Para-Cycling Sport Administration System User Guide
10 February 2020
Produced by International Paralympic Committee
Solomon Kamanga Junior Web Developer Adenauerallee 212-214 Tel. +49 228 2097-135 53113 Bonn, Germany Fax +49 228 2097-209 Document History
Version Date Comments
1.0 13 December 2019 First version
1.1 10 February 2020 Second Version - Add section explaining equipment management
Table of Contents
1 Introduction ...... 5
1.1 Objective ...... 5
1.2 History and Development of PCSAS ...... 5
1.3 Structure of the PCSAS Manual ...... 6
2 Website, Layout, and Functionalities ...... 7
2.1 Access to PCSAS ...... 7
2.1.1 PCSAS Website ...... 7
2.1.2 Recommended Browsers ...... 7
2.1.3 User Accounts ...... 8
2.1.4 Security and Passwords ...... 9
2.2 Header Tools ...... 11
2.3 Search Forms & Results Matrix ...... 12
2.4 Data Fields ...... 16
2.5 File Attachments (technical requirements) ...... 17
2.6 Error Messages and Notices ...... 17
3 Application Settings ...... 19
3.1 Configuration ...... 19
3.1.1 Seasons ...... 19
3.1.2 Application News ...... 20
3.2 Sport Codes ...... 20
3.3 Regional Data ...... 21
3.3.1 Countries ...... 22
3.3.2 International Federations ...... 22
3.3.3 Members ...... 24
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4 Athletes ...... 25
4.1 Personal Data / Registration ...... 25
4.1.1 Details ...... 25
4.1.2 Career & Name Changes ...... 31
4.1.3 Biography ...... 31
4.1.4 Data Sheet ...... 32
4.2 Classification ...... 32
4.2.1 Classification Search Form ...... 33
4.2.2 Classification Details ...... 34
4.2.3 Classification Profile ...... 38
4.2.4 Documentation ...... 38
4.3 Equipment ...... 40
4.4 Nationality Validation ...... 41
4.5 Duplicate Control ...... 43
4.6 Classification Mass Import ...... 44
4.7 Career Log ...... 47
4.8 File Access Log ...... 47
5 Calendar ...... 48
5.1 Competitions ...... 48
5.1.1 Sport-specific management ...... 50
5.1.2 Assigning Athletes and Classifiers ...... 52
5.2 IF Officials ...... 53
6 Reports ...... 56
6.1 Classification Master List ...... 56
6.1.1 Competition Search ...... 56
6.1.2 Other Options ...... 57
6.1.3 PDF Export ...... 58
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6.1.4 Excel Export ...... 58
6.1.5 Classification Master List Widget ...... 59
6.2 Classification Files ...... 60
7 Account Manager...... 62
7.1 User Accounts ...... 63
7.1.1 Username and Password...... 65
7.1.2 User’s Level ...... 65
7.1.3 Logout Time and Failed Login Attempts ...... 66
7.1.4 Account and Password Expiration ...... 66
7.1.5 2-Step Authentication ...... 66
7.1.6 User Groups & Permissions ...... 68
7.2 Groups, Roles and Permissions ...... 68
7.2.1 Full access and limited access roles ...... 69
7.2.2 Permission types ...... 69
7.3 Management of Groups, Roles and Permissions ...... 69
7.3.1 Roles ...... 69
7.3.2 Item Groups ...... 70
7.3.3 Role Functions ...... 71
7.3.4 User Groups ...... 71
7.3.5 Data Permissions ...... 73
8 IPC Database Issue Tracker ...... 74
8.1 Change Requests ...... 74
8.2 Defects ...... 76
9 Glossary ...... 78
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1 Introduction This chapter introduces the Para-Cycling Sport Administration System, henceforth called PCSAS.
1.1 Objective This document describes all important functionalities of PCSAS, a web-based application designed to securely capture, store and retrieve athletes’ personal and classification data managed by the national me