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Timing report

The FIS Timing and Data Technical Report: what it holds, where every line comes from, and the FIS format it is sent in.

TimerTechnical DelegateUpdated 27 October 2026Open in the app ↗
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  1. What it's for
  2. Before you start
  3. Steps
  4. What success looks like
  5. If something goes wrong
  6. Related

What it's for

Every FIS race needs a Timing and Data Technical Report Alpine (the TR). Race Bureau writes it in the FIS XML format, Timing Report XML Description v1.17, and prefills it from the race: event data, the Technical Delegate, the timekeeper, the devices, the synchronisation check, the first and last starter of each run and the best time. Open it under Results & publish › Timing report.

The report is FIS's, not Race Bureau's: nothing in it is designed by us, and the times in it are the times the devices recorded. See Units for how times are written.

Before you start

  • The ACTIVE RACE picked in the header. The report is per race.
  • The equipment preset filled in once under Settings › Timing Report (timekeeper, System A and B timers, start device, photocells). It is remembered for every later race.
  • The synchronisation done on the desk (Sync, then the check impulse one minute later). A and B must agree within 0.001 s.

Steps

  1. Open Results & publish › Timing report. The header names the active race.
  2. Check Event data: dates, gender, codex, the Technical Delegate from the event.
  3. Check Timekeeper & Devices (step 2). Change anything here and press 💾 Save as my preset to keep it.
  4. Under Extract & synchronization press Extract from the race file(s) to fill the run boxes (first starter, last starter, best time) from the timing data, and fill in the synchronisation times.
  5. Say 1 run or 2 runs.
  6. If any result did not come from System A, add a line per bib under the table: BIB, Run, Reason, Time taken from. Leave the table empty when every result is System A's; the report then says Allresults SystemA="yes" for each run.
  7. Press 💾 Save report to keep it on the race, then 💾 Save DRAFT XML or 💾 Save FINAL XML.
  8. Email the final file to results@fis-ski.com. The subject is the file name without .xml.

What success looks like

The saved XML opens in the FIS program without a warning, every time of day has four decimals, and the A and B synchronisation check differs by 0.001 s or less.

If something goes wrong

  • This event has no races yet: add the race under Set up › Event info.
  • The extract is empty: the run has no timing data on this race. Time it, or import it with Import a run.
  • A time of day shows five decimals: it should not. Times of day are truncated to 1/10 000 s. Report it.
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