Elective combined-events (fixed combined-events, with a number of elective events).

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asked Jun 29, 2016 in Categories & events by Gonja van de Ven - Stokmans
We have a combined-event, and only sprint and bullet are events that everyone has to participate in, otherwise they can choose from high or far and from discus/javelin or 800m.

Can they indicate this when registering in Athletics.app so that not all names are always on the judges' lists, but only those who actually want to do this event?

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answered Jun 30, 2016 by Athletics.app Customer Service
selected Aug 9, 2016 by Athletics.app Customer Service
 
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You can only enter 1 combined-event per category in Athletics.app. You cannot make choices within a heptathlon, a heptathlon is a fixed set of events that every athlete is supposed to do.

Other organizations sometimes solve this in several ways:

1) No heptathlon point total is needed (single events)

If you don't need a heptathlon final score, you can choose to put all the events there as single events in Athletics.
If you want to limit the choice (e.g. because events are at the same time and an athlete cannot do both events at the same time) set the timetable in advance and through the right-hand management menu via 'Online registration settings' set 'Prevent registration on simultaneous single events' to YES.
You can also put an extra piece of text there 'Show information during/before registration to each athlete/registrant', there you can explain what the rules are, each athlete will see that while registering.

2) You only have a total of 2 or 3 choices in the combined-events

Make 2 or 3 competitions, read more here: https://www.athletics.app/faq/?qa=91/two-single-events-create&show=91#q91

This way you will have multiple combined-events leaderboards, with all the different 'choice' combined-events in separate leaderboards.

3) Create a 'giant' combined-events

Set up 1 combined-events for the category and enter all possible single events there. Athletes will appear on all judges' forms by default, from all events. Then, using pen/pencil, cross out the athletes who do not participate in certain events.
This will give you 1 combined-event leaderboards, with all the 'choice' combined-events mixed in.

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commented Sep 28, 2016 by Lieuwe Jousma
Too bad this is not possible. For our club championships, we are also struggling with this now. Is this something you guys are going to modify though?

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commented Sep 29, 2016 by Athletics.app Customer Service

For the time being, there are no plans to change this. We would also like to add this ourselves, but the way we have built Athletics.app makes it very difficult to add.

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