Recipe Details and Adjustments
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required setup important to use this feature, your dairy must integrate with the pulse the edit options for this feature are available in feedwatch (on premise) desktop application version 9 2 10 or greater if necessary, contact vas support http //platform docs vas com/default htm#cshid=1004 to complete the integration or upgrade to the latest version of feedwatch (on premise) required permissions all users assigned to a role with feed read permissions can view this feature to edit the settings for this feature, your pulse user account must be assigned to a role with feed write permissions the edit options for this feature are available in feedwatch (on premise) desktop application version 9 2 10 or greater if necessary, contact vas support http //platform docs vas com/default htm#cshid=1004 to complete the integration or upgrade to the latest version of feedwatch (on premise) the recipes details page provides detailed information on the dairy’s recipes, including individual ingredient locations, as well as (dm) and as fed ( ) data users with permissions to edit this page can make adjustments to ingredient mixing order or to dm and af quantities if any dm or af changes are made, the button activates so that you can save your changes recipe details to view this page, click the details link at the top right of any card the example below illustrates the information on this page details summary the top of the page displays a summary of the most relevant recipe details click here for more information recipe name the recipe name is listed first in the details summary, with an indication of whether it is currently active or has been replaced by an alternate recipe docid 2u 8zxrfks 50 smmvr48 as shown in the example below, if the recipe has been replaced by an alternate, the name displays with a gray circle icon and replaced below the recipe name options for alternate recipes, if any, display at the far right of the summary dry matter quantity per animal fed af/hd as‑fed quantity per animal fed dry matter percentage of the recipe af as‑fed cost per ton feeding count number of animals fed by the recipe af cost/hd as‑fed cost per animal fed density factor recipe's density factor (see density factor docid 2u 8zxrfks 50 smmvr48 for details) alternate recipes if a recipe has alternate options (i e , other recipes that can replace it), they display at the far right of the details summary, according to the following parameters if the recipe has only one alternate, the name of that recipe displays in this section to select the alternate recipe, click the switch to active it when you do so, the alternate recipes field turns green if the recipe has multiple alternates, a see options link displays click that link to display a window containing the alternate recipes, then choose the recipe you want additionally, you can view recipe details recipe composition the recipe composition bar provides a quick glance at recipe composition by color‑coded ingredient type the legend above the composition bar shows the percentage of each ingredient type that is included in the recipe the recipe composition is based on dry matter quantities, so it will not include ingredients such as water that are 0% dry matter recipe directions this section lists all ingredients in the recipe, as well as the order in which they should be mixed the locations, quantities, and percentages are also listed for each ingredient if a numbered row displays a gray bar with the clock symbol, it indicates a time lapse see step 7, time lapse, below for details ingredient type the ingredient type is indicated by the color‑coded bar at the beginning of the row the predefined types are forage, protein, concentrate, additive, mineral, and premix any type that does not belong to one of these categories is displayed with the color‑coded label for other ingredient types (for example, grain, hi fiber, fat, etc ) link to ingredient details click on any ingredient name to view its details see ingredients docid\ qgjzuw ldokho1jauxpx for help reviewing ingredient details time lapse if a recipe requires a pause during the mixing sequence, the pause (i e , time lapse) will be displayed as a numbered item in the recipe directions a time lapse in the mixing process can be used to allow the ingredients to be mixed for an allotted time a time lapse may be desired after a specific ingredient is added to the (for example, to mix coarse hay for an additional amount of time before the feeder is prompted to add the next ingredient to the mixer) to easily distinguish a time lapse from an ingredient, time lapses are displayed as a gray bar and clock icon on their own numbered row in the recipe the length of the pause is shown in m inutes and s econds (for example, 4 m 30 s ) premix ingredient premix ingredients are displayed on an expandable row click anywhere on the row to expand it and view all ingredients that compose the premix for more information on premixes, see premix recipes docid 2u 8zxrfks 50 smmvr48 click here for an example pens using this recipe this section defines the type of , use (how the recipe is used to feed the pen), and a description of the pen recipe order adjustments users with permissions to edit this page can make adjustments to ingredient mixing order by selecting reorder sequence use the arrows on the left to move ingredients up or down, or drag and drop ingredients to adjust their position in the sequence once the mixing order is correct, select save to capture your changes all sequence changes made during the current window session remain highlighted until you select save show me! watch this brief video to see a recipe order adjustment in action related topics ingredients docid\ qgjzuw ldokho1jauxpx recipes list docid 2u 8zxrfks 50 smmvr48 inventory & projections docid\ d54 wrt6nkk1zt4v7japy location dm% adjustments docid 4pmxnq8svyg xla kmnmx bunk scoring docid 5l rwp7kazr37zoevblks export to equipment docid\ k1hev0rcxgixcvygfqjhx