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SMS Basic and Advanced Manual
5. Now move your cursor over the map and select a location that you would like to add a spatial note to. Click
the left mouse button to add a note to the map at the current location, which will be displayed as a gray
square.
6. Once you have added a note, the Row Editor dialog will appear and allow you to enter a text note
description and set the Note Type. If you had selected to add Layer notes then you will be able to set Spatial
Note Types (General, Pest, Weed, Field, Tile) versus a Landmark Note Type (General only) for Landmark
notes. The note type selection can be used at a latter date to display as an attribute that is mapped in the
legend, to query by, to filter charts by, etc. You can also set an image for each note entry, called a Picture
Note. This image can then be viewed when you create maps and even be included in print layouts.
7. Once you have added all the desired notes, click the Save button. The notes that you have created will be
saved. No specification of management information is needed when saving notes since they either save with
the current layer in the case of Layer notes or they save for display with all spatial data in the case of
Landmark notes.
8. You can now close the editor and view the new or additional notes on the current map and/or layer.
How to edit spatial notes.
Follow these steps to edit spatial notes:
1. Select and map a dataset that a spatial note(s) have been added to.
2. Go to the Edit menu and select Notes and either Layer or Landmark Notes or click on the Layer or Landmark
Notes icon on the Map Toolbar.
3. The Notes Editor will now appear.
4. Use the selection tools to select a note to edit or use the Edit Feature selection to select a single note to edit.
You can also click on the Data Grid tab to see a list of the notes that are available for editing and edit their
values without selecting them on the map.
5. Once you have made the desired additions or changes, click the SAVE button to save the notes.
6. Click the CLOSE button to close the editor and return to the main map.
How to create associated data.
Follow these steps to create an associated dataset:
1. Select a management item in the Management Tree such as a Field or a Load/Region that you would like to
add an associated dataset to.
2. Click the right-mouse button to open the Management Tree menu.
3. Select the Edit Associated Data selection. The Associated Data Viewer dialog will now appear.
4. Click the Add New button to create a new associated dataset.
5. You will now be required to select the type of associated data that you would like to create. There are
currently three selections available; Notes, Scale Ticket, and Cotton Gin Ticket. Notes Make your selection
and click the OK button.
6. The Edit Associated Data dialog will now appear. Enter a name for the new associated dataset in the
Name/ID entry that will allow you to easily pick it from a list of other associated datasets that you may
created of the same type. Now enter a value(s) for all the attributes that allow entry and that you want enter
a value for. If units are available for the value being entered you can also select what unit the entered value
represents. Values displayed with a gray highlighting represent values that will be calculated by other entries
that you make. Click the Calculate button to fill in all the values for calculated attributes.
7. Once you have filled in the desired information for the new associated dataset, click the OK button.
8. The Save Associated Data dialog will now appear. This dialog displays the management items that the new
associated dataset can and will be linked to. The current management item that was selected to add the
associated data to is displayed but not editable. A list of additional management items is also displayed that
represents the management items that are above the current management item in the management
hierarchy. You have the option to uncheck each of the additional management items so that the new
associated dataset is not tied strictly to the current management item selections. If you uncheck a specific
management item then the new associated dataset will be applied to all instances of that management item
and not the specific one that is displayed. For example, if you add a Note to a Field and then uncheck the
additional items of Grower and Farm, then all Fields in the system will get this note as well. If all the
additional management items are left checked then the note will only be displayed when the specific Field
that you selected to add the note to is selected in the Management Tree. Click the OK button when you have
made your management selections.
9. The associated dataset that you added will now be displayed in the Associated Data Viewer.
10. Click the Close button to exit the viewer.
How to edit an associated dataset.
Follow these steps to edit an associated dataset:
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