A placeholder team is a team description where you do not yet know which team will be playing. Examples of placeholder teams are WINNER A, WINNER B, First Points, Wild Card, etc. To schedule finals, semi-finals etc, you will need placeholder teams.

If you have not yet set up any placeholder teams, you will see a button on top of the screen that says Make Placeholder Teams. Before clicking that, MAKE SURE YOUR DIVISIONS ARE SET UP CORRECTLY!

Click that and the system will make WINNER A, WINNER B, placeholders, etc for each division. A 1 of 4 will make FIRST PTS, SECOND PTS by default in lieu of WINNER A/B. You should not change these descriptions as the schedule program looks for them as defaults. If you do change them, you will need to manually select them from the menu.
If you need to change the descriptions, make the changes, scroll down to the bottom and save the changes. IF ANY FIELDS ARE LEFT BLANK, THE PLACEHOLDERS WILL NOT UPDATE!

You should also delete any placeholders you will not be using to keep your scheduling neat.

If you need to add a placeholder (say Wild Card) use the Add fields at the top of the form.

1. Select the division from the Division drop down menu.

2. Enter the team name in the Team text box.

3. Click the Add button.

Make sure you have a Team 1 and Team 2 placeholder for each game before you attempt to schedule a division.

SCHEDULING MENU
00: Overview
01: Set up tournament divisions
02: Set game times and dates
03: Set up venues and playing fields
04: Create Placeholder Teams
05: Placing Teams into Tournament Divisions/Groups
06: Update and/or review your tie-breaker rules.
07: Schedule games by division
08: Review and publish
09: Making Changes to a Schedule