[davolson]

I've played OOTB the past couple of years, but decided this year with OOTB 8 to slog through the PDF manual to try to understand all the stuff that I've glossed over before. So I'll probably be posting a number of things I don't grok from the manual.

My first problem arises on page 49, discussing setting filters. It gives an example there of going to the Show All Players screen, then creating a new filter with three conditions: age is below 30; Bats is Right; and CON is at least 60 (errata: the graphic in Figure 12 should presumably show 60, rather than 40 to be consistent with the text).

When I do this from the Show All Players screen, and click OK, the screen comes up blank; no players show up, unlike what the manual says should happen. I discovered the problem seems to be that "CON" is not displayed on the starting point "Show All Players" screen one of its columns... if I delete the CON condition from my filter, then I do see the players (i.e., right handed batters below 30).

So... is the manual wrong? If so, what is the solution? If I want to filter by those three conditions, do I have to first create a Customized VIEW page with those conditions on it, in order for the filter to work?

(Also, I'm confused that the manual says that you will see players with a "catcher ability of at least 25"... I haven't set any conditions like that at all in my filter. In fact, I haven't even specified "catcher" anywhere as I'm starting with the Show All Players screen as the example specifies. Maybe I was supposed to select catchers first but the example doesn't tell me to do that.)

Thanks. Glad you have this forum section for newbies!

Dave