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How to accept or decline game assignments

Accept, decline, or confirm published assignments on My Schedule.

New Horizon Experience. This article describes the New Horizon Experience. In the Horizon WebRef mobile apps for Android and iOS, New Horizon is already what you see. On a computer or laptop, choose Try the New Horizon Experience from the banner or your account menu. You can switch back from that menu any time.

Both layouts are in use right now. In the Horizon WebRef mobile apps for Android and iOS you see the New Horizon Experience. On a computer or laptop, the older legacy layout stays until you choose Try the New Horizon Experience from the banner or your account menu. Match the steps to the screen in front of you. When a control or rule exists on only one layout, this article says so. The steps below start with the New Horizon Experience in the apps, then cover that older desktop or laptop layout.

This article covers My Schedule in HorizonWebRef - the personal Schedule view where officials review their own assignments, accept or decline games, and manage personal schedule filters.

Open it from Schedule in the side menu when you are signed in as an Official (assignors who need their personal list use the personal schedule link that includes showmysched). Use this article when you are working your own assignment list. Coaches use Team Schedule; TBA self-assign uses TBA Requests.


Browse the list

Assignments 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). Both views show the same information, just arranged differently. Meetings show the meeting title instead of a home and away matchup, and they do not show league or game code.

Today and Tomorrow labels help you spot what is next. An orange accent marks items that still need your response or reconfirmation.

On phones, Compact cards keep more games on screen. Detailed cards show the same games with more on each card: teams, venue, League, Game Code, fee, and partners. When an assignment is still waiting for you, both layouts show Accept and Decline on the card.


Accept, decline, and confirm

When an assignment is waiting for you, Accept and Decline appear as large buttons on the card or in the Actions column. Meetings use Attending and Not Attending wording when that applies. Offers you have not answered also sit under the Needs attention banner so you can jump to them first.

My Schedule compact cards on a phone. Accept and Decline are visible on an unaccepted assignment.

On a computer, the same screen uses the wider layout.

My Schedule compact cards on a computer. Accept and Decline are visible on an unaccepted assignment.

On Detailed cards the same Accept and Decline buttons stay on the card with the rest of the game information.

My Schedule detailed cards on a phone. Accept and Decline are visible on an unaccepted assignment.

On a computer, the same screen uses the wider layout.

My Schedule detailed cards on a computer. Accept and Decline are visible on an unaccepted assignment.

Accept updates the row right away so you can keep scrolling. Decline may ask for a reason when your organization requires one. If your organization uses secondary confirmation, a Confirm button appears as the game date approaches.

Accept All accepts every unaccepted assignment in your current date range and filters. Confirm carefully before you run it.


Who am I working with?

Partners (fellow officials on the same game) appear in the table and in Detailed cards when your organization allows it, or after you have accepted. Compact cards show a short crew cue so you can check who you are travelling to work with without opening Details.


Needs attention

The Needs attention banner summarizes offers waiting for a response and games that need reconfirmation. Tap it to focus the list on those items, then tap again to show everything.


Date range, Filters, and Quick filters

Change the date range from the calendar control on the top bar. 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.

The Filters panel on a phone. Leagues is open with three leagues. An orange ring marks Apply Filters.

On a computer, the same screen uses the wider layout.

The Filters panel on a computer. Leagues is open with three leagues. An orange ring marks Apply Filters.

On a larger screen the same funnel still opens that side panel. The Filters panel can include:

  • Show schedule for (under Organizations) - when you belong to more than one organization, choose all of your organizations or one membership

  • 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 - choose how the list is ordered. Open this card in Filters, set Sort #1, Sort #2, and Sort #3, then tap Apply Filters. You can sort by Date, Time, Location, Home, Away, or ID when those columns apply. Location sorts by the location name. Home and Away appear when your organization uses teams. ID appears when game IDs are shown.

If you have not saved or remembered a sort, My Schedule starts with Date, then Time, then Location. The Master Game Schedule is the exception: it starts with Date, then Location, then Time when nothing is saved.

Needs attention is a separate chip on the list, not a choice inside the Filters panel. Tap it to show only items that still need your response or reconfirmation, then tap again to show everything. Reset Filters restores the default date window, the default sort for this schedule, and clears the other Filters.

When you are signed in, My Schedule remembers the filters you last used for about 30 days, including Sorting order. Those remembered settings stay separate from Public Schedule, Team Schedule, and TBA Requests. Sorting does not count toward the red number on Filters. Save named Quick filters for layouts you reuse often. A named Quick filter also stores the sort that was on when you saved it.

If the list is empty and you have not applied Filters, you are guided to change the date range. If Filters are on, you are guided to open Filters and adjust them.


Details, notes, ratings, and payment

Open Details for venue information and full game information. Notes and travel itinerary links appear when those records exist. Past games may offer mark paid or unpaid for your own payment received tracking when that applies. After you have accepted, Details is also where you can choose Request Turnback (or open the options menu next to your name, then Request Turnback) if your organization still allows it. A turnback is only a request. The assignment stays yours until your assignor removes you.

If ratings or reports are overdue, some detail links may stay unavailable until you complete them. Follow the on-screen message to clear the blocker.


Utilities

From Utilities you can jump to TBA Requests when your organization offers them, download an iCal file that matches your applied filters (accepted assignments only; fee can appear on the calendar event when pay is shown on your schedule), open your live iCal synchronize URL, print a printable schedule on non-app browsers, export CSV (including your position, organization, and fee breakdown), open your personal Payroll Report, or open the Public Schedule when allowed. If your organization only shows net pay, billable/gross amounts stay hidden in exports and calendar text.


If you still see the older legacy desktop or laptop layout

On desktop or laptop, My Schedule may still look like the older layout until you choose Try the New Horizon Experience from the banner or your account menu. Accept and Decline sit as icons in the right-hand Action column. Accept All sits on the top toolbar and accepts the unaccepted games currently visible. A Reminders box on Members Home still lists unaccepted games, and you can open a reminder to jump to that game.

Filters sit in a Schedule Search & Filter bar. Click the bar (or the eyeballs) once to open it, set the date range and other limits, then click Search. Sorting order is the three lists on that bar. If you have not set a sort, the older layout starts with Date, then Location, then Time. Click RESET to return to the default window. Those older filters, including sort, stay for this sign-in and reset the next time you sign in, unless you click Set Default to keep the current filters (including sort) as your saved defaults. The default date range you can set in Personal Profile is separate and does not save sort.


Mobile apps

Available now in the Horizon WebRef mobile apps for Android and iOS. On a computer or laptop, choose Try the New Horizon Experience from the banner or your account menu.

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