Properties of a List

Updated: 2023-04-10

• MeOS uses List name to refer to the list. This text is not visible in the actual list.
• List type is the type that every row in the main list refers to, and in some cases an overall grouping of rows. Possible choices are: Competitor, Competitor (classes together), Competitor (specific leg), Team, Team (classes together), Club (Competitors), Club (Teams), Course, and Control.
  
  The types Club (Competitors) and Club (Teams) works as the option Competitor (or Team), but the list is grouped by club.
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  If you want to make a list of clubs, use this type, but leave the main list empty and use blocks in the subheading as the main list.
  The types Competitor and team with classes together works together with Result Modules. The options mean the the competitor's (team's) classes are merged when the results are calculated. The classes you select when showing the list are included in the calculation.
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  If you want to create a common result list for the classes Men and Women, you can do as follows:

  • Create a Result Module with standard rules.
  • Create a result list of the type Competitor (classes together). Select the result module from the previous step. Save the list in the competition.
  • Select All Lists on the page Lists. Choose the list and the classes you want to include in the calculation.
  • When the list shows, you can select Remember the List to save it with the class selection.
  Competitor (specific leg) is also used together with a result module, and means that each leg (in a relay) is treated as its own class. The choices Course and Control creates lists over courses and controls. Such a list can be used to view course usage, for example.
• Result calculation is used to define how results are calculated. Standard is the default method, which, depending on the contents of the list and the class definition, means individual result, team result, total result or Rogaining result. You may also define a custom method for result calculations, see Result Modules
• Global sort order defines the order of the rows in the list. The order should agree with the contents in the subheading. If the sort order starts with class, the blocks in the subheading should contain class types, such as class name. Note that teams does not support all sort orders. Here follows a description of some common orders:
  • Class, start time, name is used for start lists.
  • Class, result (total result) is used for normal result lists. Total result sums the result of all stages.
  • Start time, name is used for minute start lists and similar lists
  • Custom order can be used when you have selected your own result module. The order defined by the module is used.
  • Reversed finish time Place the latest result first. This kind of lists, set to show the first 30 lines or so, can be suitable to show a recent result list on a screen near the finish.
• Secondary type is used to define a sublist for each row in the main list, for example split times for a competitor, or the members of a team.
• Support time from control and Support time to control makes the corresponding options available when showing the list (thus, you can the use the list to see results from start to control 50 or similar.). For this to work, you need a result module supporting these options. Two built-in result modules that you can use are Result at control and Total/team result at a control.
• Use Filtering to exclude rows from the list. A result list usually only contains competitors with a result. Use With result to only include runners with a definite result status, or Prel. result to also include runners with a finish punch, but which has not yet read out their card (and assuming the status will be OK).
  
  If you want to show only vacant start times, use Only vacant. If you want to exclude vacant positions, use Not vacant.
  
  You can also show competitors with or without a card, or with a borrowed card. Use Has started to only show entries without DNS status.
• A Sub Filter is used when the secondary list type is of Competitor type. Most of these filters work as the corresponding filters on the main list. Collect parallel legs groups parallel legs, that is, shows all parallel legs when a leg is selected. Collect parallel legs, skip first is similar, but skips the first leg of the group. This is useful when the data corresponding to the first line is shown in the main list.
• Under Type face you can select the type face (font) for every part of the list, and scale the relative size with the Scale factor. You must make sure that any computer using the list can use the selected font (otherwise, some other font will be used.). If you export the list to HTML, the font is also used. To show as intended the font must exist on the computer that views the web list. You can also specify a Distance that is added to the default distance to the previous line. It is also possible to specify a negative number.