How to use approvals, comments & descriptions effectively
Required user rights: writing rights for descriptions, reading rights for comments
In fodjan Pro and also in the fodjan App, you have the option of adding comments or descriptions at various points. This facilitates e.g.
- keeping different rations and feeds clear,
- documenting changes
- and thus also the communication of all those who are directly or indirectly involved in the feeding process, e.g. feeders, farmers, feeding advisors or even the veterinarian.
Comments are particularly suitable for short notes to inform other users or to record thoughts. Descriptions are particularly suitable for storing short information, e.g. on the ration, in order to better distinguish between different rations.
Approvals are in addition to this a way of coordinating ration changes and informing each other about them. We explain how this works in the relevant section below.
In fodjan Pro and App you can add comments to each animal group, e.g. if you have changed feed limits or requirements of the animal group and want to document your thought process on this. But you can also add general special features that apply to the animal group here, e.g. disease status, disease risks or similar. In addition, current anomalies in the animal group can be shared here with all those involved in feeding.
- Go to animal groups in the left menu.
- Move the mouse over the feed group where you want to insert a comment and click on “Edit”.
- Go to the “Comments” tab.
- Enter a comment for this feed group.
- Go to the button “Add”.
The author and the date of creation appear for each comment added. Comments can be deleted via “Delete”. Each person can only delete his or her own comments.
The adviser can see newly added comments in his adviser cockpit, more about the adviser cockpit here.
If you go to “Animal groups” in the left menu, you can recognise the feed groups where comments have been made by the speech bubble symbol.
If you move the mouse over the speech bubble symbol, you can read the last (most recent) comment.
You can also add comments to feed groups in the fodjan app.
- Go to Feeding in the menu below.
- Click on the fodder group to which you want to add a comment.
- To add a comment, go to “Show comments” at the top. The number in brackets indicates how many comments there are. Comments can be deleted by holding down the desired comment and then confirming that you want to delete the comment by clicking “Remove”. Each person can only remove their own comments.
- Type in the “Write comment” field below and enter your comment. Then click on the “send” button.
- Confirm your entry at the top left with “Done”.
You can add descriptions (Pro and App) and comments (only in the App) to the feedstuff. Here you can indicate, for example, when the silo was opened or whether certain feeds (e.g. concentrates) are farm-owned or purchased. In this way, relevant information on feedstuffs can be shared quickly and easily with all those involved in the feeding process.
Descriptions
- In the left menu, go to Feedstuffs > Stock.
- Click on the pencil icon for the feed to which you want to add a description.
- Then enter the desired description for the feed under “Description”.
- Then go to the bottom right and click on the “Save” button. In the stock, the feeds with descriptions are marked with an “i”. If you move the mouse over the “i”, the description of the feed appears.
Comments
… are only available in the fodjan app.
Descriptions
To add descriptions to the feed, proceed as follows:
- Click on Feedstuffs in the bottom menu.
- Select the feedstuff for which you want to add a description.
- Click on “Add description” at the top.
- Enter the desired description and go to “Save” at the bottom right.
The description is then displayed at the top of the feed overview.
To change the description, simply click on the description and make the desired changes.
Comments
To add comments to feeds, proceed as follows:
- Go to Feedstuffs in the bottom menu.
- Select the feed for which you want to add a comment.
- Click on “Show comments” at the top.
- Type in the field below and enter your comment and click on the button “Send”. Confirm your entry at the top left with “Done”.
If you want to delete a comment, press and hold it and confirm with “Remove” that you really want to delete the comment. Everyone can only delete their own comments.
Comments can also be added to rations in Pro and App, e.g. if changes have been made to the animal group.
- Go to Rations > Overview in the left menu.
- Go to the desired feed group.
- Click on the ration where you want to add a comment.
- Go to the “Comments” tab at the top.
- Enter the desired comment and click on the “Add” button.
The author and the date of creation appear for each comment added. Comments can be deleted via “Delete”. Everyone can only delete their own comments.
- To add comments to rations in the app, go to Feeding in the bottom menu.
- Select the desired feed group.
- Select “planned”, “fed” or “saved” below, depending on the status of the ration for which you want to add a comment.
- Click on the desired ration.
- Click on “Show comments” at the top.
- Type in the field “Write comment” below and enter your comment. Then click on the “Send” button. Confirm with “Done” at the top left.
If you want to delete a comment, press and hold it and confirm with “Remove” that you really want to delete the comment. Everyone can only delete their own comments here.
In order to make short information on rations immediately visible, it is useful to add descriptions. This can be, for example, short information on feedstuffs used, if rations have been adapted or also which requirements of the feed group have been particularly considered in this ration.
This function is only available in fodjan Pro.
- Go to Rations > Overview in the left menu.
- Select the desired feed group.
- Go to the ration for which you want to add a description and click on the pencil icon.
- Scroll down here in the editing view and enter the desired description under “Description”.
- Go to “Save Ration” at the bottom right. If you have added the comment additionally, it is a good idea to overwrite the old ration.
The description then appears in the overview of the ration under “Description”.
You can also see it from when you go to a feed group under Rations > Overview. The descriptions appears in the column “Description”.
The ration approval function is used to inform another user on the farm about a ration change / a ration variant that has been created and to ask for approval.
To do this, click on the eye symbol of a ration in the ration overview to call up the ration details page.
There you will find the section for authorisation in the first tab “Overview” in the upper area (marked yellow here):
Click on “Request approval” and a window will open that automatically displays your ration description, your creator name and the ration creation and feeding start date. You can now write a comment here and select the person who shall review the ration.
This request is then also displayed in the approval area. You can carry out the authorisation yourself or wait until the other person has done so.
The person receiving the request for authorisation sees this as follows:
Firstly, in the notification bell at the top right of the fodjan web version:
In addition, on the ration overview page, the ration is labelled with a symbol in the “Pending approvals” column (magnifying glass with question mark)
If you have left a comment during the authorisation process, you will find it as usual in the comments tab of the ration details page:
See also
Adviser cockpit in fodjan Pro
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"Overview" page in fodjan Pro
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What is IOFC?
Read more >
Notification bell
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System requirements
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