The By Event tab allows you to select an Event on which to operate, and then to choose the task to perform on that Event. On race days you will probably be using this tab more than any other.
The By Event tab has no subtabs. Instead, it has two choice lists. On the left, you select the Event or Race on which to operate. On the right, you select the task to perform on that Event or Race. Selecting a task will change the contents of the By Event tab to allow you to perform that task.
You can select an Event by Event number, Race number or Event Name.
To select an Event by Event number, choose the "By Event#" choice in the drop-down list at the top left of the tab, then choose the desired Event from the drop-down list just to its right.
To select an Event by Race number, choose the "By Race#" choice in the drop-down list at the top left of the tab, then choose the desired Race from the drop-down list just to its right.
To select an Event by Event name, choose the "By Event Name" choice in the drop-down list at the top left of the tab, then choose the desired Event from the drop-down list just to its right.
The ByEvent tab includes the following tasks:
The Create Races task allows you to create the Races for the selected Event. This is similar to the Create Races box in the Schedule tab.
The Entries/Progress task allows you to do manual and automatic progression, and to add, delete, and edit the Entries for the selected Event, The Add Entry and Delete Entry buttons are similar to the sheet in the Entries tab.
The Results task allows you to enter results for the selected Event.
The Reports task allows you to generate Reports for the selected Event. These reports are the same as the reports which are available in the Finish tab, plus the Progress report which is available in the Progress Auto tab.
When using the Entries task, the Group Selected Entries menu command in the By Event is enabled. You can selected multiple Entries from the sheet (using shift-click or control-click to add to the existing selection), then select the Group Selected Entries command to group those Entries into a group by themselves.
When using the Results task, you can use the Import Race Results menu command in the By Event menu to import results data from a spreadsheet in the format used by the Omega finish-line system. To configure this, you must use the Context Options tab to define an option named "ImportRaceResults.filename" that points to the Excel spreadsheet file containing the results data. When you select the Import Race Results menu command the results for the selected Race are retrieved from the row in the spreadsheet matching the selected Race number. Race 1 comes from row 2, Race 2 from row 3, etc. If the selected Race number is not an integer, the Race number is truncated to an integer and the results for that Race number are retrieved from the spreadsheet. A dialog is then displayed, with the results and lanes sorted by time. Press the OK button to import the data and update the place and score data.