VSporten5

VSporten Web Client Release 5_2

Index

Introduction
Team Sports
Team Sports/Find
Single Sports
Single Sports/Cup Tables

VVSporten is a system for storing, retrieving and processing different kind of sport results. VSporten's data is stored in a relational database type Oracle or SQL Server. In team sports, VSporten handles information like sports, teams, players, standing tables, played and future matches, match results, match facts like referee, place of match, time, scorers, type of goals, period results, red/yellow cards, etc. In individual sports (single sports), VSporten can store results in sports like athletics, swimming, cycling, tennis etc. In single sports Vsporten has inbuilt a query tool for searching sport results by different kind of data: tournament data, participant data or other sport data (division, round or event data).

VVVSporten Web Client supports any of the following web browsers: MS IE (6, 7, 8, 9), Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Firefox

In order to access VSportens functionality the user has to logon to the system by specifying a valid user name and a password. After successful logon to the system the user will be redirected to the main page of the TeamSports/font>./font>/p>

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2. Team Sports

2.1. Desktop

The desktop consists of the header, the two navigation trees (folder-tree and active-leagues-tree) and finaly the embedded match list (EML) in the left lower corner.

The header contains a toolbar with link buttons for logging out mg alt="" border="0" src="images/vspnet2/logout.bmp" width="20" height="14" />, switching to the SingleSports , TeamSports or TeamSports/Find . The toolbar displays also a full name of the current user.

Below the header there are two navigation trees. Each navigation tree has its own local toolbar.

2.1.1 The left-hand side tree.

The top-level nodes in this tree are the SEASONS (new type of nodes).

The levels below are MAIN FOLDERS (red icons) that corresponds to the main folders in the windows client version.

Below the main folders there are following types of nodes: folders, division tables, groups and teams (similar to the windows client version).

In the left hand-side tree the user can navigate through all existing objects in VSporten.

The left hand-side toolbar buttons can only be applied on the nodes in the left-hand side tree.

There are following buttons in the left hand side toolbar:

2.1.1.1 Export

For export to the editorial system

2.1.1.2 Preview

For previewing a division table

2.1.1.3 Match list

For listing, editing and registering new matches

2.1.1.4 Results (result list)

For listing and quick editing of match results

2.1.1.5 Table

For displaying current tables (standard table, extended table, or generic table).

2.1.2 The right-hand side tree.

The top-level nodes in this tree are the active division tables within the selected node in the left hand side tree. An active division table in VSporten is defined as a division having matches played within the date interval defined above. This means that changing a node in the left hand side tree will affect the nodes displayed in the left hand side tree. ONLY divisions residing within or below the selected node in the left hand side tree will be displayed here.

Below a division table node there are following types of nodes: match dates and matches (new type of nodes compared to the windows version).

In the right hand-side tree the user can navigate only through the active objects in VSporten.

The right hand side toolbar buttons can only be applied on the nodes in the right hand side tree.

Status of the division tables (and facts) in the right-hand side tree can be displayed with one of the following icons:

when the division has been exported, when the division has been modified after last export, when the division has not been exported yet

There are following buttons in the right hand side toolbar:

2.1.2.1 Export

For export to the editorial system

2.1.2.2 Preview

For previewing the object

2.1.2.3 Match list

For listing, editing (some facts as results, status etc) and inserting matches

2.1.2.4 Match facts

For displaying and editing all match facts

2.1.2.5 Table

For displaying current tables (standard table, extended table, or generic table).

2.1.3 The embedded match list (EML)

2.1.3 The Embedded Match List.

The Embedded Match List (in the lower left part of the desktop) displays matches played within the selected time interval. The list is sensitive to a choosen node in the navigation trees.

The in-row command buttons allows the user to modify, add or delete a match as well as edit additional match-facts data.

The matches in the list can be grouped by any combination of columns.

Matches can be filtered by any combination of values within the columns:

Matches can be sorted by any column in ascending or descending manner:

2.2. Match List

In the Match List page the user can display matches played within the specified date interval or round. Matches can be edited or deleted here. Also, new matches can be registered here.

Listing Matches

Matches can be listed by specifying a date interval or a round number. The date interval is defined by the two date text fields. The date can be selected by using the calendar tool activated by pressing the icon .

The editorial status of a match is displayed by the icon at the beginning of the match line:

means that there are no results registered

means that only the match result is registered

means that the match result and some other facts have been registered

means that the match has been exported (sent to the third party system) as a single match export file

Editing a match

To edit a match the user has to click on the Edit-link and edit the facts in line. The editing line will be displayed with yellow background color.

The following facts can be edited here: match date, match time, match result, period results, match status, comments and round number.

To save the new values the user has to click on the Save-link.

To delete a match the user has to click on the corresponding Delete-link. The user has to confirm the deletion by clicking OK-button in a pop-up window asking whether the user wish to continue with the operation. The Cancel-button should be used if the user does not wish to continue with the operation.

Registering new match.

A new match can be registered here by filling out the fields at the bottom of the data grid and then by pressing the Add Match-link.

In a case there are more than 20 matches to display only the first 20 matches will be displayed. Pressing the paging-buttons below the data grid the user can access the remaining matches.

2.3. Result List.

This tool is created for registering/editing results in quick manner. The user can enter results for several matches at the same time and then post it back to the database by pressing one of the buttons in the toolbar.

One button updates only selected matches; the other one can be used to update all matches in the list.

Selected matches can be easily deleted here by clicking the delete button link.

