Setting Unavailability

The Unavailability feature allows referees and other match officials to enter in advance the periods of unavailability when they are absent and cannot be allocated to matches. Within these periods, unavailability can be entered as all-day or partial, on specific days of the week, or in general.

Select Your Unavailabilities

Please take into account that you are defining the dates/ terms in which you are unavailable to be appointed for matches.

• Click on the My Calendar menu on the left nav-bar of MyCOMET

• Click on the Unavailability button above the calendar to access the list of your Unavailabilities.

• Click the +Add button.  

• The Interval and description pop-up window will be displayed.

• Add a Date From and Description

• Add the other data:

  • The Date to (optional, but if you do not enter a “date to”, the unavailability interval will continue forever)

  • Time from/to (if the Unavailability is not an All-Day event)

  • Days: Unavailability will be repeated on each selected weekday in the period

  • Referring Club: You will not be available only for matches of that Club (e.g., due to conflict of interest)

  • Type: choose Unavailability Type from the drop-down (this field will not be shown if no Types are defined in your Association)

• Once you have filled in all the data, hit the 💾 Save button

Helpful tips (common scenarios)

Scenario 1: You are unavailable for a specific period of time due to an annual vacation.

• Select 01.07.2023 (as the start of your holiday) in the “date from” field and 30.08.2023
  (as the end of your holiday) in the “date to” field.

• Add the reason, i.e., Annual leave, in the Description field.

• Click Save.

Scenario 2: You are unavailable from Monday to Friday evenings due to working between 2 pm and 6 pm.

• Enter the date that you become unavailable on Friday evenings in the Date from field and leave the Date to field empty.

• Insert 2 pm into the “Time from” field and 6 pm into the “Time to” field.

• Untick all the Days boxes except Saturday and Sunday

• Type the reason, i.e., work, into the Description field.

• Click Save.

Scenario 3: You are unavailable for a particular club

• Add a Date from which the conflict applies.

• Select the Referring Club by searching or typing in the respective field

• Add a reason in the Description field, e.g., ex-player

• Click Save.

Edit/Delete Unavailabilities

• A single click on the entered Unavailability interval from the list will redirect you to the Interval and description pop-up.

• Hit the ✏️ Edit button

• Enter the necessary changes and hit the 💾 Save button

• To delete the entry, hit the Delete button at the bottom right corner of the screen

All unavailability (except those with Referring Club) are shown on your calendar. You can also select a preview type: month, week, day, or year.

It’s not possible to appoint an unavailable referee or match official to the match. They will appear on the list marked in red.