Scheduling Tools
When you click on the Tools button in the schedule editor, DMB
displays a popup menu of powerful schedule-building commands.
Some of these commands are quite simple, and we'll describe them
below. Others are more complex, and we'll provide links to separate
help topics for a full explanation.
New start date
Use the New start date command to
change the start date for your schedule. If, for example, your
schedule currently begins on April 5th and you change it to April
10th, all games in the schedule are moved five days later.
Adding and removing off days
Use the Add off days command to insert
one or more off days into the schedule. DMB displays the following
window:
Enter the date of the first off day
and the number of days you wish to insert
at that date. When you click OK, DMB
moves all subsequent games by the number of days you enter.
Use the Remove off days command to
remove one or more off days from the schedule. DMB displays the
window shown above so you can choose the first day and the number
of off days to remove. DMB will not let you remove days if there
are games scheduled on those days.
Generating schedules
DMB includes two schedule generators, one for generating regular-season schedules
and one for generating post-season
schedules.
Schedule templates
A schedule template is a generic schedule, one that has a
certain divisional structure and season length, but has
place-holders instead of the IDs of real teams. You can convert any
schedule to a template so you can use it as the basis for creating
schedules for other leagues with the same structure. And you can
create a schedule for your league using a schedule template that
comes with the game or one that you previously created. See
Schedule Templates for
details.
Importing and exporting text files
You can convert DMB schedules to and from comma-delimited text
files. This enables you to work on schedules outside of DMB and
import the results back into the DMB database. See Importing and Exporting
Schedules for details.
Edit game results
After a DMB game has been played, DMB
adds the linescore for the game and some other information
(starting pitchers, winning and losing pitcher, etc.) that is
useful for the game results reports. See Editing Game Results for details on
making changes to these game results.
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