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Editing Farming Operations

Version 10.0 has added the capability to edit farming operations. Users will be able to edit the charge units for supplies, people and equipment. Equipment, supplies and/or people may also be added to the previously recorded farming operation. Once an edited operation has been recorded, all records will be updated including inventory, notations and, if applicable, the enterprise statement. PLEASE NOTE: THIS OPTION IS ONLY AVAILABLE IN VERSION 10 and later.

SPECIAL NOTE: If a farming operation cannot be removed through "Remove Farming Operation", it cannot be edited. For example, if a harvested crop has been disposed of, such as a sale or transfer, the harvest operation cannot be edited. The sale or transfer would need to be voided first to allow the operation to be edited.

To edit a farming operation:

1. Go to History-Operations-Maintenance.
   NOTE: If using Site Pro, Operations Maintenance is available by right clicking on a field.

2. Highlight the farming operation(s) to be edited. Use the sorting fields at the left to narrow your selection.
   For example, if you want to view only the operations that have a Type of ‘planting’ for April of 2004 – enter the Start Date as 04/01/2004, End Date of 04/30/2004 and select ‘planting’ from the Type drop down list. Select the Update List button to display only the operations that fit these restrictions.
   
   The displayed operations may be further sorted by left clicking on the column headings. For example, left clicking on the Field column heading will sort the currently displayed operations into alphabetical order by the field name. Left clicking on the Field column heading once more will sort the operations in reverse alphabetical order by field name.
   
   NOTE: To select more than one operation, hold down the <Shift> or <Ctrl> and left click on the desired operations.

3. Select the Edit button. The Farming box will appear.

4. Make the necessary changes to the farming operation.

To add a supply to an operation:

1. Select Add-Supply from the Farming screen. The Inventory Item screen will appear.

2. Open the appropriate supply category by left clicking on the ‘+’ to the left of the category.
   Highlight the supply to be added.

3. Select OK to add the supply to the operation.

4. Enter the application rate or total quantity used for each of the supplies added.

5. Repeat steps a-e for each supply added to the operation.

To add people or equipment to a farming operation:

1. Select Add-Icon from the Farming screen. The Icon Items screen will appear.

2. Open the appropriate icon category by left clicking on the ‘+’ to the left of the category.

3. Highlight the equipment or person to be added.

4. Select OK to add the icon to the operation.

5. Enter the charge units for the added icon.

6. Repeat steps 1-5 for each icon added to the farming operation.

To delete an item from a farming operation:

1. Right click on the name of the unwanted item within the Farming box.

2. Select Delete from the right-click menu that appears.

3. Select OK to record the edited farming operation.

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