In short
Invites are created by an administrator: in Settings open “Invites”, tap the “+”, choose the “Assigned role” and tap “Create invite”. Then, with “Share”, send the code to the team chat: whoever receives it enters it in the app and joins.
Team-mates who don’t use the app can still be added to the roster, from Settings → “Players” → “+”. When they arrive, they will link their account to that card.
Invite codes are created and managed only by administrators: they are the only ones who see the “Invites” row in Settings. The coach can still add cards in “Players” and approve “Association requests”.
In the demo team you can’t create a code: nobody can join a demo team.
On the code’s row, “Share” opens your phone’s share sheet with a ready-made message containing the team name and the code. What you send is the code, not a link: whoever receives it enters it in the app. It is best to copy and paste it, because it has to be typed exactly as it is, with capitals and hyphens.
“Share card”, on the other hand, prepares an image with the code, to send to the group chat.
If the roster has cards not yet linked to an account, “Invite for one card” also appears in the form. Choose your team-mate’s card: whoever uses the code is linked to that card straight away, with no request to approve.
That is why a personal invite works only once and should only be sent to that person. In the list, the code’s row says who it is for.
Whoever receives the code types it in “Invite code” and taps “Join the team”; if they are already in another team, they start from Settings → “Join with a code”. Then, depending on the invite:
They join the team straight away in every case: a pending request only concerns the card.
When someone says they are one of the roster cards, the coach and administrators get a notification, if they have notifications turned on, and a box with the pending requests appears on their Home, with “Go to the requests”.
You can also find them in Settings → “Association requests”, with the number next to it. Check who it is and which card they are asking for, tap “Approve” or “Reject” and confirm: if you approve, the card becomes theirs. The person who asked gets a notification with the outcome.
Not everyone needs to download Panka: the roster is made up of cards, and a card can be called up, get ratings and be fielded even if it isn’t linked to any account. Cards are created by the coach or an administrator:
When that team-mate arrives in the app, there are three ways:
“Linked user” doesn’t list coaches or anyone already linked to another card.
Not from the app: “Share” sends the code. Whoever receives it enters it when they join Panka, or in Settings → “Join with a code” if they already have a team.
It has expired, reached its maximum number of uses or been deactivated: you’ll find it under “Inactive”, marked “Expired”, “Used up” or “Deactivated”. A code like that can’t be reactivated: create a new one. If, on the other hand, it is still under “Active”, check that your team-mate typed it with the right capitals and hyphens.
In “Invites”, on the code’s row, tap “Deactivate” and confirm: from that moment it can no longer be used. Anyone who has already joined stays in the team.
Look in Settings → “Association requests”: if their request is there, approve it. If it isn’t, link them yourself from their card in “Players”, with “Linked user”. If in the meantime they created a new card, choose “No linked user” on that one and save, link them to the right card, then delete the duplicate with the bin icon and “Delete permanently”.
No, invite codes are created only by an administrator. The coach can, however, add cards in “Players” and approve association requests.