Automated Prescription Generation

he Automated Prescription Generation is designed to help optimize the time and energy needed to build and run bulk prescriptions within the program. Users will be able to create pre-determined Rx templates and apply those to their locations so that when soil data is processed and associated to a fields sample event layer, the system can kick-off the Rx generation process and store the created Saved Rx events to the field.

For users wanting to take advantage of this advanced functionality, it will require that the location/user has available Fertility Rx templates. These are the same Rx templates that are used today within the Batch Rx manual feature as well as the standard Soil Fertility Analysis mode.

Getting Started

Users working within the Soil Fertility module can select any available profile that contains a Field Sample event. Once selected, identify the Equation Set, Crop and Elements that will be part of the saved template scenario. Once the elements have been selected, locally identify items such as your desired Fertilizer Product(s), Machine Min/Max/Switch rates as well as any other control factors or cost/price inputs you wish to have stored to the template.

Complete this process by selecting the option in the lower right-hand corner of the window for “Save as Template”.

Utilizing Your Saved Templates for Automated Rx Process

1. With your templates now established,  Click the menu icon in the upper right hand corner of FieldAlytics screen.
2. proceed to the TOOLS page of the software program. 
3. Within the available list a new selection will be available for “Automated Prescription Generation”. Select this option to have the window populate.
4. On the left-hand pane, the user will see their full profile tree based on their account access level. For users with more than one location, you will need to drill down within the profile selector and limit your selection to a single location. 
5. Once you have your location selected, you’ll be presented with a single action button over on the right side portion of the display window for “Add New Template”.

The template created within this tool is a modified version of both a current Rx Template and the control features identified within this tool. The Automated Rx templates can contain more than 1 saved Rx template. This allows for several variations to run when the process is initiated.

The template being assembled for automated Rx generation can be defined to run for any field under the selected location once soil data arrives or can be limited to a specific grower within that location if the template is local to that client’s needs. You will also provide a new Template Name at this step and identify what all saved Rx templates will be part of this single Automated Rx process. Lastly, additional users can be identified to have email alert notification get sent out once the templates have run against any field and the Saved Rx events have been created.

Template Setup Overview:

What to Expect:

With your desired templates now established and assigned, the system is set to begin automatically creating prescriptions based on the guidelines set forth in those templates. The process will kick off once an empty Field Sample event gets its soil data results associated to the points.

This can happen 2 possible ways:

1.    Manual file upload/merge of soil result data to an empty soil point set

2.    Lab file upload/merge of soil result data to an empty soil point set

In either scenario, once the system has registered that all points have data, the field will have a distinct flag set for it and will be placed into a periodic processing queue. This allows us to gather several fields/events and perform a batch/bulk process at a single time. So please be aware that your Saved Rx layer may take up to 1 hour to show under your field after soil data has been received and associated to the empty field sample event.

Notifications pertaining to the newly created Saved Rx will go out to the associated user and any additional users flagged to the notification function. User can also elect to receive their notifications direct to their local notification center alert window.

From the Notification Center alert window, users can quickly preview the full list of any “Rx Map” generated via the Automated Prescription process. There is also functionality to generate their PDF document for viewing or storage purposes.

View from Notification Center:

When selecting and viewing your Saved Rx event under a field a couple new items should stand out. The Saved Rx event name, if generated via the Automated Prescription Tool, will now include the time stamp from when it was created and will include the “auto_generated” text at the end the the name.

Likewise, in the righthand overview pane, the display name, creation date and user associated to the template/process will all display. The system will also flag the event to the status type of “Auto” for management purposes.

All other associated functionality, utilization and features for the Saved Rx event will function the exact same as a standard Fertility Saved Rx layer. Users can now elect to Print, Download, Export or generate a system Work Order with the prescription layer.