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How to set assigning readiness status

Mark an official Ready or Not Ready so they can receive games, or so they cannot.

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.

This article covers Ready and Not Ready on the Members Directory in HorizonWebRef. Organization administrators use it when they want someone to stay in the organization but not receive assignments.

It applies to organization administrators. Everyday officials cannot change their own readiness. Use this article when you need to block games for someone who is still a member, or turn them back to Ready. For the rest of the directory, see How to use the Members Directory.

Both layouts are in use right now. In the Horizon WebRef mobile apps 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.


What Ready and Not Ready do

By default, officials are Ready. That means they can be assigned to games, they can edit their Availability Calendar, and they can receive TBA requests.

An official who is Not Ready cannot be scheduled to games, cannot edit the Availability Calendar, and will not receive TBA requests. When they open Game Schedule, the public schedule, TBA requests, or Availability, they see Account Disabled and a note that their organization's scheduler has disabled their account.

Not Ready does not free a user license. The person still counts toward the organization's official count. To free a license you must delete that membership from the organization.

Typical reasons to use Not Ready:

  • The person is staying in the organization for messages and records, but is not working games right now.

  • They still need to finish a registration requirement before they can receive assignments.

  • They are temporarily suspended from games.

  • They asked to stay in the organization but opt out of games for now.

Officials who see Account Disabled should ask an organization administrator why they are Not Ready and what they need to do to be set Ready again.


Change one person

Open Members Directory from Directory in the menu. Find the official. A Not Ready official's card uses a red left edge and a lighter red card so you can spot them in the list. Ready cards keep the usual orange left edge.

Members Directory on a phone after a search. One official card has a red left edge and a lighter red card.

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

Members Directory on a computer after a search. One official card has a red left edge and a lighter red card.

Open that person's three-dot Actions menu. A small Ready or Not Ready label sits to the right of the name at the top of the menu. Tap or click that label to switch the status.

The Actions menu on a phone. The person's name is at the top, with a small Not Ready label to the right of the name.

That control lives on the phone menu. On a computer, use the same Actions menu on the card or row, or use the bulk readiness steps below.


Change several people at once

Organization administrators can select people with the checkbox on each card or row. A bar stays at the bottom with the count, such as 3 selected. Choose Readiness Status. The page asks Update readiness? Then choose Set Ready or Set Not Ready for the selected officials.

Select all selects everyone already loaded on the screen, not people who have not scrolled into view yet.


See who is Ready

The directory list itself shows Ready and Not Ready on cards and in table view. You can also open Login Records from Utilities (assignors and organization administrators), or Export the current list to a spreadsheet.


If you still see the older legacy desktop or laptop layout

On the older layout, open Members Directory, then edit the person with the pencil, or use Change Readiness Status under the Delete Users toolbar menu. Login Records and Export still show the current status. Ready and Not Ready mean the same things on both layouts. The red Not Ready card, the Actions label, and Readiness Status on the selection bar belong to the New Horizon Experience.

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