Feeding
Feeding by location
Feeding module is used to distribute feed to animals. Through this module feeding costs are calculated and feed history connected with animal. User can also insert information for longer periods (weekly, monthly...). Show feature is used for feeding By location. If you wand to use feeding groups, change setting in Administration Panel and see instructions below.
Tasks
In the grid Tasks at the top of the page user can see history on previous entries. This section is read-only and data can't be inserted here.
| No. |
Number of entry. |
| Task |
Performed task. Task has to be inserted in Items. |
| Start Date |
Start date of performed task. |
| End Date |
End date of performed task. If task is entered on weekly or monthly basis, date is different. |
| Time Worked |
Total time spent fot feeding for all workers in whole period. |
| Order |
Document, that created mixed diet. Diet is mixed with Work Order based on predefined Feed. User can open this document with double click on the number of document. |
| Issue Document |
Document, that distributes the feed to individual animal. User can open this document with double click on the number of document. |
| Note |
Note for personal use. |
Details
Details is the section where user inserts, saves and deletes tasks. He can do this through buttons New Task, Save Task, Delete Task.
| Date Start |
Start date of performed task. Predefined on todays date. |
| Date End |
End date of performed task. Predefined on todays date. If task is inserted for each feeding task individually, then dates are the same. If tasks are inserted on weekly or monthly basis |
| Task |
User selects task he is performing. Task has to be inserted in Items. |
| No. of meals per day |
Field is used if user is inserting task for longer period of time. If end date is different than start date, then user has to select, how many times per day is he feeding animals. For daily entries value has to be set on 1. |
| Work Order |
Document, that created mixed diet. Diet is mixed with Work Order based on predefined Feed. User can open this document with double click on the number of document. |
| Issue Document |
Document, that distributes the feed to individual animal. User can open this document with double click on the number of document. |
Resources
In this section user selects workers, sets hours per individual worker and selects machinery.
Animals
In this section user selects animals, that he is feeding. Animals have to be divided into groups in order to be visible in this grid. User can select all animals in group at once (if he selects group) or he can select individual animal. Based on number of selected animals, number of needed meals is calculated.
Meal
In this section user selects meal, that he is feeding. He can select only one feed for all selected animals.
| Meal ID |
User selects meal, that he is feeding to selected animals. He can only select meal, that was created with Feeding plans. |
| Meal Name |
Name of selected meal. |
| Pieces |
Number of needed meals. This number is calculated from number of selected animals. |
Nutrients contains a list of meal's components. Values are predefined from Feeding plans. and can't be changed here. Warehouse is also predefined and can be changed. If user changes warehouse, values of stock and difference will be changed. If there is not enough stock in the warehouse row for this nutrient will become red.
Feeding by feeding grous
For feeding groups functionality is a bit different, because animals are shown not by group, set on animal record, but by group, set in Administration panel. Data are inserted as shown above. The only difference is that when user selects feed, animals are seleted automatically.