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SMS Basic and Advanced Manual
4. The edit Data Filter Results dialog should now appear. You can remove datasets that you do not want the
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5. on removed from or continue on with all the items shown in the results by clicking Finish.
6. All the Simple Analysis functions that have been added to the selected datasets will now be removed.
How to merge cotton pickings.
Follow these steps to merge cotton picking datasets:
1. Make sure that you have properly organized your cotton harvest datasets so that you have first and second
pickings for a field sorted into separate Operational Instances. This is required for this analysis tool to
function properly.
2. Go to the Tools menu and select Merge Cotton Data.
3. The Select Data Filters dialog will now appear. Select a Grower, Farm, Year, and Field to merge operational
instances for. Click the NEXT> button after you have set the filters.
4. The datasets that matched the filter you specified will now be displayed. Remove and datasets that you don’t
want to be used in the merge process. Click FINISH when done.
5. The datasets will now be processed and merged. Once the merging is compete, the Select Management
dialog will appear. Set the management information for the new merged cotton dataset that has been
created. It is recommended that you create a new operational instance called "Merged" for example that you
can use whenever you merge cotton data to make viewing and working with merged cotton data easier and
more productive. Click ACCEPT once the management selections have been made.
6. The new merged picking dataset will be added to the Management Tree now. The dataset that was created
will be displayed with a function icon next to its name denoting that the dataset has been created using a
general analysis function. Note: Datasets created through a merge process will not provide values that are
the exact sum of the original datasets used to create them. Due to the fact that the original data must be
gridded to merge into one new dataset there is a certain amount of smoothing and averaging that will occur
that will yield results that will not exactly match manual totaling or averaging of the original datasets. Merged
data should be used as reference to determine general trends in a field and provide a good estimate of what
a field produced.
How to straighten a pass on a point dataset.
Follow these steps to manually straighten GPS point data in a pass:
1. Select and map a dataset(s) that you would like to straighten GPS points for.
2. Go to the Edit menu and select Layer or click on the Edit Layer icon on the map toolbar.
3. The Point Map Editor will now appear.
4. Now select the points or pass that you would like to straighten using the selection tools.
5. Once you have made your selection(s), got to the Edit menu on the editor and select Straighten Pass or click
on the Straighten Pass icon on the editor toolbar.
6. Now draw a line or line segments that represent the new path that the points that are selected should be
placed in. Once you have drawn the new path, click the right mouse button to display the straightened data
points.
7. The Straighten Pass tool can continue to be used as along as the points are selected so that you can get the
points straightened exactly as you desire.
8. Once you have made the desired changes click the SAVE button to save the new point position.
How to update a merged cotton dataset.
Follow these steps to update a merged cotton dataset with newer data that has been read into the system:
1. Select a dataset that that has been created using the Merge Cotton Data tool. This data will be displayed in
the Management Tree with a function icon to the left of the dataset name.
2. Click the right mouse button to open the Management Tree menu.
3. Select Update Analysis Dataset.
4. You will now be prompted to select data filter information that will be used to select the data that will be used
to update the merged dataset. Click the OK button once you have made your selections.
5. The data filter results will now be displayed and you can remove any datasets that you do not want used to
generate the updated merged cotton dataset. Click the OK button when finished.
6. The merged cotton dataset will now be regenerated using the selected dataset.
How to generate correlation results. (ADVANCED)
Follow these steps to generate attribute correlation results:
1. Go to the Analysis Menu and select Analysis Wizard.
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