Getting Started with Pairwise
Step 1: Configuration Setup
Before collecting data, you'll need to set up your configuration. This defines what qualitative metrics you'll track and how teams are organized/ranked. Configurations have flexibility and customizable options to better fit your team's needs.
Quick Tips:
- Start with one or two key metrics to track
- Consider using split alliances as a new user
- Name your configurations clearly for easy reference
- Test your configuration with a few sample matches first
Step 2: Event Selection
Once your configuration is ready, you'll need to select an event to analyze. Events become available when their match schedule is published.
Important Notes:
- Event schedules typically publish the night before or morning of the event
- You can prepare your configuration ahead of time
- Once created the event cannot have its configuration updated, plan accordingly
Step 3: Data Collection
With your event created, you can begin collecting match data through the data entry interface. Right click (long press on touchscreen) to bring up the event menu, then select 'Collect Data'. This page can also be accessed via the main menu under 'Tools' then 'Data Input Tool' Matches appear in a list on the screen, if not visible you can select an event from the dropdown in the sidebar. The options reflect any events you created in the configuration step.
Important Notes:
- Discussion with fellow scouts after every match is a core aspect of critical team evaluation
- Focus only on the perfomance a team showed on the field for that match, even if the perfomance in their prior match was stellar or lackluster
- Be sure to use tags to add context to a team's perfomance, espesially if something comes acorss as amiss or unrepresenatative
Step 4: Data Management
Pairwise provides several tools for managing and sharing your collected data.