Creating Animal Types Add additional fields for this animal type, Before You Start using the Field Description where necessary This setup to make step is the not on-screen necessary instructions if your fair clear is integrated for with 4HOnline, and you are using Animal ID in your participants. Adjust the order of the 4HOnline. If that is not true, you will need to set up animal types, either to capture animal information during the fields registration using the arrows (entry) left process, of the or field during name. check-in at the fair. Date fields (Birthdate, Beg. Weight date, etc.) automatically create a date-format Steps field. The “Sex” field automatically creates a Select the Setup menu, and the Animal Types radio-button Male/Female input option. tab. Click on the Add an Animal Type button. Enter a name for the animal type. The animal types will alphabetize on screen, so consider if you want to name it “Breeding Beef” (which will alphabetize above “Breeding Swine”) or “Beef, Breeding” (which will alphabetize above “Beef, Market”). An identifier field is required. For some animals, this is easy, and fits the 3 choices listed. For others, it may not be as simple. Since it is a required field, it should be something that can be filled in about every animal of that type. If the choices listed do not fit exactly for you, you can use the Field Description to add more clarification on screen for users.
Creating Animal Types Before You Start This setup step is not necessary if your fair is integrated with 4HOnline, and you are using Animal ID in 4HOnline. If that is not true, you will need to set up animal types, either to capture animal information during the registration (entry) process, or during check-in at the fair. Steps Select the Setup menu, and the Animal Types tab. Click on the Add an Animal Type button. Enter a name for the animal type. The animal types will alphabetize on screen, so consider if you want to name it “Breeding Beef” (which will alphabetize above “Breeding Swine”) or “Beef, Breeding” (which will alphabetize above “Beef, Market”). An identifier field is required. For some animals, this is easy, and fits the 3 choices listed. For others, it may not be as simple. Since it is a required field, it should be something that can be filled in about every animal of that type. If the choices listed do not fit exactly for you, you can use the Field Description to add more clarification on screen for users. Add additional fields for this animal type, using the Field Description where necessary to make the on-screen instructions clear for your participants. Adjust the order of the fields using the arrows left of the field name. Date fields (Birthdate, Beg. Weight date, etc.) automatically create a date-format field. The “Sex” field automatically creates a radio-button Male/Female input option.
FairEntry.Setup.AnimalTypesJan2017.docx