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Guide 3.4

Print scoresheets and override a judge

Print a blank sheet for paper scoring, print what a judge submitted, or correct a judge's weight after the round has opened.

Who can do thisSuper AdminAdminAuditorTabulator

Print a blank scoresheet

A blank scoresheet lists the round's entrants and criteria with empty boxes. Keep a stack at the venue as the fallback if a judge's screen stops working. It needs only the round's setup, not any scores, so you can make it before the round opens.

  1. Open the round and choose Actions, then Generate blank scoresheetThe item shows only if the round has criteria.
  2. Choose Download in the message that appearsThe sheet opens in a new tab as a PDF, ready to print. The download link works for a short time, so print it right away or generate it again.
The Actions menu of a round. Generate blank scoresheet is the fourth item, with Export judge scoresheets directly below it.
  1. Generate blank scoresheet: a PDF with empty boxes for every entrant and criterion.
  2. Export judge scoresheets: all submitted sheets together. See the Results chapter.

Print what one judge submitted

This makes a completed sheet with the scores one judge has entered. It is a record, for example to give the chairman or to keep with the paper file.

  1. Open the round and choose the Round Judges tab
  2. Choose Generate scoresheet on the judge's rowThe button appears only after that judge has submitted at least one score. If it is missing, they have not scored yet.
  3. Choose Download in the message that appears
The Round Judges tab of the Question and Answer round. Five judges are listed with their weight and whether they are chairman. Every row ends with an Override button in amber and a Generate scoresheet button, as a Super Admin sees it.
  1. Round Judges tab.
  2. Override: shown to a Super Admin only, once the round has opened.
  3. Generate scoresheet: this judge's submitted scores as a PDF.

Override a judge on the frozen panel

Once a round has opened, its panel is frozen: you cannot add or remove judges or edit their weight. If a judge's weight or chairman mark is wrong, a Super Admin can correct it with Override. It changes only those two things.

  1. On the Round Judges tab, choose Override on the judge's row
  2. Set the new weight, and tick or untick Is chairman
  3. Write the reason, then saveThe reason is required and is kept in the audit trail with your name. A message says Panel overridden.
Override changes how scores count. A new weight changes the judge's share of the total. Recompute the round afterwards so the official results use it. Adding or removing a judge after the round opens is not possible with Override.

Only a Super Admin sees the Override button. Other roles do not see it.