The Problem: the races want the series results to show as total points, but Sailwave converts each series to place when scoring the merged series.
I will be merging 10 series of 6 races each. Right now I have two race series Jan 2 and Jan 9 (6 races each to merge. I used the “File > Merge in another Sailwave Series” to join the two series:
The result was a sailwave file showing the summed points for the 6 races for each of 2 series. See below
Now when I score the merged series, the total points are converted to places. Not what the racers want to see even if the results will be the same.
Is there any setting that will keep the total points when merging and scoring series?
You appear to be asking for the published results to be the finishing places rather than the scored points
Although this is not normal
You can do this by scoring and then pressing F6 and then F and then publishing the results - you will get a warning that you might like to score before publishing but you can ignore this and continue
Actually, I’m hoping to get the results in total points, not finishing places. I tried the F6, then F and then publishing. I did not get an error message. I got the same output of sum of the places rather than sum of the points:
If you press F6 and F then you will see what you have entered
if you press F6 and P then you will see the scored points (which is the normal for scoring
If you have pressed F6 and F and the values that are displayed are not what you want please check what you have entered
I must say that normally you would display scored points
If you still have an issue perhaps you could attach you test files or give me a call on WhatsApp +447530112233
I’ve uploaded the blw file I’m working on. It displays the total points from 6 races on Jan 2 and total points from 6 races on Jan 9. If I score the merged races the total points for Jan 2 are converted to places and the same for Jan 9. Entering F6 and then 6 after scoring has no effect. Not sure what is going wrong.
The last example you displayed is almost what I’m trying to get. I trying to have the Total equal the sum of the Jan 2 and Jan 9 points, so the Total for Ron Stephanz would be 27 rather than 3.
You could do something with an Effect as Huw suggests
To get Sailwave to add the points for you you would need enter them as points so they stay as points
e.g. if you used the RDG code (you could create your own code PNT or an invisible code) and then the points would not be changed when you scored
How do you cope with DNC etc what points do you give
It takes very little to copy the position to the points but to make it super easy I’ve modified Sailwave in Version 2.36.2 to also copy the points across for you when you select points in the merge. You can download it from https://www.sailwave.com/download/sailwave/sailwave2-36-0/sailwave.exe
So when you Merge the 3rd race all the points will be there already all you need to do is tell it use points for each entry in the race - you can do that very quickly by selecting one of the existing results and typing CNTRL C then select the top result in R3 and type CNTRL V then repeat Down Arrow CNTRL V for all the other competitors in that race a 5s to 10s job and its all done
