Arbiter Issues

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I know of a much better and cheaper solution too!

Yes, RefTown seems to work pretty well -- but I would like to be able to export ALL my games to Excel for a specific time period , instead of having to do it for each group separately. (Unless I'm missing something -- it's not used for Basketball here, so I haven't been on the site in a while)

[BillyMac]

If nonbasketball related television trivia bothers you, then just look away.

As basketball officials we're used to dealing with tall individuals, but others may not.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I can't do state tournament games when I walk with a limp like Matt Dillon's sidekick, Chester, in Gunsmoke.

You wouldn't know by the photo that Chester (Dennis Weaver) is 6' 2". He looks tiny here compared to Matt Dillon (Jim Arness) who was 6' 7".

Arness: "In one film the leading man was five-ten, and I had to play all my scenes sitting down. Then there were times when they'd dig a trench for me to stand in so I wouldn't dwarf the rest of the cast. Once they even had two leading characters wearing foot-high lifts on their shoes".

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Yes, RefTown seems to work pretty well -- but I would like to be able to export ALL my games to Excel for a specific time period , instead of having to do it for each group separately. (Unless I'm missing something -- it's not used for Basketball here, so I haven't been on the site in a while)

It wasn't there...but it is now. Thanks for the suggestion.

1. Go to Schedules -> My Games (All Accounts)
2. Use the search filter to pick the date range you want
3. Then click Quick Links -> Export

It isn't 100% polished yet. It may contain a few blank columns you may not need, but I set it include columns that may be used in any organization. I'll add more intelligence to later it to eliminate those columns if none of your organizations use them.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It wasn't there...but it is now. Thanks for the suggestion.

1. Go to Schedules -> My Games (All Accounts)
2. Use the search filter to pick the date range you want
3. Then click Quick Links -> Export

It isn't 100% polished yet. It may contain a few blank columns you may not need, but I set it include columns that may be used in any organization. I'll add more intelligence to later it to eliminate those columns if none of your organizations use them.

Thanks -- and the specific columns don't bother me -- I have to re-format it anyway to get to my personal (for taxes) tracking spreadsheet and / or to import to Outlook for the calendar.

[BryanV21]

Strange...

They called me back and somehow my wife's email address became my main email with them. Although my ArbiterPay account stayed the same.

Oh well, at least it's fixed.

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[Texas Aggie]

Unless you HAVE to use Arbiter, don't. Although I wish Reftown had a similar pay portal.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

Thanks -- and the specific columns don't bother me -- I have to re-format it anyway to get to my personal (for taxes) tracking spreadsheet and / or to import to Outlook for the calendar.

As for the calendar, there is already an outlook import format available (top of the date/time column of any listing of games). There is also a calendar subscription (calendar feed) that will put the same info onto your calendar automatically within a few hours of being assigned (or removed it if canceled).

Manual Calendar Entry: https://www.reftown.com/kbp_60/index...try&EntryID=77

Automatic Subscription: https://www.reftown.com/kbp_60/index...ry&EntryID=186

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

As for the calendar, there is already an outlook import format available (top of the date/time column of any listing of games). There is also a calendar subscription (calendar feed) that will put the same info onto your calendar automatically within a few hours of being assigned (or removed it if canceled).

Manual Calendar Entry: https://www.reftown.com/kbp_60/index...try&EntryID=77

Automatic Subscription: https://www.reftown.com/kbp_60/index...ry&EntryID=186

Yes, but for various reasons the excel option works better for me.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

I have trouble with it every day.

To be clear, the site works as designed, but I don't like the effort I have to go through to manage my 33 different groups and get the blocks and the "sharing" right.

Mark, Jr., and I are in complete agreement with you. Because I only umpire baseball and softball now I only have 9 groups to manage but because Junior still does basketball besidea baseball and softball he has 19 groups on his Arbiter account, not to mention he has two other separate online assigning website for the four Div. I conferences for college softball.

Because I have retired from my real job five years ago I have become the social secretary for Junior and me, and it can take forever to go through "blocks".

MTD, Sr.