How to use TBA Requests
Browse open TBA assignment requests and claim or retract them when eligible.
New Horizon Experience. This article describes the New Horizon Experience, which is currently available only in the Horizon WebRef mobile apps for Android and iOS. It is coming soon to desktop and laptop.
This article covers TBA Requests in HorizonWebRef - the Schedule view where officials browse and claim TBA (to-be-announced) assignment opportunities when your organization enables swaps/TBA.
Open it from Schedule when TBA Requests is available to you. Use this article when you are finding open TBA slots, responding to requests, or managing your TBA responses. Your personal accepted games live on My Schedule; coaches use Team Schedule.
Who sees TBA Requests
You must be signed in as an official for an organization that has TBA requests turned on (including fellow-official posts when your organization allows them). If TBA requests are not enabled for your organization, this view is not available to you.
Assignors and other non-official roles do not normally see this browse view. Officials and assignors use different Schedule views, so if you only see Team or Master Schedule options, you are not on the TBA Requests role path.
Browse the list
Games load as you scroll. There is no separate Load more button. On larger screens you see a table. On phones you choose Compact (more games on screen) or Detailed (more information per game). Compact cards stay short. The table and Detailed cards also show pay: a range when your assignor posted the game and open positions pay different amounts, a single amount when they pay the same (or when a fellow official posted their assignment), and nothing when the assignor-posted positions all pay zero.
A colored accent on each row or card tells you who posted the TBA request:
Orange means it was posted by your assignor. Anyone eligible can request it.
Blue (sky) means a fellow official posted it. Requesting it, if you are selected, would take over that official's spot on the game.
A short legend near the top of the page explains what each color means. The result count badge shows how many open games currently match your filters.
Filters and quick filters
Change the date range from the calendar control on the top bar (it defaults to the next 30 days). That control applies as soon as you choose a range. It is separate from the Filters panel.
On a phone in the Horizon WebRef app, Filters is the funnel icon on that same top bar. It does not say Filters, and it is not the older filter row that used to sit on the page. Tap the funnel to open a side panel from the right. Set the options you want, then tap Apply Filters at the bottom of the panel. A red number on the funnel means Filters besides the date range are on. Quick filters is the nearby icon with stacked lines and is a separate menu for saved sets.
On a larger screen the same funnel still opens that side panel. The Filters panel can include:
Leagues - when your organization uses leagues
Game Code - the standalone game-code filter (it may still say Types on the panel)
Teams - when your organization uses teams
Locations
Status - not cancelled, cancelled only, or all
Sorting order - sort by date, time, location, home, away, or ID when those columns apply. Sorting is remembered but does not count toward the red number on Filters.
Reset Filters restores the default date window and clears the other filters.
The page remembers the filters and card density you last used on TBA Requests for a period of time, separate from other schedule surfaces.
Save named Quick filters for combinations you reuse often, such as one league or a particular type of game. Apply, or delete them from the Quick filters menu. You can keep a limited number of quick filters per organization.
Use the density buttons next to the date range to switch between Compact and Detailed cards on phones.
Request an open game
Choose Request on any row or card to start a TBA request.
The page first checks that the time does not conflict with one of your existing assignments. If it does, you will see a Schedule Conflict notice and cannot continue with that request.
If there is no conflict, you choose a Position from the positions still open for that game, then confirm. If you are later selected, you will receive an email confirming the assignment. Sending a request does not guarantee you will be assigned; your assignor still makes the final decision.
Once your request is in, the button on that row changes to Retract so you can tell at a glance which games you have already requested.
View game details and directions
Tap a card or row, or choose Details next to Request or Retract, to open the same style of game details used on Public Schedule. The details show the matchup, the start and end time, the full venue name and address, who is already assigned, and the same pay shown on the table and Detailed cards (a range, a single amount, or nothing when assignor-posted positions all pay zero).
When an address is on file, tap the location to get directions in Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Waze. Use this when you are stacking games and need to see whether two fields are close enough, and how much time you have between them.
Retract a request
Choose Retract on a row where you already requested a game, then confirm. This removes your request. If the game remains open, you can request it again later.
My Responses
Choose My Responses in the header to open a side panel listing the TBA requests you have made. This is a convenient way to review everything you have requested without scrolling back through the full list. Closing the panel returns you to TBA Requests, and the list refreshes automatically if anything changed while the panel was open.
When your account is not fully approved
If your account has not yet been fully approved for the organization, a notice appears explaining that requesting open games is disabled until your assignor approves your account. You can still browse the list, open Details, and use filters while you wait; only the Request and Retract actions are unavailable.
How assignors send TBA listings
Assignors and organization administrators send listings from Master Game Schedule. Organization administrators turn the TBA system on in System Settings with Feature #51. Feature #52 lets officials post an accepted game so another official can take that spot.
In the New Horizon Experience, select one or more games, then choose Send TBA from Actions on the red bar that pins after you select. Choose who should see the listing. Those people get a notification and can open TBA Requests. Retract TBA removes the listing from the selected games. A TBA chip on a game stays quiet until someone responds, then shows the count.
A request is not an assignment. Review responses in Assign on that game, then assign the people you want. Eligible means the person qualifies after all rules, including the availability calendar. Available means only the calendar.
If you still see the older legacy desktop or laptop layout
On desktop or laptop, TBA Requests may still use the older layout until the New Horizon Experience arrives there. Assignors still turn the TBA system on in System Settings with Feature #51. Feature #52 lets officials post their own accepted games so another official can take the spot.
In that older layout, assignors send listings from Send TBAs on the top toolbar of Master Game Schedule. Officials open TBA Requests in the navigation menu when listings are waiting (the link hides when nothing is open). Respond with the icon to the right of a listing. Officials who can post their own listing use the send icon on the far right of an accepted game on their Game Schedule, then use View Responses to transfer the game.
Submitting a request still does not assign the game. Your assignor reviews responses and assigns later. If you see no open positions - contact assignor, the league, game code, or positions for that game need to be set up before anyone can respond.