AI Fixturing allows you to create a competition fixture by describing your requirements in plain language. The Assistant then builds a fixture to meet those requirements, which you can review and adjust before saving it to your Fixture Grid.
This article walks you through entering your fixture requirements, resolving any conflicts between them, reviewing the generated fixture and saving it to your Fixture Grid.
Setting Up Your Fixture
To start an AI fixture for your competition:
Log in to GameDay Passport and open the Competition that you want to create a fixture for
On your left-hand menu, click FIXTURES
Click REGULAR SEASON
Click GENERATE COMPETITION FIXTURES BY AI
Entering Your Fixture Requirements
Requirements are the rules that your fixture needs to follow. Requirements can cover rounds, venues, match times, byes, and home and away. You enter each requirement in plain language, and the Assistant adds it to the REQUIREMENTS panel on the right-hand side of the screen, where it is labelled as either a MUST or PREFER requirement.
To enter your fixture requirements:
Type your first requirement into the ADD OR CHANGE A REQUIREMENT field. In this example, we have entered: Brisbane Heights State College cannot play in round 1
Check the REQUIREMENTS panel on the right-hand side of the screen to confirm that your requirement has been added
Enter any additional requirements. To make every team play each other twice, enter: Each team plays each other twice. The Assistant will update your fixture format to a double round robin
Enter: No matches after 5pm
NOTE: Check the REQUIREMENTS panel after entering each requirement to make sure the Assistant has interpreted it the way you intended.
NOTE: You can also select one of the suggested requirements displayed above the ADD OR CHANGE A REQUIREMENT field, such as Spread the byes evenly.
Generating Your Fixture and Resolving Conflicts
To generate your fixture:
Click GENERATE FIXTURE
NOTE: Your fixture will not be saved at this stage. You will have the opportunity to review it before anything is saved.
If any of your requirements conflict with each other, a message will be displayed in the chat explaining which requirements are in conflict. You will need to remove one of them, or restate it as a preference, before generating your fixture again. In this example, the requirement that Brisbane Heights State College can't play in round 1 conflicts with the double round robin format, where every pair of teams meets twice.
To resolve a requirement conflict:
In the REQUIREMENTS panel, click the X next to the requirement that you want to remove
Check the conflict message in the chat. The requirement that you removed will be marked as Removed from requirements
Click GENERATE FIXTURE again
Reviewing Your Fixture
Once your fixture has been generated, the REVIEW FIXTURE screen will be displayed. Use this screen to check that your requirements have been met and to make any final changes before saving.
To review your fixture requirements:
Click REQUIREMENTS
Review the summary of your fixture, including the number of teams, rounds and matches, and whether each requirement has been met
To highlight a venue:
Click HIGHLIGHT
Select the venue that you want to highlight. In this example, we have selected Brisbane Heights State College - Touch Field 2. The venue will appear at the top of the screen, along with the number of matches scheduled there
To clear the venue filter, click the X next to the venue name
To highlight another venue, click HIGHLIGHT again
Select the venue that you want to highlight. In this example, we have selected Pine Ridge College - Touch Field 2
NOTE: In this example, no teams have home venues set, so no venues have been assigned to matches yet.
To request a change using the Assistant:
Click ASSISTANT
Click the ASK FOR A CHANGE field and enter the change that you would like to make. For example: Swap the dates of rounds 1 and 2
Saving Your Fixture
To save your fixture:
Click GRID to view your fixture in a grid layout
Review the fixture grid
Click SAVE
Once your fixture has been saved, click GO TO FIXTURE GRID
To return to your fixtures at any time, click FIXTURES on your left-hand menu
