When I was checking the Beta version of Sailwave, I noticed that the “Wind Indexed Ratings” for some but not all competitors were blank. I believe this is an artifact of using the prior year’s .blw as the basis for the new year’s .blw
and having aliased competitors for each competitor so the same Class name is used for each one. I believe this behavior is due to Sailwave using the existing ratings found for any Class name found in the .blw even if it had blank wind indexed rating values.
To resolve the issue, I needed to delete the Class name for each competitor with a blank wind indexed rating. Then I needed to reselect the proper Class name from the dropdown for Class name in the competitor entry form for each competitor
of that class including the aliased ones. Then the new and proper wind indexed rating would be loaded. I believe that this behavior is due to there being a valid rating in the Series .blw for the class name for at least one competitor.
My question is: Is there a convenient and easy way to “force” the most current ratings found in the rating file(s) to be loaded into the .blw for each race? I realize that if the rating changes during the season, the ratings for earlier
races in the series would be modified and could affect the results. However, in our case for any series, we would use the most current rating from our rating agency for all races and would want any new rating(s) “automatically” apply to the .blw.
There does not appear to be a “clean” solution that would retain earlier ratings and allow updates in the ratings file to propagate to the .blw for new and future races, so some sort of user selection may be required. I also realize that
the rating can be manually changed for any individual for any race and then that rating can be applied to future races and not past races but “checking” the appropriate box on the competitor entry form. That would require a manual updating for each competitor
with a change.
of Sailwave, I noticed that the �Wind Indexed Ratings�
for some but not all competitors were blank.� I believe
this is an artifact of using the prior year�s .blw as
the basis for the new year�s .blw and having aliased
competitors for each competitor so the same Class name
is used for each one. I believe this behavior is due to
Sailwave using the existing ratings found for any Class
name found in the .blw even if it had blank wind indexed
rating values.� �
�
To resolve the issue, I needed to
delete the Class name for each competitor with a blank
wind indexed rating. Then I needed to reselect the
proper Class name from the dropdown for Class name in
the competitor entry form for each competitor of that
class including the aliased ones.� Then the new and
proper wind indexed rating would be loaded.� I believe
that this behavior is due to there being a valid rating
in the Series .blw for the class name for at least one
competitor.
�
My question is: Is there a convenient
and easy way to �force� the most current ratings found
in the rating file(s) to be loaded into the .blw for
each race? I realize that if the rating changes during
the season, the ratings for earlier races in the series
would be modified and could affect the results. However,
in our case for any series, we would use the most
current rating from our rating agency for all races and
would want any new rating(s) �automatically� apply to
the .blw.�
�
There does not appear to be a �clean�
solution that would retain earlier ratings and allow
updates in the ratings file to propagate to the .blw for
new and future races, so some sort of user selection may
be required.� I also realize that the rating can be
manually changed for any individual for any race and
then that rating can be applied to future races and not
past races but �checking� the appropriate box on the
competitor entry form.� That would require a manual
updating for each competitor with a change.
Open “Edit scoring system”, then select “Ratings” tab, then down the bottom on the left hand side check the box “Auto update” ratings.
Kind regards,
Huw
On 08/03/2019 21:23, Tom OWEN towen999@msn.com [sailwave] wrote:
When I was checking the Beta version of Sailwave, I noticed that the “Wind Indexed Ratings” for some but not all competitors were blank. I believe this is an artifact of using
the prior year’s .blw as the basis for the new year’s .blw and having aliased competitors for each competitor so the same Class name is used for each one. I believe this behavior is due to Sailwave using the existing ratings found for any Class name found
in the .blw even if it had blank wind indexed rating values.
To resolve the issue, I needed to delete the Class name for each competitor with a blank wind indexed rating. Then I needed to reselect the proper Class name from the dropdown for
Class name in the competitor entry form for each competitor of that class including the aliased ones. Then the new and proper wind indexed rating would be loaded. I believe that this behavior is due to there being a valid rating in the Series .blw for the
class name for at least one competitor.
My question is: Is there a convenient and easy way to “force” the most current ratings found in the rating file(s) to be loaded into the .blw for each race? I realize that if the
rating changes during the season, the ratings for earlier races in the series would be modified and could affect the results. However, in our case for any series, we would use the most current rating from our rating agency for all races and would want any
new rating(s) “automatically” apply to the .blw.
