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Open the Dates area, and filter to the activities to which you wish to add musician Services.
Click the Function icon (the ‘gear wheel’ icon along the top of the OPAS screen) and select the desired operation:
- Create / Change Extra Player Services – will bulk-assign Extra / Sub players only
- Create / Change Staff Services – will bulk-assign core musicians only
- Create / Change Staff+Extra Player Services – will bulk-assign all musicians
Click the large Start Function button in the upper right-hand corner of the window.

The data function will display a large 2-paned window. The left pane shows the musicians based upon your choice in the previous step. The right pane shows musicians already assigned to the services selected from the Dates area in step one (blank in the example above).
Move musicians on to the services by double-clicking names or by selecting names and clicking the right-pointing arrow. You can CTRL+click or Shift+Click to select blocks of musicians.
Once all the desired musicians have been moved to the right-hand side of the screen, choose the Attendance Type from the upper right-hand corner drop-down. The Attendance Type will be applied to ALL musicians in the right-hand window.
Click the OK button in the lower right-hand corner. OPAS will prompt you to Save Changes – click Yes and the staff assignments will be made
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