Digital Scout Frequently Asked Questions

Only data from more recent Digital Scout programs can be imported in the Web Enabled products.  This process will only work if the team you created on the web site is the same team that was used in the desktop software.  Also, the old desktop software must be closed during this entire process.

• Log into the web application and create a season for each season in your existing desktop data.
• After logging into the web application, click the red Organization button in the upper right of the page.
  
• Click the gray Seasons button in the upper left of the page.
• Click the Create a New Season link.
• Enter all of the information and be sure to select the correct sport for the season.
• Click Save.
• Repeat this process for as many seasons as needed for the data that will be imported.
  
• Configure your team to use the newly created seasons.
• Click the red Home button in the upper right of the page.
• Click on the team link that you are going to be importing data for.
• Position your mouse pointer over the blue Preferences button at the upper left of the page, and from the menu that appears, select Team.
• In the Team Seasons section of the preferences page, make sure there is a check mark next to the seasons that you are going to be importing data into, and then click the Save button at the bottom of the Team Seasons section.
• Ignore the step to import a roster.  This only applies if you are importing a roster for a season already created and entered through the web application, not one from a prior Digital Scout version.
  
• Launch the web enabled desktop application and synchronize.
• If the web enabled desktop application is not yet installed, log into the web application, select your team, go to the Downloads section, and download the Desktop Client.
• If you are unsure how to synchronize the desktop application with the web application, click Synchronize Data on the top menu bar.
  
• Click Tools and select Change on the home screen and make sure the season and gender are set correctly for the data you are importing.
• Click Tools and select Import Data from the Previous Version.
• The desktop application asks the user to find the data file (Example of data file name: Statware Basketball.dat).  By default, the application goes to the C:\Program Files\Digital Scout\Statware folder, which is the default installation location.
• Double click on the .dat file.

At this point, the import wizard pops up and walks the user through the settings to do the actual import.

• Make sure the correct season and team is selected for the data to be imported.
• Select your team from the desktop data file and click Next.
• Match up the players and click Next.  There may be more than one screen full of players.
• Match up the custom statistics and click Next.
• Review the information and click Finish.
• Synchronize to the web again, and once this is finished, go back to the Change button on the main screen and set it back to the current season.
• The data will now be imported into the Web Enabled desktop software.