FieldAlytics v3.74 Release Notes

The FieldAlytics team is excited to introduce the following new features into version 3.74 of the FieldAlytics software program as part of our upcoming scheduled feature release. 

Main

Normalized Yield layers available in Multi-Input Zoning

Users will now have the unique ability to include any generated Normalized Yield layers from their fields profile data tree into their selection process for use within the Multi-Input Zoning feature. Including this additional data set will provide users the ability to have a multi-year yield performance layer be used in the decision making process along with other client defined data sets.

Using Normalized Yield

Proceed by selecting any other additional data sets that will be used within the zone classification and analysis process. Once all data sets have been properly added, select the “Run Analysis” button to generate your zones.

At this point, the system will analyze all selected layers and organize those based on data categories and ranges. At this juncture, the user can modify the selection, or proceed by saving the analysis as a semi-permanent Management Zone layer that can later be used throughout the system in a variety of reports, analysis and outputs.

Zone Display View from outcome of Analysis

Boundary Export contains Client ID within File

To assist with the needed sharing of information associated to Grower/Clients in the system, users will now have the “Customer Number” values included in their Field Boundary export files. The Customer Number is a manual entry value that can be set and stored under each grower within the system. This number is used as a reference or linkage for that client in relation to other systems (such as accounting programs) where that same customer would be used.

How to Set a Customer Number

• Within the Main Tab module, navigate to a desired Grower in the tree and click on the grower name to expand their folder
• Next, select on the “Speech Bubble” that is shown directly below the grower name.
  • This will be the 1^st available icon showing under the grower and will be directly adjacent to the “map” icon and “pdf” reports icon.
• Once selected, the grower “Information” pop-up will appear.
• Scroll down till you see the line item for “Customer Number”. Manually type in the Customer ID/Number
• Select “Save” to permanently store the value to the associated grower.

Now that the Customer Number value has been set, any future boundary exports for this client and/or any specific fields under this client will contain this value within the DBF file portion of the boundary shape export.

As stated above, this number is valuable as a key cross reference and indicator to the customer for data or information needed to be shared across systems.

DBF shape export view containing Customer Number attribute in file

AgSolver Farm Summary Report

Users working with the AgSolver suite of tools will now have a new Farm Summary report available to them. This report is designed to display a summary of all categorical expenses on the farm and organize them into easy to understand categories.

Users will quickly be able to understand their enterprise level revenue and expenses and see these breakdowns by total revenue by crop, revenue per acre by crop and get details line items for each expense and its overall percentage in relation to total expense.

Summary Level Details

Field Level Summary Breakdown

Climate Integration Optimization

To better assist the client setup and flow of date from the Climate API integration, several improvements were put in place to help optimize the connections set in place.

From a visual standpoint, users will now see an “Climate Account Registration Tool” in the dropdown menu from the Tools page. This is a change from the previous “Grower Registration” that created the relationship directly at the grower level. With this modified tool and connection approach, user can now select which climate account they would like to sync with, and which profiles to sync.

Users will be able to select/deselect whichever fields they want to connect with. This too is a change from the previous “whole” grower approach with the former sync relationship tools. With the updated sync permissions set, the system can now send boundaries and profile details to Climate as well.

Getting Started

• Proceed to the TOOLS page and select the “Climate FieldView Tools” option
• Select “Climate Account Registration Tool”
  • The system will highlight any accounts currently registered
• Select the “Authorize with FieldView” button to start a new connection
• Once selected the system will open a new tab in your web browser connecting you to the Login page for the Climate FieldView site.
  • Login with the required credentials to verify the connection

Yield Raster Display and Utilization

Several changes and updates have been implemented in conjunction to the viewing and utilization of Yield layers within the web program. Upon selecting a yield layer from a desired field profile, users will immediately see and new look and feel to the map layer and to the detailed right-side Yield Summary pane for information overview and stats on the layer.

The yield map layers have been rasterized and will default to this new view feature to allow the program to quickly load and interpret the information associated to the yield layer. Users wanting to view a machine coverage version of the event can still toggle over to that option. Interaction with the map is not supported for the coverage view. As part of this map update, users can now interact with their yield map by using their mouse/cursor to hover over any desired section or pixel within the map layer. The interface will now produce a floating information bubble (seen below) that will give quick feedback on the local details of that select spot. Yield, Moisture, Elevation and Speed will all be displayed and will update upon movement of the cursor to a new pixel or portion of the map layer.

A new histogram for the display of the yield map will now show the user a vertically stacked display with associated color bar widths to match the “Percent of Coverage” associated to each color from the histogram. Histogram colors and intervals are matched up to the assigned color scale defined within the Custom Color scale Toolset.

