Editing Transactions

DMB can maintain two separate sets of transactions. One is a set of real-life transactions that are automatically applied when you're using the Real-life transactions feature. The second is a set of DMB transactions that have been made in the course of your DMB season. The effect of editing these transactions is different in these two cases.

If you add, modify or delete real-life transactions, you aren't causing any roster moves to be made immediately. But these moves will be made when you next play the season with the real-life transactions feature turned on.

If you add, modify, or delete DMB transactions, you aren't causing any roster moves to be made, now or ever. All you are doing is correcting (presumably) DMB's record of past transactions that will show up in the transactions reports.

To edit transactions:

1. Click View on the DMB menu bar and select Transactions. The following window will appear:

2. You have the option to view all transactions for a specific team, a league, or all transactions in your database using the first pull down menu. If you select team or league, the second pull down menu will allow you to select a specific team or league.

NOTE: For modern seasons, there can be over 2000 transactions, or an average of about 70 per team. A list of 2000 transactions can be difficult to work with because the list is so long and you end up spending a lot of time scrolling up and down that list. That's why we included the option to display the transactions for one team at a time.

3. The final pulldown list allows you to select the source of the transaction data. This can be from real-life (we provide real-life transactions with some of our season disks) or from simulated transactions that you have conducted with your data.

4. Click OK. A window will appear that lists any existing transactions for the data you have selected.

Adding transactions

To add a transaction, click the New button at the top of the screen. This will open the following window:

The first pull down menu lists all of the transaction types you can enter. The second pulldown allows you to set the Transaction date. The third pull down menu allows you to set at what time on the selected date the transaction will occur. Enter an effective date only when you place a player on the disabled list on a retroactive basis.

The last three pull down menus on this screen allow you to select the team and the player affected by the transaction and, if the transaction involves a trade, the team to which the player is to be traded.

Click OK to complete the transaction.

Copying and modifying transactions

These commands open the same window as is shown for Adding transactions above, but with the information from the selected transaction already filled in.

Deleting transactions

Select one or more transactions from the list and click on the Delete button. See Selecting Multiple Items in a List for instructions on how to select multiple transactions.