There does not appear to be a “clean” solution that would retain earlier ratings and allow updates in the ratings file to propagate to the .blw for new and future races, so some
sort of user selection may be required. I also realize that the rating can be manually changed for any individual for any race and then that rating can be applied to future races and not past races but “checking” the appropriate box on the competitor entry
form. That would require a manual updating for each competitor with a change.
for the response, but that was checked for both
scoring systems.� We are using Appendix A TOT and a
locally developed TimePerMile.
�
Tom
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From:
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Saturday, March 9, 2019 3:23 AM
Re: [sailwave] Updating Wind
Indexed Ratings
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Hi Tom,
Short answer is yes to quickly updating ratings.
Open "Edit scoring system", then select "Ratings"
tab, then down the bottom on the left hand side
check the box “Auto update” ratings.
Kind regards,
Huw
On 08/03/2019 21:23, Tom OWEN
towen999@msn.com [sailwave] wrote:
�
When I was checking the
Beta version of Sailwave, I noticed that the
�Wind Indexed Ratings� for some but not all
competitors were blank.� I believe this is
an artifact of using the prior year�s .blw
as the basis for the new year�s .blw and
having aliased competitors for each
competitor so the same Class name is used
for each one. I believe this behavior is due
to Sailwave using the existing ratings found
for any Class name found in the .blw even if
it had blank wind indexed rating values.� �
�
To resolve the issue, I
needed to delete the Class name for each
competitor with a blank wind indexed rating.
Then I needed to reselect the proper Class
name from the dropdown for Class name in the
competitor entry form for each competitor of
that class including the aliased ones.� Then
the new and proper wind indexed rating would
be loaded.� I believe that this behavior is
due to there being a valid rating in the
Series .blw for the class name for at least
one competitor.
�
My question is: Is there
a convenient and easy way to �force� the
most current ratings found in the rating
file(s) to be loaded into the .blw for each
race? I realize that if the rating changes
during the season, the ratings for earlier
races in the series would be modified and
could affect the results. However, in our
case for any series, we would use the most
current rating from our rating agency for
all races and would want any new rating(s)
�automatically� apply to the .blw.�
�
There does not appear to
be a �clean� solution that would retain
earlier ratings and allow updates in the
ratings file to propagate to the .blw for
new and future races, so some sort of user
selection may be required.� I also realize
that the rating can be manually changed for
any individual for any race and then that
rating can be applied to future races and
not past races but �checking� the
appropriate box on the competitor entry
form.� That would require a manual updating
for each competitor with a change.
I have manually updated the ratings as I described in the original email and therefore do not have a good file to show the issue. Sorry and I realize that having
the original files would certainly help in sorting out any issues. I encountered this while trying to update the latest .blw from last year in preparing for this year. There are no races at this time and the “problem” may have disappeared when there was
a valid race. At this point all is working fine.
Thanks for the offer to help and have a great day.
Open “Edit scoring system”, then select “Ratings” tab, then down the bottom on the left hand side check the box “Auto update” ratings.
Kind regards,
Huw
On 08/03/2019 21:23, Tom OWEN towen999@msn.com [sailwave] wrote:
When I was checking the Beta version of Sailwave, I noticed that the “Wind Indexed Ratings” for some but not all competitors were blank. I believe this is an artifact of using
the prior year’s .blw as the basis for the new year’s .blw and having aliased competitors for each competitor so the same Class name is used for each one. I believe this behavior is due to Sailwave using the existing ratings found for any Class name found
in the .blw even if it had blank wind indexed rating values.
To resolve the issue, I needed to delete the Class name for each competitor with a blank wind indexed rating. Then I needed to reselect the proper Class name from the dropdown for
Class name in the competitor entry form for each competitor of that class including the aliased ones. Then the new and proper wind indexed rating would be loaded. I believe that this behavior is due to there being a valid rating in the Series .blw for the
class name for at least one competitor.
My question is: Is there a convenient and easy way to “force” the most current ratings found in the rating file(s) to be loaded into the .blw for each race? I realize that if the
rating changes during the season, the ratings for earlier races in the series would be modified and could affect the results. However, in our case for any series, we would use the most current rating from our rating agency for all races and would want any
new rating(s) “automatically” apply to the .blw.
There does not appear to be a “clean” solution that would retain earlier ratings and allow updates in the ratings file to propagate to the .blw for new and future races, so some
sort of user selection may be required. I also realize that the rating can be manually changed for any individual for any race and then that rating can be applied to future races and not past races but “checking” the appropriate box on the competitor entry
form. That would require a manual updating for each competitor with a change.
