Problems with the Program?
Here are Solutions to problems in Version 2.200.
(If you have a previous edition of Plus Tab, please upgrade immediately)
Have a problem that isn't solved by the below?
EMAIL JIM THE SPREADSHEET AND TELL HIM WHAT IS WRONG.
hansonjb@whitman.edu
PROBLEM: you download the file from forensicstournament.net or bruschke's site and . . . it gives error messages when you click on teams.
----SOLUTION: You have division names with spaces (eg "Junior Level" is not a valid division name because it has a space between Junior and Level). Go into Tournament Settings and remove all spaces in Division Names.
PROBLEM: you import ordinal prefs (prefs eg 1-32) from jon bruchke's site and the prefs are way off.
----SOLUTION: Email the spreadsheet and ordinal prefs file to Jim Hanson. The problem is that the program is designed to import 1-9 prefs, not 1-999 prefs (something that needs to be fixed).
PROBLEM: you ask the program to randomly assign sides for elims but it assigns the top seeds to the gov/aff/pro side.
----SOLUTION: Either use coin flips or after pairing an elim, randomly change who is on the aff/neg.
PROBLEM: printing to labels--the labels sometimes do not match up to the label sheets.
----SOLUTION: Unfortunately, the problem is each printer prints slightly differently. If you cannot get it to work, you need to 1) change printers or 2) print to ballots.
PROBLEM: pairing a partial elim with doubleflighting, it doesn't do the pairing very well.
----SOLUTION: Pair the partial elim with singleflighting. then, manually create doubleflighting by choosing the same rooms and judges for flight B debates, fix ballots, fix pairings that get printed/exported. Sorry this is a hassle. Then, when you pair the next elim, it can handle the doubleflighting.
PROBLEM: If you use mpj with double-flighted ld, the second judge will sometimes be lowly pref'd or even possibly constrained.
----SOLUTION: After pairing, manually change the judge to a higher pref'd judge.
PROBLEM: The Program is operating slowly.
----SOLUTIONS: 1) Update Excel 2007 to SP2 or higher; 2) With very large tournaments (ones with 120+ teams), the program handles pairing, judge changes, and cumes pretty slowly. There is no solution to this; just wait for the information to appear on screen.
PROBLEM: I'm trying to use more than 1 judge in prelim rounds.
----SOLUTIONS: Sorry. Even though the program shows this as an option, using more than 1 judge in prelims causes a variety of errors. You cannot have more than 1 judge in prelims using the program.
PROBLEM: The judge data report stats for preferencing aren't accurate--they show 1-333, 333-667, 668-999.
----SOLUTIONS: That information is indeed incorrect. The problem is that the program thinks that 997, 998, and 999 are the lowest preferencing when it should not be counting that.
PROBLEM: I have differing numbers of prelims in differing divisions. I get error messages.
----SOLUTIONS: You need to have same number of prelims in each division. Just leave the non-existent prelims blank and advance to elims. When you advance to elims, you will need to cross-check the judges with the debates that still have prelims.
PROBLEM: I enter Bs for no-show rounds and I get error messages when doing cumes, pairing rounds, etc.
----SOLUTIONS: This typically happens early in the tournament. Enter scores for the round and then after you have some round results entered, the B should work (go back to the ballot and enter the B). If it still doesn't, you'll need to give an averaged score to those debaters for that no-show round before you setup elimination rounds.