Technicians and Breeding Codes

🎓 in this guide, you will learn how to a dd a new technician how to add a new breeding code how to disable technicians how to adjust the technician prompting order with the bred event technicians technicians are individuals who breed cows and dairycomp requires a technician entry with each bred event bredsum can then be used to evaluate each technician's conception rate, services per conception (spc), etc 🗒️ note technicians can also be assigned to other teams, such as a hospital team or a maternity team to link the technician to a treatment or calving add a new technician follow these steps to add a new technician enter alter on the command line to open the alter window select the breeding and technicians option to open the technicians and breeding codes window select the \[f8] add tech tab (or use the \[f8] function key) to enter the name and tech number in the name field, enter a unique name in the tech number field, enter a unique n umber select ok to finish creating the new technician the new technician displays in the green available techs box to make the new technician available for breeding entries confirm the breeding team is selected click on the new technician in the green available techs box click on the arrow pointing left to move the technician into the blue box 💡 tips adjust the technician prompting order associated with the bred event entry by clicking on a technician name in the blue box and using the up or down arrows to reorganize the prompting order disable a technician disabling technicians no longer breeding cows helps keep data entry cleaner and easier follow these steps to disable a technician confirm the breeding team is selected as shown above click on the technician in the blue box use the right arrow key to move the technician back to the green available techs box follow this link to learn more about assigning technicians teams to events docid\ eyuaaembkq r8yqurq2bg breeding codes breeding codes are used to record the different types of breeding "reasons" and a breeding code is required with the bred event entry breeding codes are used with bredsum to help farms evaluate different breeding programs breeding codes can also be customized for your dairy below are some common examples s standing heat a activity system d double ovsynch r resync p presync/ovsynch adding a new breeding code enter alter in the command line to open the alter window select the breeding and technicians option to open the technicians and breeding codes window select the breeding codes tab double click on \<available> to add a new breeding code add a unique, one digit letter a z, then click ok to continue enter a description for the new breeding code click ok to add the new breeding code to dairycomp the new breeding code is now available with the bred event entry click ok in the bottom right corner to exit when done follow this link to learn more technicians and breeding codes for analysis bredsum reports docid\ xyinqirjavg7x2 1rpyab video adding a new technician 🗒️ note use the expand icon in the bottom right corner to see this video full screen follow this link to continue with the next guide matings docid\ fftkbq0a9vrpo82iapakh