DairyComp Update - September 2025
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dairycomp version 25 9 release date october 7, 2025 dairycomp version 25 9 contains various bug fixes, customer requested enhancements, and integration improvements for our integration partners, as well as many other improvements expand the topics below to learn more about the updates in this release new feature assist dairycomp now includes assist, a smarter way to use the command line as you type, assist suggests matching items, events, reports and guide questions, making it easier to build commands quickly and accurately see assist docid\ hvprxarwltdqtfjrxajai to learn more! new feature connection status check your integrations at a glance with the new connection status feature! instantly see which systems are connected, when they last synced, and whether any need attention—all from one place in dairycomp see connection status docid\ zwdll74naenqiztmlmgvu to learn more new feature find help in dairycomp help is now built right into dairycomp! click the new help icons throughout the program to open the exact help page for the screen you’re on get answers instantly without leaving your workflow see find help in dc305 docid\ w jjxaz219182xtbuhunq to learn more we added a new help topic, find help in dc305 docid\ w jjxaz219182xtbuhunq , which shows how you can get answers faster with the new help icons built into dairycomp instead of searching through the full help system, you can now open the exact help page for the screen you’re on, navigate recently viewed topics, and still access the full help library when you need it new feature pen inventory the pens docid\ odh3auoebhelwgqt9nyfc topic now covers pen inventory, a new feature that tracks daily pen counts and trends automatically use it to monitor pen occupancy over time, adjust capacity, and easily export historical data for analysis see view pen inventory docid\ odh3auoebhelwgqt9nyfc to learn more base program a new pen inventory docid\ odh3auoebhelwgqt9nyfc feature has been added, allowing you to track occupancy trends using a historical record of pen counts the pen inventory feature is accessed via the alter\4 command please note the following pen counts began logging in version 25 7 1156 the pen count is logged once per day, just after 12 am pen counts are logged as long as dairycomp is running pen=0 pen counts started logging in this release (25 9) pen count data is stored for two years the pen inventory feature's select pens function maintains your last selection when you export the csv file removed beef designation for existing red dane (rd) sires during sire cleanup fixed beef tag series issues the events\2 report (list cows and events) docid\ xyfyzzmujfmeymcylrf4e has been enhanced to include etdam and et dam registration for breeding events that include the information in the event details items for last parlor visit data and last parlor visit shift are now auto mapped to the standard items fixed an issue when running a command and the "total number entered" message in dairycomp was not displayed updated 595h to report as conventional semen fixed an issue where etbred events were subtracting semen usage from semen inventory fixed an issue where egraph was not respecting the by pn (previous pen) statement (numerous factors can change the pn value, so note that the pn value is the value as of today ) in version 10 of the cowfile, we fixed an issue where the protocol number changed unexpectedly when editing an animal's mastitis event remark on the dc client, specifically when there were more than 255 treatment protocols this occurred when the event was processed on the dc server russian translations in dairycomp have been updated for canada, dairycomp has been updated with the 2025 naab proof files additional standard items for genomic trait sync with pulse integrations have been added gbdc body size composite gchon chondrodysplasia gfti holstein fertility index gjh2 status for jersey haplotype 2 gsdys spinal dysmyelination integrations lely support has been added for xid between dairycomp and lely lely dairycomp no longer sends barn names when the animal name field is de selected in integration settings lactanet added support for 6 digit id and chain numbers in the loading in dairycomp for canada jantec fixed issues with loading milk shifts with jantec heiferpro when importing pregnancy results via milk and blood tests when animals already have a current preg status in dairycomp, if additional reconfirms of pregnancy are in subsequent imports, the import will create a preg event (not an ok event) cowcare the database now refreshes after changing group premises pocket cowcard fixed an issue where dairycomp was sending ??????? for dairy name/herdcode new faq resolve held commands we added a new help topic, resolve held commands docid\ p uvvkuwcs7u3x4f cfi8 , which explains what held commands are and how to manage them in dairycomp the topic shows how to identify pending held commands and use the held command processor to edit, repost, remap events, relax birthdates, delete, or delay them this helps users resolve transaction errors and keep herd records accurate new help topics events we added three new help topics that explain how events are used in dairycomp events docid\ pwt8pwo1fkr9fbx587g g introduces the concept of events, explains how they differ from items, and shows how to view, enter, and manage them on the cowcard event definitions docid\ ypec bncraweojwivylqr serves as a reference guide to all standard and optional events, with descriptions of their use in dairycomp events command docid\ xyfyzzmujfmeymcylrf4e explains how to analyze historical event data across your herd using both the events options menu and command line, including examples of advanced reports and switches