When building reports in RaceDay Scoring, there are a number of different ways that participants can be filtered for reports. Two of these are Scoring Filters and Display Filters; both of these filter types have the same options for filtering using registration or scoring fields. It is important to understand how they differ in terms of output to use them effectively.
Below you will find the steps to create a Top 5 Female report that demonstrates the difference between Scoring and Display Filters. For reference, this is what the Top 10 results for this 5K look like without any filtering.
Because the end goal of this report is to show the Top 5 Females, a value of 5 should be input to the Number of Places to Show field.
With filtering down to 5 places, the report would now look like this:
Display Filter
Using a Participant Display Filter, reports can be cut down to only show participants who meet the filtered criteria without changing how they are scored. In this case, a Display Filter is used to show only participants whose Gender is Female
It is worth noting that once any filtering is added to the Participant Display Filter, a field for Section Place is added to the end of the report's columns. This is NOT the case for Scoring Filters, as the Place column would be identical to that output.
Because there is a filter to only show 5 places, and because this is a Display Filter, the output will be limited to participants whose Gender is Female in the scored top 5 of the Event. Note that the Place column shows their scored place, but the Section Place column shows their place in the report.
Scoring Filter
Scoring Filters differ from Display Filters by applying to the participants prior to scoring them, rather than just showing scored participants that meet the display criteria. The Scoring Filter below will show the fastest 5 participants whose Gender is Female.
Note that the output of this report does not have the Section Place automatically added. The Place field shows 1 through 5, as the scoring criteria states that the report is only scoring Females - this means that anyone without a Gender of Female is not scored, and subsequently do not displace anyone.
Summary and Use Case
As the above reports show, the main difference between a Scoring Filter and Display Filter is when the filter is applied. The difference is evident in the names themselves: Scoring Filters apply the filter prior to score the participants, while Display Filters are applied after scoring to display them. The application of these filter types, and when to use them, have no hard and fast rules and can be used creatively for many types of reporting. A few examples can be found below as a starting point. Ultimately, Display Filters are best for reporting internally or to the Race Director, while Scoring Filters are best for publishing results.
When to Use Display Filters
- Showing local runners in the Top 100
- Highlighting participants who answered "Local Running Store" to "How did you hear about this race?"
- Identifying Pacers
When to Use Scoring Filters
- Scoring the Top 10 Male local runners against each other
- Showing the Overall report without Pacers
- Scoring only people who ran with a Stroller