Before the event
- Make it a real event — a test event's public results link serves nothing, and its scores are sandbox data.
- When adding players, take the search match to their WCF profile wherever one exists — linked players are what make results attributable to rankings.
During
- Score everything in Scoring. Record genuine walkovers as walkovers — they're excluded from the export automatically, which is what the ranking expects. Friendly extras between entrants go in as Z games; they count too, under their own section.
After
- Open WCF Export, Refresh, and check Included sections — singles games only; doubles never rank.
- Check the Tournament winner line — it's filled in when the top competition's championship final decided it, blank otherwise for you to complete — then Download WCF export and send the .xlsx.
- Mark the event complete on the header when it's over — dGrades stop refreshing and the event's record is fixed.