I have manually updated the ratings as I described in the original email and therefore do not have a good file to show the issue. Sorry and I realize that having
the original files would certainly help in sorting out any issues. I encountered this while trying to update the latest .blw from last year in preparing for this year. There are no races at this time and the “problem” may have disappeared when there was
a valid race. At this point all is working fine.
Thanks for the offer to help and have a great day.
Open “Edit scoring system”, then select “Ratings” tab, then down the bottom on the left hand side check the box “Auto update” ratings.
Kind regards,
Huw
On 08/03/2019 21:23, Tom OWEN > > towen999@msn.com [sailwave] wrote:
When I was checking the Beta version of Sailwave, I noticed that the “Wind Indexed Ratings” for some but not all competitors were blank. I believe this is an artifact of using
the prior year’s .blw as the basis for the new year’s .blw and having aliased competitors for each competitor so the same Class name is used for each one. I believe this behavior is due to Sailwave using the existing ratings found for any Class name found
in the .blw even if it had blank wind indexed rating values.
To resolve the issue, I needed to delete the Class name for each competitor with a blank wind indexed rating. Then I needed to reselect the proper Class name from the dropdown for
Class name in the competitor entry form for each competitor of that class including the aliased ones. Then the new and proper wind indexed rating would be loaded. I believe that this behavior is due to there being a valid rating in the Series .blw for the
class name for at least one competitor.
My question is: Is there a convenient and easy way to “force” the most current ratings found in the rating file(s) to be loaded into the .blw for each race? I realize that if the
rating changes during the season, the ratings for earlier races in the series would be modified and could affect the results. However, in our case for any series, we would use the most current rating from our rating agency for all races and would want any
new rating(s) “automatically” apply to the .blw.
There does not appear to be a “clean” solution that would retain earlier ratings and allow updates in the ratings file to propagate to the .blw for new and future races, so some
sort of user selection may be required. I also realize that the rating can be manually changed for any individual for any race and then that rating can be applied to future races and not past races but “checking” the appropriate box on the competitor entry
form. That would require a manual updating for each competitor with a change.
I have manually updated the ratings as I described in the original email and therefore do not have a good file to show the issue. Sorry and I realize that having the original files
would certainly help in sorting out any issues. I encountered this while trying to update the latest .blw from last year in preparing for this year. There are no races at this time and the “problem” may have disappeared when there was a valid race. At this
point all is working fine.
Thanks for the offer to help and have a great day.
Open “Edit scoring system”, then select “Ratings” tab, then down the bottom on the left hand side check the box “Auto update” ratings.
Kind regards,
Huw
On 08/03/2019 21:23, Tom OWEN towen999@msn.com [sailwave] wrote:
When I was checking the Beta version of Sailwave, I noticed that the “Wind Indexed Ratings” for some but not all competitors were blank. I believe this is an artifact of using the prior year’s .blw as the basis for the new year’s .blw and having aliased competitors
for each competitor so the same Class name is used for each one. I believe this behavior is due to Sailwave using the existing ratings found for any Class name found in the .blw even if it had blank wind indexed rating values.
To resolve the issue, I needed to delete the Class name for each competitor with a blank wind indexed rating. Then I needed to reselect the proper Class name from the dropdown for Class name in the competitor entry form for each competitor of that class including
the aliased ones. Then the new and proper wind indexed rating would be loaded. I believe that this behavior is due to there being a valid rating in the Series .blw for the class name for at least one competitor.
My question is: Is there a convenient and easy way to “force” the most current ratings found in the rating file(s) to be loaded into the .blw for each race? I realize that if the rating changes during the season, the ratings for earlier races in the series
would be modified and could affect the results. However, in our case for any series, we would use the most current rating from our rating agency for all races and would want any new rating(s) “automatically” apply to the .blw.
There does not appear to be a “clean” solution that would retain earlier ratings and allow updates in the ratings file to propagate to the .blw for new and future races, so some sort of user selection may be required. I also realize that the rating can be
manually changed for any individual for any race and then that rating can be applied to future races and not past races but “checking” the appropriate box on the competitor entry form. That would require a manual updating for each competitor with a change.
I personally store all my Sailwave files either in Dropbox or pCloud as these both offer the history feature as standard and free of charge, allowing you to recover any lost or accidentally overwritten files with the added advantage that even if your PC or drive fails you have a backup of them in the cloud.
