Exporting Statistics

Before using this feature, see Transfers: Overview for important information about the process of distributing league databases for the purposes of running a DMB league.

At the end of a Play Cycle, a Manager uses the Export statistics command to create a single transfer file that can be sent to the Commissioner. This transfer file is compressed and has a ".zip" extension.

This command actually exports more than statistics -- it also includes manager profiles, game accounts, and transactions. So the process of exporting statistics involves three forms.

Manager Profiles

When you click Transfer on the DMB menu bar and select Export statistics, the following window appears:

When this window first appears, the selected teams are the ones that have been involved in the games that you played during this Play Cycle. It's usually best to include the manager profiles for these teams and to leave out the manager profiles for teams that did not play any games in this Play Cycle.

But you can use the standard techniques for choosing multiple items from a list, plus the Select All and Deselect All buttons to choose the teams for which you wish to export a manager profile.

When you include a team's manager profile, DMB also includes the team's roster, so if you have promoted or farmed any players on that team, their new status will be communicated back to the Commissioner.

When you have finished selecting manager profiles, click Next to move to the next step.

Game Accounts

The next form displays the list of games that were played during this Play Cycle.

Most of the time, these are exactly the games you want to export, so all you need to do is click the Next button to continue.

You can, however, click the Logged games button to display games that were played before the beginning of this Play Cycle (and have already been logged by the Commissioner). Or click the All games button to show both groups of games.

You can use the standard techniques for choosing multiple items from a list to choose the specific game accounts you wish to export. You may need to do this if the Commissioner asks you to resend some games that you had previously exported.

Click the Next button to continue or the Back button to return to the manager profile form.

Transactions

The next form displays the list of transactions that were made during this Play Cycle.

Most of the time, these are exactly the transactions you want to export, so all you need to do is click the Finish button to continue.

You can, however, click the Logged transactions button to display transactions that were made before the beginning of this Play Cycle (and have already been logged by the Commissioner). Or click the All transactions button to show both groups.

You can use the standard techniques for choosing multiple items from a list to choose the specific transactions you wish to export. You may need to do this if the Commissioner asks you to resend some transactions that you had previously exported.

Click the Finish button to continue or the Back button to return to the game account form.

Exporting

When you click the Finish button, DMB displays a screen that allow you choose a name and location for the export file:

The default location where the transfer file will be written is the export folder that is contained within the folder that stores the active database. Use the Save in pulldown to choose another location if you like.

In the File name field, enter a name for the transfer file that will hold the exported information. You cannot select a Save as type because DMB requires that the transfer file have the .zip extension.