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# How do I award, publish, or revoke an athlete's achievement?

> Award an achievement or badge by hand, publish awards waiting in Awaiting publish, change an award date, and revoke an award you need to take back.

<Note>
  **Must know**

  * **Families see an award only after it is published.** Publishing needs the **Publish Achievements** permission and cannot be undone.
  * **To take an award back, revoke it** on the athlete's **Achievements** tab. Revoking does not remove levels or badges the award already granted.
  * **Awarding by hand needs the Record Evaluations permission**, and the **Achievements** tab appears only on plans that include **Training**.
</Note>

**Who can do what.** **Record Evaluations** covers awarding, changing a date, and revoking. **Admin** and **Coach** have it by default. Only **Admin** has **Publish Achievements** ("Make achievement awards visible to families") by default. Grant it under **Coaching** to let another role publish.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the athlete's Achievements tab">
    Go to **Athletes > Directory**, open the athlete, and choose the **Achievements** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Award the achievement">
    Click **Award achievement**, pick the **Achievement**, and set **Awarded on** (leave it empty for today). Publishers also see **Publish to the family now** ("Leave this off to record the award and publish it later. Publishing cannot be undone."). Click **Award achievement**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Publish it, if it is waiting">
    Each award shows **Awarded \[date]**, and **Awarded by \[name]** when someone gave it by hand. A waiting one carries an **Awaiting publish** label. Open its menu and choose **Publish to family**. The confirm reads "\[athlete]'s family will see it straight away. Publishing cannot be undone - to take the award back, revoke it instead."
  </Step>
</Steps>

**Award many at once.** Go to **Settings > Training > Achievements**, open the achievement, and click **Award to athletes** ("Record \[achievement] for several athletes at once."). Choose up to 200 **Athletes**, set **Awarded on**, and, if you can publish, turn on **Publish to the families now**. An athlete who already holds it is reported back, not awarded twice.

**Clear the publish queue.** New awards wait in **Awaiting publish** unless the achievement has **Publish awards automatically** on. A waiting award doesn't satisfy requirements that ask for it. Publishers see an **Awaiting publish** tab on the **Achievements** page (every waiting award, with **Publish** and **Publish all of these**) and on each achievement's page (**Publish all (\[count])**). **Home** shows them an **Achievements Awaiting Publish** card too.

**Change a date or revoke.** An award's menu has **Edit award date** and **Revoke achievement**. Revoking removes the award and records it in history. Levels and badges it granted stay, and it won't be re-awarded automatically until someone awards it by hand again. **Revoked achievements (\[count])** shows who revoked each one.

**Badges have no publish step.** Under **Badges** on the same tab, **Award badge** gives one directly and the family sees it right away. Each badge's menu has **Edit award date** and **Remove badge**. Removing a badge doesn't touch the achievement that granted it.

**Levels that require an achievement.** A level with **Required achievements** set can't be granted until the athlete holds all of them (published only), unless staff override at "Grant it anyway?", which is recorded.

**Awards from evaluations.** Coaches can award achievements and badges while submitting evaluations, and the save message confirms what was awarded. See [Award an achievement or badge (coach)](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/award-achievement-or-badge).

**Related:** [How do I set up achievements and badges?](/club/staff-operations/set-up-achievements) · [How do athletes earn achievements and badges?](/coaches/coach-athletes-evaluations/athlete-earns-achievement) · [What are achievements and badges, and how does my athlete earn them?](/families/families-following/achievements-and-badges) · [How do I set staff roles and permissions?](/club/staff-operations/staff-roles-and-permissions)