Visitor Team

Select the team from the list. Teams are created and managed using the Teams module that can be accessed by clicking on the Sports > Teams tab.

Visitor Score

Enter the current score for the visiting team.

Game State

Select a state from the list. E.g., Pregame, In-Progress, Final, Delayed, etc.

Game Start Time

Use the Date and Time options to set the game start time.

Home Team

Select the team from the list. Teams are created and managed using the Teams module that can be accessed by clicking on the Sports > Teams tab.

Home Score

Enter the current score for the home team.

Status

After selecting the League and Game State, you can specify a game status, when applicable. Select one from the list or enter one manually.

On Air Start

Use the Date and Time options to specify when the game goes to air, or if it can air immediately (leave it blank).

Expires

Use the Date and Time options to specify an expiry for the game. See Game Expiry Dates below for details.

Airs

Specify whether the game is enabled for broadcast or not. Clear the Airs option to disable the game.

Pregame Report

In-Progress Report

Final Report

Enter report text as needed. Formatting and spell check options are available.

Add Dynamic Fields

When Chameleon is configured to support dynamic fields, your existing Sports data can be supplemented with additional custom data fields. Some fields may be set up for you already. You can also create new custom fields on the fly as you need them.

Like your other score data, these custom fields can be populated with an integrated data feed or populated manually.

Click on the Add Dynamic Fields option. 

This action will pop-up the Dynamic Fields Editor. The Editor will allow you to manage these custom fields.

Selecting Multiple Sports

To do this, you can either:

• left mouse click on the checkbox that is located on the left side of each of the game Sports you wish to select, or

• hold the Control key down and left mouse click anywhere on each game Sports you wish to select, or

• to select a range of game Sports (inclusively), select a game score and then hold the Shift key down and left mouse click on another game score.

Edit All Scores

Click on this button to open a pop up window with all game scores in a grid. This quick editing feature. Alternatively each game can be edited one at a time.

Specify Data Feed Input

In cases where there is an available data feed, click the Manual icon to toggle it to Data Feed.

 Manual Data Input.

 Data Feed Input. If available, the data source short name will be shown below this icon.

Modify Dynamic Field Data

When Chameleon is configured to support dynamic fields, you can review and modify all of the custom data fields available for a particular game score.

Click on the Dynamic Field Data icon to review all fields and the data currently associated with those fields. 

Modify Games

1. Click Edit to modify a game.  

2. Modify game details as needed.

3. Specify Manual or Data Feed input.

4. Click Save Now to save your changes.

Remove Games

Removing a game removes them from playlists that include that information. Removing a game is a permanent action that cannot be undone.

Click Remove  to remove the game. Click OK to confirm.

To remove multiple stories, select multiple stories as described in Select Multiple Sports above. Then click on the Delete Selected button in the Sports grid header. You will be asked for confirmation. Press the OK button to proceed with the deletion.

Enable or Disable Game for Broadcast

 Game is enabled for broadcast to display on-air. Click to disable the game and prevent it from going to broadcast.

 Game is disabled. Click to enable the game and allow it to go to broadcast.

Sort Existing Games

You can sort the columns of the table; however this sort order does not affect broadcast output. By default, the sort order is the broadcast order. Click on a column header to sort in ascending or descending or default order.

Filter Games

You can filter the Existing Game Sports list by:

• Visitor or HomeTeam

• Visitor Score or Home Score

• Game State - State of the game

• Start Time or On Air Start

• Airs - Enabled, disabled, or all games

Sports and Start Time Filters provide additional filter criteria:

Reorder Existing Games

You can reorder games for broadcast output:

You can reorder game Sports for broadcast output by left clicking on and holding the game score that you wish to move. Then drag the game score to the selected position and drop it by releasing the left mouse button. The dashed line indicates where the dragged item will be dropped.

You can also reorder multiple game Sports at the same time by first selecting all the game Sports you want to move. See  Select Multiple Sports above.

Then, click and hold down the left mouse button on one of the selected game Sports and drag the selected game Sports to the desired location. Release the left mouse button to re-position the game Sports.

Refresh

Click Refresh at any time to update the list of game Sports.