Publishing Games & Assignments

Release assignments to officials, or hide them again while you keep scheduling.

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 publish and unpublish on Master Game Schedule. Open it from Schedule. It is for assignors and schedulers. Publishing is not the same as making a game public. Public viewing uses Public Schedule (Feature #21, labeled Simplified Public Schedule in System Settings).

Watch the walkthrough

This video shows how to publish in the New Horizon Experience. One game uses the button next to Assign. Several games use Actions on the red bar. On a computer or laptop, the older layout stays until you choose Try the New Horizon Experience from the banner or your account menu. That older layout is described at the end of this article.

What publish does

Every game starts unpublished. Assigned officials cannot see it, and Horizon does not send assignment notices. When you are ready, Publish releases those assignments. Officials can then see the game on My Schedule and accept or decline.

A typical order is: add games, assign officials, then publish. If a game is already published, later assignment changes go out right away. If you want to keep working without notices, unpublish first. Unpublishing notifies assigned officials that the game was removed from their list.

Publishing a game with no assignments does not notify anyone. After you send TBA listings, the usual order is: collect TBA responses, unpublish those TBA games, assign, then publish the assignments. See TBA System.

Publish or unpublish one game

On each game, the button next to Assign (or Invite on a meeting) publishes or unpublishes that one game after you confirm. Red means unpublished (tap to publish). Green means published (tap to unpublish). On a compact card the control is often the earth icon only, with the word Publish or Unpublish in the tooltip. On a detailed card, a Published or Unpublished chip sits with the other status chips.

Master Game Schedule on a phone. An orange ring marks the unpublished button next to Assign. The tooltip says Publish.

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

Master Game Schedule on a computer. An orange ring marks the unpublished button next to Assign. The tooltip says Publish.

Publish several games

Select the games, then use Actions on the red bar. Choose Publish (it may sit under Status). Horizon asks you to confirm. The title is Publish selected games? and the note says assigned officials who have not accepted will be emailed. Tap Publish when you mean to release those assignments.

The Publish selected games confirmation. An orange ring marks the Publish button.

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

The Publish selected games confirmation. An orange ring marks the Publish button on a computer.

If you still see the older legacy desktop or laptop layout

On the older desktop or laptop layout, click Yes or No in the Published column on Master Game Schedule. For several games, select them and use the Publishing menu on the top toolbar.