A new module is now available to facilitate the setting up of the data files for large competitions In most cases all the events in a competition can be put into a single file, but sometimes it is necessary to split events into separate files. Typical situations are: Competitor numbers for different events conflict The early rounds of events with a large number of entrants may need to be processed on two or more computers The judge panels may differ between events The competition management module is a separate program, which can be called up from scrutelle Details of all the events are read from Excel spreadsheets The examples here are for the British Junior Festival April 2007 (Click on them to view) events.xls This file contains all the events for a single competition Judges names are defined by means of judges panel files The options currently available in scrutelle-CM are: Generate Data Files The program generates a complete set of empty data files, which can then be accessed in the normal way using the main scrutelle program, to enter the competitor data and then judges marks. Of course you don't have to put events into different data files unless there is a reason to do so (as mentioned above), otherwise you can specify the same data filename for all events Print Marking Sheets This option will print a complete set of Marking Sheets for each judge collated in the order required - ie one sheet for each dance, for each round of each event that judge will be marking Each sheet is clearly labelled with: the judge's name and letter the event title and round number the number of competitors to be recalled More Details Split The first round of each event can be split and the judges marks entered into two computers. The split function splits by competitors (It is also possible to split by judges using the copy file function within the main scrutelle program) Merge Recalls After entering the judges marks into two computers, the recalls can be merged and the combined recall sheet printed The Split & Merge Recalls options only appear if you have designated events to be split in Column I of the spreadsheet The spreadsheets are standard Excel spreadsheets (with minimal data checks on data entry). It is recommended that you save these demo spreadsheets and use them as templates for your own competition