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2020-09-05:

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Starting Groups

Updated: 2020-09-05

Starting groups are used to indicate that certain runners want to start within a certain time interval or to group runners, so that runners from the same club start at about the same time. It is thus possible to either (in connection with registration) let the runners request a starting group, or automatically assign a starting group depending on club affiliation. It is also possible to have a mixture; some runners specify a starting group and others are assigned one.
MeOS Insight
For runners with no start group specified, a starting group will automatically be assigned when drawing the class. This starting group will only be used when drawing and not stored, meaning that another starting group could be assigned if the drawing is redone.
You can manually define starting groups through Starting groups on the the page Classes. Each starting group needs an Id (which is a positive integer) and a time interval. All starting groups must have the same length, but there is no requirement for them to be connected. You can have one group in the morning, one in the afternoon and one in the evening.

To indicate that a participant requests a certain starting group, the field Starting group in the table mode for participants is set to the starting group Id. It is also possible to specify that two participants want the same (but not specified) starting group by setting the Family field to the same positive integer (each family needs its own unique family number).
Hint
The requested starting groups can be imported through IOF-XML service requests, see importing Starting Groups.

Contents

  1. Importing Starting Groups
  2. Draw with Starting Groups

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