A larger tournament or competition often consists of several parts. Think of the divisions Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, of Men's doubles alongside Women's doubles, or of a group tournament with a separate finals day. In Slams you bundle those parts under a single event. All parts then share the same event, with a shared name, date, location, and description, while each part keeps its own schedule, its own teams, and its own standings.
Under the hood, each part is a separate competition linked to the same event. That means each part can use a different format. So you could, for example, run a league alongside a tournament within the same event.
Creating an event with parts
The fastest way is the setup wizard. While creating the event, the parts step lets you add multiple parts, each with its own name or division, discipline, playing level, start time, maximum number of teams, and entry fee. The entry fee you set at the top automatically carries over to the parts, so you only have to adjust it in one place.
Managing parts
Open your event from the dashboard. At the top you'll see the tabs Parts, Settings, Sponsors, and Schedule. You'll do most of the work on the Parts tab:
- Add a part: a new part automatically inherits the format, the sport, and the entry fee from the first part, so an event stays consistent. This means you need at least one existing part to do it.
- Split a part: if a division gets too full, one click creates a sister part with the same settings, and you then move teams over. Handy when a group outgrows its size.
- Delete a part: only possible when it has no paid registrations. Move those registrations first, or cancel the event with a refund.
On the Settings tab you rename the event, edit the description, copy the entire event to a new season, or cancel the tournament (with automatic refunds for paid registrations). On the Schedule tab you plan the matches by court and time using the day planner.
The part switcher
When you're inside a specific part, a pill switcher appears at the top that lets you jump straight between the parts of the same event, without navigating back to the event. The labels are chosen to be distinctive automatically (for example Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced), with a format label added when the parts use different formats. The switcher appears once there are two or more parts.
How players see it
On your club page, the parts are automatically grouped under the event name as a whole, instead of as separate competitions. Players see the event title as the heading and can pick the right part below it. This grouping turns on automatically as soon as you give the event a name or rename it. If you'd rather hide a part from players, manage that through the visibility settings of that part; parts that aren't public are filtered out of the switcher for players.
