Ag Leader SMS Basic and Advanced Manual - Manual (Page 149)

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default. An example would be to select the Farm and Field management items to filter data going into you
chart by Farm, Field, and Operation. This does not affect the formatting of your chart, just the data that will
go into it. Click the FINISH button when finished.
5. The Custom Selections for Each Operation dialog will now be displayed. This dialog allows you to view and
set what the default chart type, axis settings, etc are for each operation that a chart can be generated for.
Every chart you design can have its own unique settings for each operation, allowing you to highly
customize your charts as appropriate per operation. If you are making a specific chart for a particular
Operation then you can ignore the settings for the other Operation and just set the Operations that matter
for the particular chart.
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Click the Edit button to go to the Chart Axes dialog where you can select the chart type and
attribute selections for the axes will be used to generate your chart. Click the NEXT> button once
you have made the required selections.
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The Chart Options dialog should be displayed now. This allows you to enter in a default chart title,
title color, logo, and whether to show a background grid on the chart for the selected Operation.
Click the FINISH button when you are done.
Then click the FINISH button once you have made settings for all the Operations that you want.
6. You will now return to the Chart Type Selection dialog. Your new chart will now be listed under the Chart
Group that you selected. Select your chart and click the NEXT> button to run it.
How to create a backup of your systems data.
Follow these steps to create a backup of the data in the system:
1. Start the software.
2. Go to the Services menu and select Backup/Restore Project(s).
3. The Backup/Restore Project Options dialog will now appear. Select the Backup Project Data Now option and
click OK.
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Advanced users can also select the option to Schedule a Backup for Your Project Data that will
automatically create backups at a scheduled data and time when you aren't running the software.
4. You will be prompted with a dialog that allows you to select one, multiple, or all projects to be backed up.
Each project, even if multiple or all are selected, will be placed into its own backup file. Click OK once you
have made your selection and filled in the required text info.
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You also must enter in a custom description to help identify the backup file(s) from each other.
This is useful if you do regular or many backups and want to organize groups of backups by your
own naming scheme along with the current date. The custom folder name entry is required.
5. The software will now optimize and compress your data directories into one or more backups files, one per
project. When complete click OK.
How to restore a data backup file.
Follow these steps to create a backup of the data in the system:
1. Start the software.
2. Go to the Services menu and select Backup/Restore Project(s).
3. The Backup/Restore project Options dialog will now appear. Select the Restore Project Data option and click
OK.
4. You will now be prompted to select a directory to restore a backup file(s) from. You do not need to select the
file itself, just select the drive or directory where the file is stored. Click OK after selecting the location where
the file(s) is stored. If multiple backup files have been saved to the same location, then a dialog will appear
with a list of backup files, labeled by the date that they were created, their Group /Project name, and wether
they need migration. When you select a backup file from the list of available ones to restore, various
stats/info on the backup file will be provided for review. Select one, multiple, or all the listed backups and
click OK to start the restore process. You can also select backups from other storage locations; you aren't
restricted to the initial search location you picked.
Note: Basic users can only restore up to five projects.
Note: If you have created new import templates, legends, or print layouts since the last
backup, you will lose these files if you perform a restore from a backup file that was created
before the new files. Copy any files that you wish to keep to another location if you plan to use
them after the restore.
4. The software will now start restoring the data from the backup file. When complete, click OK.
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