Create a subset (sub-herd) of animals by lot/group:

For listing and analysis purposes it is often desirable to limit the animals that the program is working with to a subset or "sub-herd" of the total animals. For instance you may want to produce a listing for animals in a particular group, or limit an analysis to cows in the first parity. This sub-herd can be created by either specifying the required lot(s)/group(s) containing the animals required, or by applying a filter or a combination of both.

Any combination of herd, group/lot can be selected to produce a "sub-herd" of animals. Selected items have a yellow background.

To limit the selection to the 64 animals in the MAIN/COWS lot/group, click that cell. This will then turn yellow (as above) to indicate that it is selected and the summary below the grid states that the number of selected animals. Other lots or groups can be added as required by clicking them. Note that clicking a selected item will de-select it.

To select all animals in a particular lot or group, click the title of the lot/group required. Beware that if a cell in that lot/group was already selected that selecting the row will cause that cell to be de-selected.

On clicking the OK button to close the form, any sub-herd that you have defined will be used rather than the entire herd(s). All listings and data entry will only apply to animals within the current sub-herd. Note that all animals are displayed if no lot/group is specified.

When a sub-herd is defined its title appears in the title bar of relevant forms.

Clicking the herd name to the left of the title bar or double-clicking the sub-herd title will redisplay the Herds, lots and groups form.