One & Rotate. When you select the down arrow, then Copy One & Rotate, this will take the crew assigned to the first came, and copy it to the next game, and will also rotate the positions (e.g. R is now AR1, AR1 is now AR2, AR2 is now 4th, and 4th is now R).
⬇️ Copy All & Rotate. When you select the down arrow, then Copy All & Rotate, this will copy the crew to every proceeding game, AND rotate the crew for each game, on that day and at that venue / subvenue.
💡The Copy Assignments button will only show up if you are actively assigning officials to a game that has another game happening after it, at the same venue, on the same date.
6. I need to assign all of my games at once. Are there any bulk-actions that would make this easier?
Absolutely.
In the banner at the bottom of the screen, you’ll notice there are two options for the games on the assigning page you’re working on: Save All and Open All.
If you select Open All, all of the assigning dropdowns will open up simultaneously (as if you had gone through and individually selected each game’s Assign button).
If you select Save All, all of the assignment changes that have been made on the page will be immediately saved (as if you had gone through and individually selected each game’s Save button).
Hopefully these save you a bit of time!
7. Tell me more about the window that shows up with an official’s details, after I select their name in the assigning dropdown.
When a new official is selected in the assigning dropdown, the system will display some information about that selected official below the game. You’ll notice there are a variety of tabs you can select in order to view different types of info about them:
Here’s a breakdown of what each of these tabs will show you:
Date — the first tab will indicate the game's date, and show whether the official has marked themselves as available. It will also show any other games the official has that day, along with their availability that day.
All Games — this will list all games the official has been assigned to, two weeks before and after the game.
Teams — if the official has previously worked games involving the given teams, this tab will list the details of those games.
Comments — if you have added comments to an official's profile, they will be visible on this tab.
US Soccer — this tab shows the official’s US Soccer information, and will only show up for sites using our USSF integration.
Requests — this tab shows details for any games the official has requested.
Ratings — this tab shows the official's ratings, and will only show up for sites using our Ratings system.
Groups & Rules — if the official is a part of any group with rules associated with it, the details of those groups & rules will show up here.
Conflicts — if the official has any conflict codes next to their name, you'll be able to see what those codes mean here.
Happy assigning! Check out this article to learn about what else you can do from the Games page.