Menu Bar

Access additional tools, setup SCM's options and more

Please note: Some feature haven't been enabled at the time of writing this manual. (Release 1.5)

Menu Item - File

Import XLS ...

TBA. Imports an XLS into SCM as a session. The XLS must have the correct SCM header else import will fail. The date and time of the newly created session will match the creation date of the XLS. An 'Export XLS' will always import successfully.

Future extension to SCM will include an application that allows for the injection of new members and their historical data via an XLS import. This extension will be a stand-alone application for PC only.

Export XLS ...

TBA. Exports the CarnivalMeet data but in XLS format. This is a multi-sheet XLS that can be loaded in Microsoft's Excel. The file is also useful to gain a snapshot into the club members and their performances. Future extensions to SCM will include a coaching application that can also use this raw data.

Import CarnivalMeet ...

TBA. Import your member's events and race-times from a Carnival-Meet. The imported data will appear as a session. The session date and time will match the date and time of the Carnival-Meet. The session will only contain the data for your members and not the participating clubs that joined the carnival. Nominations and Events that don't include any of your club members will still be displayed.

Export CarnivalMeet ...

TBA. Export your members details (clubname, swimmer name, gender, DOB) and personal bests (PBs) across all raced events in preparation for import into the SCM_CarnivalMeet application.

Exit

Closes the application. There is no need to save as your data is continuously written to the database server.

Menu Item - Session

New Session...

Create a new club-night. Enter a date and time for your new session. Optionally, add a short note to make the night memerable. eg. 'Clear skies and bar-b-que'.

Edit Session...

Opens the edit session dialogue box. Here you can modify date, time or note.

Clone Session ...

The current selected session is duplicated and given today's date. Useful if you want to copy last weeks club night. Only events are carried across. Member's nominations and heats are not cloned.

Lock/Unlock

This is a toggle to make the current selected session and it's events and heats read-only. The session gets painted 'tomatoe red' when locked.

Build ALL Heats ...

Takes the nominations and constructs heats for all events in the current selected session. Existing heats that are raced or closed are not effected by this action. On selection, the Auto-Build Heats dialogue is opened. Select your configuration for building all heats and press OK.

Print All Marshal Reports ...

Send to printer or PDF. Be aware, if the windows print-spooler is enabled you may need to abort the print jobs here.

Print ALL Timekeeper Reports ...

Send to printer or PDF.

Menu Item - Events

Build event finals ...

Build event semi-finals ...

Build event quarter-Finals ...

Master Championships ...

Relay ...

Menu Item - Nominate

Clear event nominations ...

Removes all nominations from the selected event. If the nominee has been assigned a lane, then they are removed from that lane. Should a heat become empty, then the heat is removed.

Menu Item - Tools

The tools drop-down has lots of features. Each deserve their own special pages, so follow the links to learn more.

Options ...

👉 Allows you to setup your swimming club. Set you clubname, nickname, website, etc.
Here you can also set the length of your pool, season start date and number of lanes.
👉 Adjust the parameters used by Time-To-Beat (TTB) and Auto-Build Heats.
👉 Set parameters for nomination.
👉 And other miscellaneous SCM system settings.

Follow this link to learn more about... Options

Qualify Times ...

👉 Here you can set the qualifying and trial distance (and time) to determine whether a member is permitted to swim an event of given distance and stroke. It takes into consideration gender and pool type (Short or long course).
👉 Also print qualification reports such as "Who isn't qualified, but is swimming the event anyway, despite your best efforts!"

Follow this link to learn more about... Qualify Times

Membership Type ...

Membership type can be anything you like. Generally it's bracketed age groups. But it could be categories for 'Masters'. Or categories for disabled swimmers. By default, when you install the core app, it's already populated with data. View this data as examples.

Follow this link to learn more about... Membership Type

Score ...

Score your end of year club finals. Score ABSOLUTE, RELATIVE (to division). Score the event or each heat. And more.

Score is a work-in-progress. With the release of SCM_LeaderBoard it'll be fine tuned. It's layout and input methods may change.

See ... Score

House ...

Create, delete houses. Assign house logos, mottos. Assign members to houses. House data can be used by SCM_LeaderBoard to display house totals.

What's the point of houses in clubs, you ask? Good question. None. swim clubs don't need houses.

BUT.... Perhaps your club is in truth a school running a swimming carnival. Think about the combine strengths of using SCM, Import XLS and the SCM_LeaderBoard application.

House is work-in-progress. With the release of SCM_LeaderBoard it'll a have full meaning.

See ... House

Clean MSSQL ...

This tool scans your MS SQL SwimClubMeet database, looking for orphaned files and other database issues.

🖐 DEVELOPER : If I've written SCM correctly, then it'll find nothing. This routine is non-destructive. Comforting to run every now and then. Send me an email if you see something. (I've never seen an error.)

Menu Item Help

About ...

Displays information on SCM including version number, copyright and trademark.

Future versions of the help menu will allow you the chose of viewing the help file locally or on the internet.

About SwimClubMeet dialogue box.

The Product Version must match exactly the version number used by the SwimClubMeet database on the SQLEXPRESS database server. The database version can be found in the dbo.SCMSystem table.

snippet of the dbo.SCMSystem table — Snippet of the dbo.SCMSystem table.

If the version doesn't match, you may see database errors.

The Build Version (that's the .1.0 portion seen in the image) indicates the release version of SCM that you have installed. To find the most resent release go to the SCM website.

FYI : The picture is a microscopic look at fish scales. (Suitably themed 🙂)

Future versions of this dialogue will include the MS SQLEXPRESS SwimClubMeet database version.