Table of Contents 

1.1 Requirement Description

Add back Report Book – Field Notebook print option previously available in AGRIS 9.6.0.

1.2 Solution Overview

Benefits:

• Greater flexibility to share Field Notebooks with growers via the Email Forms extended option and the iView service. 

• Improves flexibility to share Field Notebook information tailored to your agronomy customers. 

The ability to design and print field notebooks has been added to AgroGuide mapping.

A standard field notebook form has been added to the AgroGuide forms manager. The form layout is based on the AGRIS 9.6.15's field notebook layout.

Print field notebook option is accessible through new Mapping, Report Book, Field Notebook menu option.  This option is unsecured; however, access is only granted after setting up valid mapping configuration and selecting a client on the main AgroGuide form.

The Print field notebook process presents a land selection and print option form.  The form contains three sections:  Maps to Print, Print Options, and Default Extent.

1. Maps to Print section displays land entity tree based on filter criteria set on main AgroGuide form. Filter criteria are name id, crop year, and include inactive items flag. From the land entity tree, you can select the client, farm, field or crop zone to print.
   
   
   

2. The Print Option section allows you to define the print image appearance.  Print options include Hide Tiger maps, Hide background imagery, Hide attachments, Force boundaries to transparent, Theme boundaries by crop, and Hide neighboring boundaries. By default Tiger maps, background imagery, and attachments are displayed in field notebook image. 
   
   
   

3. The Default Extent section allows you to define the map view size. Options include Client, Farm, Field, and Crop Zone. This setting determines the map image size. Client setting generates a map image that include all client fields. Farm setting generates a map image that includes all farm fields for the farm in process. Field and crop zone settings, size the map image to the field in process. Depending on the location of fields in the extent area, map image may include other fields belonging to the same or different farms. 

The print process builds a single output file containing each crop zone to print. Each crop zone is printed on a single page. Crop zone color is based on the crop zone's assign crop color. As part of the print process, you are able to select standard or user defined Field NoteBook form and output device. Output device selection includes sending output to selected printer, spool, and preview. From spool, you may export field notebook to PDF document.

Features not included are:

1. Include dimension attachments

2. Hide all boundaries

3. Show irrigation systems

4. Zoom out an additional % on default extent

5. Scale Limits

 

2.1 Report Books Menu

Navigation: AGY, AgroGuide, Mapping, Report Books

There is a new "Report Books" menu option to AgroGuide – Mapping menu.
"Report Books" menu option is available when mapping setup has been configured and a valid client has been selected.
Under "Report Books" menu option, "Field Notebook" menu option is available.
Access to both "Report Books" and "Field Notebook" menu options are not controlled through AGRIS System Security.

2.2 Land and Print Option Selection Form

Navigation: AGY, AgroGuide, Mapping, Report Books, Field Notebook

• A new Field Notebook land and print option form is available.

• Form allows selection of land entity and print options.

• Maps to Print group box list the land entities based on filter criteria set on AgroGuide main form. Filter criteria includes Name Id, Crop Year, and Include Inactive Items.

• If selection does not include crop zones you are notified, print process is terminated, and focus is returned back to selection form.

• Print process prints a separate page for each crop zone. Display and appearance of fields is based on print options and extent selections. Crop zone color will be set based on the crop zone's assigned crop.

Maps To Print Section

1. Name Id – Set on AgroGuide main form

2. Crop Year – Set on AgroGuide main form

3. Land entity tree

4. Selected entity is highlighted in blue when tree control has focus.

5. Selected entity is highlighted in light grey when tree control loses focus.

6. Include Inactive Items – Set on AgroGuide main form

7. When checked, inactive farms and fields are included in the list.

Print Options Section

1. Print Options

2. Hide Tiger maps – Prevents roads, rail, water, and miscellaneous transportation images display

• At this time road names will not be displayed on notebook images.

1. Hide background imagery – Prevents ortho imagery display

2. Hide attachments – Prevents all attachment images display

3. Force boundaries to transparent – Removes fill color from fields and crop zones

4. Theme boundaries by crop – Sets field and crop zone boundary color based on assigned crop

5. Hide neighboring boundaries – Prevents display of all fields and cropzones except for the one in process

Note: By default tiger maps, background imagery, and attachments are displayed in map images.
 

Default Extent Section

1. Zoom To – Zoom map view to the closest zoom level that includes all fields / crop zones

2. Client – All client fields

3. Farm – All fields belonging to farm in process

4. Field – Selected field

5. Crop Zone – Selected crop zone

Note: Depending on the location of fields in the extent area, map image may include other fields belonging to the same or different farms.

Unable to Print Message

2.3 Field Notebook Form

Navigation: AGY, Forms Manager, Field Notebook Forms

• The field notebook standard form is available in the AgroGuide forms manager option.

• The standard form appearance on field notebook is like the screen shot below.

• Through form manager, you are able to create user defined forms and assign default output options.

2.4 Field Notebook Images and Status Messages

Images

• Map images are generated and written to "Images" folder located under the current dataset.

• Image files are "png" files.

• Image file name structure is AB~book id_client id_farm code_field code_cropzone code.png

• Image folder contains ImageFileCleanUp.txt file used to trigger removal of orphaned image files not deleted after creating and printing field notebook.

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   1. Upon presentation of print image selection form, ImageFileCleanUp.txt's last written file date is compared to current operating system date.

   2. Clean up is initiated when date difference is one day or greater. At the beginning of cleanup process, ImageFileCleanUp.txt file is re-written in order to reset its last written file date.

   3. Status box is displayed during removal of orphaned files. Status box displays the message "Deleting Map Images Older than 1 Day." Counter to the left of text represents the number of images evaluated.

   4. Image file is deleted when the difference between the current operating system date and its last written file date is 1 day order greater.

Status Messages

• Status message box only appears during processing events. Events include "Deleting Map Images Older Than 1 Day", "Generating Map Images", and "Deleting Map Images" (post notebook print).

• Generating map images message also displays the client, farm, field, and crop zones names in process.