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3.1.1.1 ATHLETE INFORMATION FORM

To edit an athlete's information, use your mouse to select a row on the grid and click <Edit Athlete>: once

your are in that athlete's information form you will be able to edit fields and save them (or cancel and go

back to the list).

There are also 3 buttons that quickly display the tests that athlete has performed (basically, the software

runs an automatic filter as detailed in paragraph 3.2.3)

When going back to the list of athletes we find the following commands. To delete an athlete, press

<Delete Athlete> (NOTE: Deleting an athlete will delete all his/her tests without any chance of future

retrieval).

To insert an athlete into a group, select from the list, press <Add to a group>, select the group to insert

him/her in (possibly using the right arrow to select a dependent subgroup) and press <Add to a group>

again. Press <Back> to return to the athletes’ list.

For group management and other ways of associating athletes to groups, we suggest you read the

paragraph 0.

3.1.1.2 IMPORTING AND EXPORTING ATHLETES' PERSONAL DATA USING EXCEL

Once filled out in Witty Manager, an Athletes' Personal Data can be exported

into an Excel-compatible format (XML Spreadsheet 2003). Press <Export List>

and specify the name and location of the XML file. If you have Microsoft Excel

installed on your computer, double-click on the file icon to launch the program

and view the columns with all relevant athletes' data.

If you already have an athletes' list that has been created with

another software, it can be imported with Witty Manager by

preparing an Excel file with the same format as the export file ('XML

Spreadsheet 2003' number, location, column headers and format). It is recommended that you export an

empty personal database in order to create a file template and then fill it out with the desired information.

Attention must be paid to the birth date format (DD/MM/YYYY) and the 'Gender' field, which must be 'M'

or 'F'. The pre-configured fields 'Sport' and 'Discipline' can only be one of those available from the drop-

down menu. Possible import errors are listed in a log window at the end of the import phase (if the error is

not blocking, the athlete is added anyway, but with error fields possibly empty).

3.1.2 START LISTS

The Start Lists have a dual objective. The first is a classic: to impose a starting order to athletes that is

different from the natural order (e.g. 2,5,7,3,1,14, etc. instead of consecutive 1,2,3,4 ...).

The second is to filter athletes' personal data and to form sub-groups in order be faster when performing

field tests in order to choose the right athletes.

Let's use the example of a gym teacher who has several classes of students. I can upload all of the student

names into the athlete database and then make different start lists based on the classes (e.g. 1

A, 2

C, etc.). When I run a test with the students in that class, I will choose the appropriate list on the timer

and I view only the names of the students in that class (in the order in which I created the list).

Users can create a start list with a Group (see chapter 0) and vice versa.