FieldAlytics v3.89 Release Notes


The FieldAlytics team is excited to introduce the following new features into version 3.89 of the FieldAlytics software program as part of our upcoming scheduled feature release.

Work Orders

Work Order Job Status Summary Report

To expand upon the reporting options available within the Work Order module, users will now have access to the new “Work Order Status Report”. This report feature will provide users with summary level details on existing Jobs in the system to help provide information per job type and status level that can be filtered either by Location or Inventory Site for those with connected ERP solutions to the web system.

Users will access this new report directly under the “Reports” button found on the right-hand pane within the Work Order module. If any filters have been implemented within the page they will also be applied to this report, and the report will only consider jobs that are visible via the filter. From there, defining whether to sort the results by location or inventory site will be available as well as options for the report results in either PDF or XLS output.

Results from the user’s request will then quickly show per job category the “Job Count” total for any jobs currently in the listed status types. The report will also show the average days jobs are staying in that listed status as well as the calculated acre count for all the jobs listed in each status level. 

An overall acre count is then also provided per listed Inventory Site and/or Location to better provide an idea of current volume being handled by each listed instance.

The final piece of information listed within the report is the “Average Days to Complete” value. This provided calculation will help users to understand how long on average it takes a job to go from its original “Accepted” status from its creation all the way to “Completion”. 

Work Order Status Report Example:

Tank Mix Report per Unique Product Combination

Users working with the Work Order jobs within the Operations module will now have the added convenience of the system producing a Blend Sheet report per unique instance of products found within their full dispatch list.

Typically, while working to set up a Dispatch List order, the users will work with the available filters to find “similar” jobs based on status, location, type, or products. But with those filters set, it is possible for both the system and users to still manually add in jobs that may contain similar base products, but overall, a different full set of products. With this situation occurring, the system formerly would not generate a single tank mix report based on the overall identified/listed products as it was not always a true reflection of each field and/or a jobs local requirements.

To adjust for this possible condition, the system will now generate a unique Tank Mix Sheet report per unique instance of grouped products found within the overall Dispatch List of jobs and fields.

   

Job Filter Functional Updates and Changes

To better handle the multiple filter inputs and selection criteria a user can set on their open job list, the system has modified its backend filter and visual display functions for several of the pick list options.

With the changes set in place, a user will be able to filter:

  • All Users with similar profile access to them, regardless of whether those users have created a work order or not.
  • All Customers (growers) that they have access to within the profile tree
  • All Locations that they have access to within the profile tree
  • All Products (location dependent – requires location selection prior to product selection) that they have access to

With these modified filter functions, the past methods of hiding profiles, products or growers from display based on various known criteria has been removed. This will help prevent instances of not being able to do multi-selects for growers, products and/or locations. Additonally, users can still select products from multiple locations by selecting products from one location and then changing their selection to another location. If a selection is made within the filter request and no open/valid jobs exist that match, the system simply would return no matching results. 

Expanding upon this logic change, the system will now also allow for the user to set whether the filter needs to “Match Any” or “Match Only” for the listed product selection criteria. Based on the user’s selection, this would either require the system to only return jobs where just the identified products are found or return jobs where any of these products are found that might also include other non-listed products as well.

              

           

Tools

Fertilizer Additives added to Tank Mix Templates

Within the Chemical Tank Mix Template setup tool, users can now add their needed Fertilizer Additive products to their saved template list. A new “Fertilizers” sub-category is now present directly under the “Chemicals” section of the tool.

To add a Fertilizer Additive product to either a new or existing saved template, simply select the “Add” button      located on the far right of the action header. From there, the user can select from any of their existing Fertilizer products associated to the user profile and location access. 

Once the product(s) needed have been identified, the system will display the known product density associated to the product. From there, identify a rate for the product as well as the application rate unit. A final option to flag if the product is “Blended” can be set for each.

Miscellaneous

Support of MyJohnDeere OAuth 2.0 for API Connections

Starting May 1st, 2021, new authorization functionality will be required for any 3rd party software solutions connecting to the MyJohnDeere API suite. As such, FieldAlytics will be rolling out these required updates to ensure all clients have full connectivity to their needed assets for use within the web system. Users must re-authorize their MyJohnDeere connections in order to maintain data connectivity.

As part of these API connection updates, the previous method of annual expiration of the asset sharing will no longer occur. This means that access to your selected assets is semi-permanent. As such, FieldAlytics will no longer have to send annual “expiration” email notifications. This also will now result in a modified alert notice to users within the Asset Module when setting up a new connected asset. No longer will an expiration date/length show to the user.

To revoke FieldAlytics access to the enrolled assets, users can either use the existing “Tools > Third Party > MyJohnDeere Authorization” tool to revoke the access from the FieldAlytics side, or the user can elect to go direct into the MyJohnDeere/Operations Center webpage and revoke access from there.

Performance Improvements

  • All Users with similar profile access to them, regardless of whether those users have created a work order or not.
  •       Updated Target Element overlay display concern
  •       Field Sample Summary report output update
  •       Resolved rate concern for Soybean Seed Rx output
  •       Delivery Tickets added to Operations display
  •       Resolved Blend Sheet product calculation error
  •       Resolved Grower/Farm level boundary download issue
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