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SMS Basic and Advanced Manual
Regenerates the automatic boundary area based on the selected dataset in the Management Tree. This will undo the
Freeze Boundary… selection.
Freeze Boundary
Generates a vector boundary area for the selected automatic boundary area that the system generates. The vector
boundary area is required to use the Spatial Sorter.
Set as Field Boundary
Allows the user to set a manually created or imported boundary or dataset as the Field boundary that is displayed.
Regenerate 3D Grid (ADVANCED)
Regenerates the automatic 3D grid surface that is used to display a 3D terrain map of your data. By default the
software uses all the data read into the system to build the 3D grid surface but if errors are contained in some data that
is read in it may be necessary to pick only the data that contains good elevation data and use it to regenerate the
surface.
Set 3D Grid (ADVANCED)
Allows the user to select an imported dataset that contains elevation, swath, and distance data in it to use as the 3D
grid surface required for 3D mapping in place of the automatic 3D grid surface that the software generates. DEM
(Digital Elevation Model)files are the most common file type that could be imported for this purpose, but any of the
supported import files could be used as long as they contain an Elevation, Swath Width, and Distance Attribute.
Add Simple Analysis
Allows the user to apply a simple analysis function to a dataset. Examples are Scale, Filter, and Normalize. Once a
simple analysis function is applied to a dataset, it will be displayed in the management tree with a summation icon next
to it which indicates that a simple analysis function has been applied to the dataset, thus modifying it from its original
state when it was read into the system.
Reprocess Analysis
Allows the removal, editing, or addition of a simple analysis function for a selected dataset(s). Once all functions have
been removed from a dataset, the raw values will again be displayed and accessible.
Update Analysis Dataset
Allows the updating of the data that was input into a full analysis function, such as Merge Cotton Data. If new data has
been read into the system that should be have been or needs to be applied to your analysis result, then selecting this
function will load the latest data available into the analysis function, re-run it automatically, and re-save the new result
dataset over the old data. This saves you the steps of having to manually delete the current analysis results from the
management tree and then re-run the analysis function from scratch.
Reprocess Data
Allows the user to reprocess a selected dataset in the Management Tree. Depending on the dataset type, you will be
given options that can be changed or set to effect how the dataset is processed such as data filters and GPS
corrections.
Copy Dataset to Background List
Allows the user to copy a dataset from the Management Tree into the list of available backgrounds. This is very useful
if you've imported data that needed to be edited or that you decide you would just like to use as a background instead
of having it in the Management Tree.
Export
Allows the export of data from the level that is currently selected in the Management Tree.
About the Job/Task Tree
The Job/Task Tree allows you to select, view, and edit Jobs and Tasks that you have created. A Job is defined as one
or more Tasks that you plan on occurring during a specified time span. A Task is defined as an operation(s) that you
plan to occur in a specific field during a specified time span. Multiple Tasks can be added to a Job and multiple
operations can be set for a Task. An example would be that you make a Job for your spring planting. You add a Task
for each field you plan to plant, set the Planned datasets for each field to the planting prescription for that field and
leave the Actual datasets selection blank. After you plant your fields and read in the as-applied data, you can then link
the actual planting data to the planting Task for each field. You then have a record of what you planned to do in each
field and what actually happened. Jobs and Tasks also provide a very convenient and easy way to setup your devices
(monitors) and export all the prescriptions that you wish to use, in one process, instead of exporting each field
individually. A summary of the Planned vs Actual values can also be seen based on selected levels in the Job/Task
Tree.
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