Limiting Officials from Seeing the Same Teams

There are configuration options available where you can limit how often an official will see the same team.

There are 4 types of limits:

1. Maximum number of times for a team in a season
2. Maximum number of times for both teams in the same game in a season
3. Minimum number of days since the last game for the same team
4. Maximum number of times at a location regardless of the teams.

In general, the "same team" is determined by both the team name and the game attributes (sport, league, type, and level).

To set the numbers for the maximums/minimums for same teams/locations, go to Admin -> Configuration,  ASSIGNMENTS -> Limits. Look for the section called "Team Repeat Limits". You might wish to set these limits lower as you start assigning and move them up as you work through a season.

Any of the game attributes can be disabled when considering what defines a team. To ignore given game attributes, go to  Admin -> Configuration,  GAMES -> Check Options. Look for the Same Team Check Exceptions.

Additionally, you can specify up to 3 teams that don't get counted. These are typically generic placeholder teams like "TBD" or "TBA". Those options are also under Admin -> Configuration,  GAMES -> Check Options in the section "Team Check Exceptions".

The numbers will appear in boxes on the assignment screen and can be overridden while making assignments.

The above values will keep an official from seeing the same team more than 2 times and never closer than 14 days apart and will prevent the officials from seeing the same two teams play each other more than 1 time.

Note, these limits apply to all games. If you want them to apply to one set (e.g., HS) but not another (e.g. MS), you will either need to change the configuration as you assign different sets of games OR override the values when making assignments. Note that when you make overrides when making assignments, those overrides carry through all games that you had selected when starting to make the assignments.