Ag Leader SMS Basic and Advanced Manual - Manual (Page 137)

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Follow these steps to create fixed boundaries for your fields and sort your load/region data into the proper place based
on the field boundaries that are set:
1. Collect boundary files with the Ag Leader PF3000/PF3000 Pro (BDY’s) or some other logging device and
read them into the system. When the boundary file(s) are read into the system you will need to create
management information for each boundary, including Grower, Farm, and Field names.
2. Select each Field that a boundary file was loaded for and select all the way down to the boundary dataset in
the tree. Click the right mouse button and select Set as Field Boundary from the menu that pops up.
3. Once the boundary file(s) have been loaded in and set, start reading in your files created and ignore setting
the Archiving Options. The same can be done for imported data such as soil type maps, etc.
4. Once you have read in all your data, go to the Tools menu and select Spatial Sorter and then Sort Loads by
Field.
5. The software will now start sorting your all GPS/spatial data based on its geographic location and the
boundary files that were read in.
6. Once completed the dialog will indicate how many loads/regions were moved.
7. If any fields contained data without GPS, then this information was not sorted and needs to be manually
moved. See Manually Moving a Field to perform this action.
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1. Read a complete season’s worth of data into the system that contains complete GPS information for all the
fields that you farm.
2. Once all the data is read into the system, select the first field in the Management Tree and then click the
right mouse button and select Freeze Boundary from the menu that pops up.
3. Repeat this step for all fields in the Management Tree that you want to sort data for. You can also select at
the Grower and Farm levels to freeze all the Field Boundaries below the selection. Batch Freezing of
multiple Growers and Farms can also be done through the Batch Command Utility.
4. Once all fields have been set, go to the Tools Menu and select Spatial Sorter and then Sort Loads by Field.
5. The software will now start sorting your data based on its geographic location and the frozen boundaries
6. Once completed the dialog will indicate how many loads were moved.
Note: If any fields contained data without GPS, then this information was not sorted and needs to be manually moved.
See Manually Moving a Field to perform this action.
How to split and sort a load or region.
Follow these steps to split a load/region and then sort it into the proper field:
Note: Only loads or regions that have been logged to the wrong field should be split. One side effect of splitting data is
that the monitor summary information is lost for a load or region that has been split. This also means that new
calibration cards or changes can not be applied to this data. Splitting loads or regions should only be done after you
have read in all the data that will effect the load if you want to make sure that the latest calibration information has
been applied to it prior to sorting. Also, if you reprocess files that contain data for the split load/region, the load/region
will be added back into the system like it was before you split it. This can be useful if you make a mistake and want to
get your data back to where it was before you split it.
1. Freeze or set the boundaries for all the fields that need to be used to split and sort loads/regions. See How
to freeze a boundary. or How to create a boundary.
2. Select a single load or region from the Management Tree. Only one load or region and be split at a time.
3. Click on the right mouse button. A menu of options will appear.
4. Select the Split Loads / Region option.
5. The software will now check the data contained in load/region and compare its location to the boundaries
that you have frozen or set. If a load/region partially falls within a boundary, the points that are within the
boundary will be split and a new load will be added to the field that they fall into.
6. Once completed the software will report how many datasets were searched and how many loads/regions
were split and sorted.
7. Any loads/regions that were split, even the original load/region, are now spatially based only and do not
have monitor summaries and can’t be calibrated by new calibration files.
How to query a single layer.
Follow these steps to query the data on a single map layer:
1. Select the layer to be queried in the Layer Window and make it active by clicking on its title bar.
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