Ag Leader SMS Mobile Operating Modes Quick Start Guide - Manual (Page 27)

SMS Mobile Operating Modes
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7. When adding or editing an observation region you have access to set values for the
attributes assigned to the scouting operation(s) and also to add Pest observations to
your dataset. When you Add Pests to your dataset you will actually be adding a new
dataset that is specific to the Pest you add and the type of pest it is. You will not see
this as a separate layer in SMS Mobile though. Only if you export the scouting data or
sync with the desktop software will you see the data split up per Scouting Operation
and Pest. Whenever you edit this data in the desktop software or SMS Mobile though
all the related scouting data will be combined back into one dataset that you can
edit. So what you see in the editor in SMS Mobile is what we call Scouting – All
Observations which is a special dataset made up of all the observations you collect
together, no matter what Pest (or even No Pest) that they are.
 You can Add Picture Notes to Pest Observations at this point as well. This
allows you to set an image for a specific object/observation in the field. The
Picture Notes can be viewed for the pest observation but must be synced
back to SMS desktop software to be printed.
NOTE: No Pest is a selection that should be used to document additional scouting
data that isn’t Pest related but you want to track. No Pest will actually create your
data as a Scouting – General operation which allows you to document things such
as weather damage, nutrient deficiency, etc.
8. When editing the values for an observation you can set the general scouting attribute
values which are generally items that should be available to all scouting information,
like Crop Growth Stage or Crop Height and then you can add Pest specific information
to document very specific items you need to document for an observation region.