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Why does it say a Double Header schedule for this Division configuration is not available?

You see this message when you click Create on 4 Create Schedule and TeamSideline can't build any games for the division. It happens with Double Header/Different Team divisions: TeamSideline builds them only from saved patterns, and none matches your number of teams, Games Played/Team and time slots. Change the setup to one a pattern covers, use a saved template, ask TeamSideline support to add a pattern, or switch to a setup that doesn't need one.

Applies to: Admins and schedulers · All plans · League divisions with 2 Game Configuration set to Double Header/Different Team

Where: Schedules > Leagues & Divisions > (division) > 4 Create Schedule, after you click Create

What the message means

The message asks you to contact TeamSideline support "to let us know a Double Header schedule for this Division configuration is not available. Please include the Division name in your email so we can help you more quickly." No games are created.

A pattern must match all of these:

  • The number of teams on 2 Teams.
  • Games Played/Team on 1 Configuration > Scheduling.
  • The number of time slots on 3 Time Slots.
  • How the time slots are stacked: how many start at each day and time. The numbers at the right above the time slot list show it, for example 3-3 for three fields at two start times.
  • With an odd number of teams, the For Schedule choice under Odd Team Division Configuration (Schedule Byes or All Teams Play Every Week).

Double Header/Same Team and Different Days divisions are built automatically, so they don't depend on a pattern.

How to fix it

  1. 1. On 3 Time Slots, check that you have one time slot per team, or one fewer with an odd number of teams and the matching For Schedule choice.
  2. 2. Change one thing at a time and click Create again: Games Played/Team, the number of time slots, or how the time slots are spread across start times.
  3. 3. If your organization saved a template from a double header schedule with the same setup (Enhanced plan and up), click Use Template on 4 Create Schedule, choose it and click Create. The list shows only templates that fit the division ("This list is filtered by the current division configurations.").
  4. 4. If you need this exact setup, contact TeamSideline support with the league and division name. Support can add a pattern for it.

Setups that don't need a pattern

  • Same opponent twice in a row: set 2 Game Configuration to Double Header/Same Team and add Game 1 and Game 2 time slots. See "How to create a same-team double header schedule (Double Header/Same Team)".
  • Two different opponents on the same day: set 2 Game Configuration to Different Days and Rest Period to 0, and save. On 3 Time Slots, set the later time slots to Game 2 with each row's Edit icon, or drag them into the Game 2 group. You need at least half the teams, rounded down, as Game 1 and as Game 2 time slots. Each week the teams play one round in the Game 1 time slots and another round in the Game 2 time slots, so each team meets two different opponents (with an odd number of teams, one team sits out each round), but a team's two games aren't paired back to back. If Same Day Warnings is Yes in Schedules > Configurations > General, 4 Create Schedule shows Same Day Games (SD) warnings; they don't stop Calc & Save.
  • Build it yourself: on 4 Create Schedule, click Manual, choose the Weeks and Games Per Week, and click Create. Set each game's teams and time slot, then click Calc & Save.

If it doesn't work

  • There's no Create button at all. That's a different problem: the division is missing a requirement, such as enough time slots. See the first related article.
  • The Use Template list is empty. No template saved by your organization matches the division's teams, games, time slots and settings.
  • RP warnings appear after switching to Different Days. Rest Period is above 0, so games on the same day are flagged. Set it to 0 on 1 Configuration > Scheduling.

Good to know

  • When Create builds a schedule from a pattern, its success message ends with a number in braces. Include it if you contact support about that schedule.
  • Tournament Pool Play pages show a similar message ("a schedule for this Division configuration is not available") when no pool pattern fits. Contact TeamSideline support with the division name.
  • For the full setup steps, see "How to create a different-team double header schedule (Double Header/Different Team)".

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