A new match cannot be registered here.

The user can open page with the remaining details from the match by clicking the icon .

2.4. Match Facts.

This page can be used to enter other details about the selected match.

The page is divided into 4 tabs:

- Match info

- Goals

- Events

- Line-ups (not implemented yet)

Editing, deleting and inserting new records in all data grids within the Match Facts page is done by clicking the corresponding links Edit (Save or Cancel), Delete or Add.

Entering new players can be done by clicking the icon to the left of team names in the goals and events tabs.

2.4.1 The Match Info tab.

In this tab the user can read and edit the following facts:

- Match status

- Comments

- Place

- Attendance

- Referee

- Match date

- Match time

- Other facts

- Match analyze

2.4.2 The goals tab.

This tab contains up to three data grids.

The upper one is for entering period and match result. The user has to fill the period nr (0 stands for the end result) and goals scored by the home and away team.

In the central part of the page there are data grids for entering goal facts.

For tables where each single goal has to be registered with score time there will be only one common data grid for all goal facts.

For tables where only the number of goals is to be registered (like in handball) there are two grids here: one for the home team goals, and below it, one for the away team goals.

2.4.3 The events tab.

This tab contains two data grids.

The first data grid is for the events to be registered on the home team and the other data grid is for events to be registered on the away team.

2.4.4. Players

This page can be used to enter new players or to delete or edit previously registered players.

This page can be accessed from the MatchFacts page by clicking the icon .

The page should be closed by clicking the Close-link. This will reload the corresponding player list in the Match Facts page.

2.4.5. The lineups-tab

The tab contains two grids. The left hand side grid shows the home team players participating in the match. The right hand side grid shows the away team participating players.

2.5 Preview and export

To preview the elements to be exported the user should use the button . From the preview the user can export the job by pressing the export button .

The user can also export the job directly from the desktop by using the export button placed there.

Of course, different tournaments may require different presentation and export formats. The example below illustrates how results in a playoff-tournament can be handled. The figure below is the list of all the matches played.

The figure below shows how the playoff tournament (1. Liga Gruppe 1, Playoff -Viertelfinals) is previewed/exported. In this example: the output is without standings, the match results sorted by the playing pair of teams and match date and the best teams are clearly marked.

2.5 Table

To display the current standings in a league table the user can use the Table-button applied on a division table .

The possible options here are: the standard table (only totals) and the extended table (totals plus home plus away).

Standard Table.

Extended Table.

In addition to the two tables above the user can inspect also division's generic table. This table is used to preset some of the columns in the table.

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3. Team Sports/Find

This is a new tool for finding basic objects in VSporten. With help of this tool a user can find series, teams or matches. Found matches can be displayed as an conventional list via "Find Matches" or as a so called Cross Table via "Cross Table". See below for some examples.

The tool can be easily used as an alternative navigation method instead of the VSporten/TeamSports navigation tree. A click on a found serie will open the MatchList tool for adding/changing/removing matches or quick registration of match results. A click on a found match (both in "Find matches" and "Cross Table") will open the EditMatchFacts tool for presentation or editing facts for the chosen match.

3.1 Finding series

3.2 Finding teams

3.3.Finding matches

3.4 Cross table

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4. Single Sports

VSporten/SingleSports includes handling of individual sport types like bicyling, athletics, swimming, winter sports and many others. Powerful tools have been added to VSporten in order to provide an efficient way of processing individual sport results. VSporten/SingleSports module operates with structures like tournament, sport, division, round and event. A tournament can span over more than one sport-type (discipline). Each discipline can be organized into a hierarchy of divisions, rounds and events. Architecture of VSporten/SingleSports supports SportsML.

The SingleSports can be accessed by clicking the icon in the header toolbar in the TeamSports. To switch back to the TeamSports the icon can be used in the header toolbar in the SingleSports. The SingleSports (Rel 5_0) main page consists of four tabs: Active Events, Search, Search Results, Saved Queries and Favorites. In the Search-tab the user can search for tournaments or results. The Search Results-tab contains the latest search results. The Saved Queries-tab and Favorites-tab are not implemented yet.

4.1 SingleSports/ActiveEvents

4.2 SingleSports/Search

A query tool for efficient searching and retreiving of sport results has been provided. This query tool is the central part of the SingleSports module. Queries can be build up on three different types of data and any combination of them: - tournament specific information like sport type, tournament type, season, sport area, place (country, city) - division, round and event data - participant and result data like type of record (world, european, olympic, etc), type of award (gold, silver and bronze medals, etc), participants nationality and name, sponsor, position within the event, rank, etc.

The tournament-button lists all tournaments matching the query conditions.

The result-button lists all result records matching the query conditions.

In the example above the user is searching for Austrian womens results within Ski Alpin (sport), Down Hill (division).

The results are displayed in a list in its own window.

4.3 SingleSports/Results

By clicking a line in the Search Results the user can access the event table containing details about the result and the remaining results within the same event.

In the case above, the event table is corresponding to an electronic sheet "Saisonbilanzen Ski alpin Weltcup Abfahrt 79-88" in the CardArchive

4.4 SingleSports/Saved queries

All queries may be saved for future reuse. The user can save a query as a public or as a private query. A query maybe given a name. If now specified name has been provided a systemgenerated name will be assign to the query

5. Single Sports/Cup Tables

A set of tournaments and calculation rules can consitute a cup table. An examples of such a cup table could be Formula 1 or World Cup in Skiing.

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