This modification will provide the users with both a visual reference to amount of coverage associated to each level, as well as specific percentage breakdowns to accurately display the coverage information. The map layer display can quickly be changed from the default “yield” view to any of the other mappable attributes from the yield layer (moisture, elevation, speed).

Updated summary details found within the right-side summary pane will give users quick and clear details on the information associated to the selected yield event. This pane has 3 general categories to it.

Yield Summary – This is the field level information associated to the event. Within this section the user will be able to get general field information, acreage values associated to the harvest event as well as calculated yield averages and total weights.

Detailed Summary – Within this section, the user can now quickly gain insights on all the mappable variables. Users will be presented with the “Min”, “Average” and “Max” value for each of the variables. Users can then also elect to modify the map view between the interpolated map display or the raw coverage map view.

Action Features – This section of the pane will provide several key functions and options for the users ranging from calibration functions, analysis to exporting.

Edit Data – This function will open up the user to the calibrate data modal. Within this modal all the existing features and functions to view, edit, delete and manipulate data will be available to the user. Any calibrated or edited layer will get regenerated via the rasterization process. Please note that this operation can take several minutes depending on field and data segment size.

Lock/Unlock Event – The button will be the toggle feature to either lock a validated and cleaned yield event or unlock an event if additional updates are needed.

Exports – Use this button to produce either a generic shape export or raw data export of the yield event data.

Tools– Gain access to the GeoViewer, Send to Data Silo, Add to My Layers or the “Create Zones” analysis function.

Reports– This option will allow the user to generate their quick report for either a single panel view or the condensed 4-panel option.

Work Orders

Updated Display for use with Season Zones

Several improvements have been implemented to better allow users to select and interact with Work Order jobs that include the sub-field use of their defined season zone areas. These updates ensure users can clearly understand which zone layers are being utilized and be able to ensure the proper field area and calculations are being applied.

Profile Selection for Job Setup

The first area that has been modified is the profile selection tree. Now, when a user selects the “Zone” checkbox that will expand the field to show all available season zones, we have put in updates that will keep this expanded view open while additional full fields or additional season zones from other fields are selected. Throughout this entire process, the system will update to show the current calculated area based on the selected combination of profiles. Billable area will also update to match any preset configurations setup for any selected fields.

Job Overview Page

The second area that has been updated is the Work Order job over landing page for this module. Now, when a user selects upon a desired Work Order to expose the Jobs associated to it, they can then select a Job to show the full profile(s) associated to the job.

This new design layout better aligns the farm and field listings and now has a dedicated area for the display of any associated “Season Zones” for the listed fields if those sub-field areas have been selected in the job setup process.

Overpage Page Display with Season Zone

Preferences

Notification Center Modal

To help provide new options and methods for communication within the program, the “Notification Center” utility has been added as a new feature for the user. Clients can now determine how they will receive various system related notifications and have immediate access to them.

Within the user “Preferences” function there is now a “Notifications” tab. The notifications feature currently has functionality built around the notifications of logged data files uploaded and associated to the user. Future notifications around other system features and outputs will be available for alert preference definition here as well. When defining the alert method desired, the user will have 3 primary options. They can elect to receive no notifications by leaving all boxes unchecked, or they can elect to have alerts sent via Email and/or Web (as seen below).

With the users alert notification submitted, the system then will produce the alerts via these defined methods.

The “Web” notification method is a new feature that now includes an interactive modal that quickly will showcase any Logged Data upload sessions that have started as well as a summary of any Logged Data sessions that have completed.

Access into this display modal happens via the “Mail” icon now found directly to the left of the “Options” icon in the upper-right portion of the web application (seen below). When new alerts are present, the icon will have a “Flag” raised on it.

The user can interact with the listed alerts by expanding either of the category options to fully display the list of Session IDs. From there, if the user elects to click on a Session ID the right pane of the Notifications Modal will populate with the detailed file summary view and full list of associated profiles specific to the upload event.

Summary View of Notifications Modal

As part of clean-up and maintenance, users can elect to remove any read notification simply by selecting the notification from the left pane and then selecting the “Delete Notification” action button found in the lower right portion of the screen.

Performance Improvements

•       MSB update for display of K and Mg element overlays
•       Resolved issue with Lat/Lon and TRS search functions on map layer
•       Resolved time generation concern with use of multiple event credits
•       MSB update to resolve issue for search function by Year on Saved Rx layers
•       Removed “Multiple” and “Auto Probe” WO Job types