ENTER Command
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use the enter command to change stored item values for multiple animals at once after you build and execute the enter command, pulse generates a report that lists the updated item values build an enter command in the command line docid 773 9mqbjtwjyi14dvda1 , build your enter command using the following format command word start by typing the command word, enter, to indicate that you want to change stored item values for multiple animals at once item updates enter the new values for the stored items you want to change in the command example, gsdat=11/8/2023 and gsamp=eid indicates that pulse needs to update the genomic sample date (gsdat) to the entered date and the genomic sample (gsamp) to the animal's see the topics below to learn more you can't use the enter command to change calculated item values and some stored item values for example, you can’t change an animal's using the enter command instead, use a move event to implement a pen change you can update a stored item's new value to match another existing item's value for example, you can change an animal's gsamp value to its eid value by entering gsamp=eid items type the items you want to include in your report items define the data you want to see in your report in the command example, the items are id, bdat, lact, and rpro, which tells pulse to include columns for the animal id, birthdate (bdat), lactation number (lact), and reproductive code (rpro) in the report conditions type the conditions to only update the animals that match the criteria in the command example, pen=7 indicates that pulse should only update item values for animals in pen 7 click execute to implement the changes pulse then generates the results report docid\ iwfme1ccm5q8msfqpkrix , which you can find on the report history docid\ akkqgvji5dq2123k3g0qc page you can also view the changes on your dairy's change log docid\ xrsvlrhwgeukmabnw9dqj or an affected animal's change log docid\ f7cygonvshgz q7akfaly in its cowcard enter command examples see the following enter command examples, but note that some item names may not match your item names learn more about item names in item definitions docid 032qofxgwpqguywchwyb7 sort animals that need a pregnancy check, and include the animal's id, pen, lactation number, and days since last heat in the report enter cut=1 with id pen lact dslh for vc=3 put identified cows on a trim list, and include the animal's id, pen, trim date, lactation number, days carried calf and days in milk in the report enter flag=1 with id pen trmdt lact dcc dim for id=123,456,678 view the results report after you execute your enter command, pulse generates a report that lists all updated animals and the previous and current stored item values see the topics below to learn more undo changes for individual animals when pulse first generates the report, you can check the box next to any animal and click undo update in the upper right corner of the table to revert the change for the selected animal(s) you can only undo changes from the results report page if you leave the results report page, you can go to the animal’s cowcard to edit the item filter your results click filters in the upper left corner of the table to search for an animal by its id or to filter the results by the following animal statuses unchanged pulse not update the animal's stored item because the new value matched the previous value invalid pulse did not update the animal's stored item because the new value was invalid for example, a value might be invalid because the stored item can't be set to a negative number or a certain date updated pulse successfully updated the animal's stored item undone pulse successfully updated the animal's stored item, but it was manually reverted back to the previous value check old and updated item values the report shows the previous item value and the current item value if there’s a “ ” under the previous column, the stored item had no value before the command was executed include more items in your report use with statements in the enter command to include additional details in the generated report for example, you may want to include the animal id, birth date (bdat), lactation number (lact), and reproductive code (rpro) to use the report to its full potential related topics command line docid 773 9mqbjtwjyi14dvda1 view report history docid\ akkqgvji5dq2123k3g0qc