Ag Leader SMS Basic and Advanced Manual - Manual (Page 125)

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6. Your analysis function has now been created and saved automatically. To run the saved analysis function
you just built, make sure you select the function in the list of saved analysis' and then select either the
Single Field button or the Multiple Fields button to run your analysis. A dataset filter will now appear that will
allow you to select data from a single field or multiple fields depending on the option you selected. Click
NEXT> once you have selected your dataset filter, then review the datasets that have been found for use in
your analysis and then click FINISH run to the analysis.
7. Once the analysis completes, you will return to the main window and an Analysis Document will be
displayed. You will see your comparison analysis report as well as two tabs containing analysis charts for
the comparison data. You can now edit the analysis report/chart display options, such as logos, column
names, the attributes to display on the report, etc. by clicking your right mouse button on the report/chart
and selecting Edit Report/Chart Options or under the EDIT menu and OPTIONS.
8. Once you are satisfied with the Analysis Report/Chart(s) you can select to print the current document or
Save to HTML for a report or Save to Image for a chart. You can also save a workspace to see the currently
displayed results when you open the workspace again.
How to run a batch comparison analysis. (ADVANCED)
Follow these steps to run a batch comparison analysis:
The difference between running a Comparison analysis function on a single field versus running it in batch mode is the
amount of data that can be compared. The batch process for the comparison analysis is different than some of the
other analysis functions such as the Equation Analysis in that instead of looping through your data and creating
individual datasets for each management item you set it to apply to, it takes all the data you want included and uses it
all for the generation of one overall, combined result. This is extremely powerful in terms of being able to do a whole
farm analysis. For example, if you want to know how a certain Soybean Variety performed across your entire Farm, by
Field and Soil Type, then running your analysis across multiple fields will provide you this answer.
1. Go to the Analysis Menu and select Analysis Wizard.
2. The Select Analysis Type to Run dialog should now appear. Select the Comparison Analysis button from the
list of Analysis Functions. Click the ADD button to create a new saved Comparison Analysis or select a
saved analysis from the list.
3. Now just follow Steps 3) thru 6) in How to generate comparison results. The difference is if you have
selected multiple datasets to compare against you will be prompted to setup relative filters to handle the
processing in batch.
4. You will first be prompted with the Select Reference Dataset dialog. This function is used to select which
comparison dataset will be used to iterate through your data but for comparison analysis a selection is not
required because the software has chosen the optimal dataset based on the selections you have already
made. Click the NEXT> button.
5. The Select Related Data Filters dialog will now appear. This dialog is the key to the success of the batch
process. It allows the selection of how and where the software should search through your data for the
comparison datasets that exist through out your system, even though you did not specifically select them
when you built the comparison analysis function. The goal is to indicate to the software for each
management item, how to search and what to look for at each level, thus finding the related datasets to
what you defined in the comparison analysis.
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By default the system enters in optimal results based on the design of your comparison analysis
function. For example if the comparison dataset you selected was a Soil Type dataset with an
Operation of Generic 1 and was from 2003, the software will set these as FIXED requirements for
the Year=2003 and the Operation=Generic 1, meaning it will only looks at data that meets those
two requirements at those levels for inclusion into the analysis. All the other settings are now up
to you.
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By default Grower, Farm, and Field are set to SAME, which the analysis will use the same
Grower, Farm, and Field that the Soil Type dataset came from in the example we are using.
These settings should normally be left as they have defaulted unless for example you know that
the data that should be used is only located in a certain year or maybe only under a certain
grower, in which case you would want to change the Iteration Type to FIXED and make a specific
management item selection.
Once you have set the related filters, click the FINISH button.
3. The Select Data Filters dialog will now appear. This step in the process allows you to decide what input
datasets you want included in the analysis, thus overriding your original selection. So if you want to include
Grain Harvest data from all the years you have collected data for, all your fields, all products, then you can
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