Merging Events to Create Playing Brackets

Merging Events – Merging events will move all players from two or more events into a new one. The old events will be hidden on your event list and will no longer display on the public site. This option can be used to merge any event with any other similar event (mixed doubles, men’s or women’ singles or doubles) Use this to merge different skill levels into one playing bracket.

!Merging events should take place after registration closes. If an event was set up with age splits for registration, the events must be generated from the age spits before they can be merged.

!If you add a team to a merged event, the system will not be able to identify any original event for that team. If you later unmerge that event for any reason, they will be left in the merged event and will have to be moved manually. The merging process keeps track of the original event to facilitate the awarding of multiple sets of medals. Additional medals cannot be awarded for any team that was added to a merged event.

To Merge Events:

• Scroll down to one of the events to be merged and click on the copy icon.
• Select *Copy Event for Merge*
  
  This will create a new event with the same configuration as the copied event with some extra options on the sidebar menu.
  

• Edit the parameters of the new event to reflect those needed for the merged group of players.
• Select Save and Proceed Next
  This will bring up a screen with a list of potential events to merge based on your parameters.
  
• Click on the Don’t Merge checkbox of the events you want to combine. That will change them to Merge. Click on the green Merge button.
  
• The new event will show on your list of events with a Green link symbol. The original events will be hidden from the event list and will be automatically switched to inactive status.

!Medals may be assigned separately for events in a merged bracket OR separate playoffs may be created for each of the merged events. Click HERE for a description of how each option works.

*Turn on the Hiding switch at the top of the event list to view the hidden events.

*Events may be unmerged by editing the newly merged event and selecting the Unmerge Events option on the left side menu bar.