If you have an electronic weigh scale that stores weight data in a text file
on a diskette, it is possible to read these data directly in to InterBeef. As
described in Weight status and recording, enter the date that the weighing occurred in the
.
This displays the predicted weight for each animal on the date and an empty
column for the actual weight to be entered.
To read the weights from the diskette (or wherever the text file is stored)
click the button.
This displays the file dialog box. Locate the file containing the data and click the button. The weight data contained in the data file will then be displayed as shown below:
Note that different weigh scales may generate data in different formats although the data should essentially contain the animal and its associated weight in columns of data. Follow the instructions listed in the line below the buttons.
The first command requires you to click on the first line of the data file where there are data (as opposed to headings). There are no headings in the above example so you would click the first line. This then displays the columns of data as below:
The defines the format of the data file and how the different columns of data are separated. If necessary, change to the appropriate format for your data file. The defines whether the column containing the animal identification is the animal number or the animal reference (eartag).
As requested in the line below the buttons, click any data item in the column that contains the reference to the animal.
Next click the column containing the weights.
If the file also contained condition scores, these would be clicked. In this example no condition score data are available so click the button.
To complete the process click the button and the data are then read in to the appropriate records in the batch weight entry screen.
As elsewhere in InterHerd, these data are not saved in the animal records until the button is clicked.