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SMS Basic and Advanced Manual
by a Formula instead of using percentages. Formula based mixes allow you to define a mix that
contains a mixture of different product forms, such as a liquid mix that has both liquid and dry
products mixed into it. Product Mixes can only be defined for products that are assigned to the
Fertilizer or Chemical groups, and is best used when you have blended products that you would like
to track by the individual components that make up the mixed product.
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Product Description
This tab provides specific properties than can be set that are appropriate to the Product Group that
was selected on the Product Info tab. Fill in as much information has you have or feel like, but it is
highly recommended that any entry that is highlighted in yellow be filled in with an appropriate for
the product. Properties highlighted in yellow are ones that can be used in other calculations.
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Product Conversion
This tab allows the definition of conversion values for the product for application rate and harvest
operations. These conversions are used to calculate values such as Product Used/Needed, Product
Refills Required, and Product Unloads. The Use Multi-Use Conversion is only available for products
set to a harvest related Product Group and allows the definition of Mass and Dimensionless
application rates to cover situations where you may row plant, drill, or air seed the same product in
the same year but still want to track it under one product.
5. Once your product has been fully defined or edited, click the OK button. Remember that if you forget to set a
property value that you meant to or realize later that you want to set a value for a property that can be used
in a calculation, you can always go back and edit a products property values and all the data linked to the
product will update appropriately.
How to add a property to a management item or dataset.
Follow these steps to add a property to a management item or dataset:
1. Select a Grower, Farm, Field, or Dataset (Load/Region) in the Management Tree to add a property to.
Properties can not be added to a Year, Operation, Crop/Product, or Operational Instance.
2. Click your right mouse button to display the Management Tree Menu and select Edit Item.
3. Click on the Additional Properties Tab.
4. Now click on the Add Property button to add a property.
5. Select a property from the list of available user-defined properties or create a new property to use.
6. Click OK once a property has been selected to add to the current management item.
7. The selected property will now be displayed in a grid on the Additional Properties tab.
8. To edit the value for the property that has been added, click on the Value grid cell next to the name of the
property and enter a value of make a selection from the available options.
9. Repeat steps 4 through 8 to add more properties if desired.
10. Properties can also be removed from a management item by clicking the Remove Property button and then
selecting the property(s) to be removed.
11. Click OK on the Additional Properties tab once you have finished adding a property(s).
12. The property(s) that was added can now be viewed in the Summary by selecting the Summary Tab and then
the Property sub-tab. The property can also be mapped by creating a map and then selecting the Selected
Property item from the list of attributes in the Layer Window, clicking the Edit Property button next to this
selection, and then selecting the management item that the property was added to and selecting it.
Properties can also be added to the general summary, reports, charts, and map printouts.
Or
1. Go to the Tools menu and select Batch Command Utility. The Batch Command Utility dialog will appear.
2. Under the Select a Batch Command combo, select Add/Set Property Value. Then click OK.
3. You will now be prompted to set the data filters to select the management items/datasets to apply the
selected property to. Once you have set the desired filters click Next>.
4. The edit Data Filter Results dialog should now appear. You can remove items that you do not want the
property added to or continue on with all the items shown in the results by clicking Finish.
5. Select a property from the list of available user-defined properties or create a new property to use.
6. Click OK once a property has been selected to add to the current management item.
7. The selected property will now be displayed in a grid on the Additional Properties tab.
8. To edit the value for the property that has been added, click on the Value grid cell next to the name of the
property and enter a value of make a selection from the available options.
9. Repeat steps 4 through 8 to add more properties if desired.
10. Click OK on the Additional Properties tab once you have finished adding a property(s).
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