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Drafter - Separating Animals (iOS)
Drafter - Separating Animals (iOS)

How to use the drafter feature to separate animals, and colour scheme

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Written by Georgia Foster
Updated over a year ago

If you already have a group on the app you wish to 'Draft' skip this section. But if you need to create a certain group of animals, read the example below:

Create a group you wish to draft by using the filter function in Sheep or Cattle, example: 'Female' and 'Not Pregnant', then use the 'Action Button' to select all the animals, then 'Action Button' again, and 'Add to NEW Group'. Then follow the steps below to use the Drafter tool.

OR

Find the animals on the animal list and tap on them to highlight then in green.


Drafter feature in groups:

  1. Navigate to 'Groups' on the bottom navigation bar.

  2. Enter the group you want to check by clicking the chevron.

  3. Click the floating 'Action Button', then click on the option 'Drafter' on the pop up screen.

  4. This will open a screen with a counter, and you scan start scanning animals.

  5. If you scan an animal and it is in the chosen group the screen go green and the counter will go up by 1.

Drafter feature in Animal list:

  1. Navigate to 'Animals' on the bottom navigation bar.

  2. Find the animals in your list by scrolling, scanning with stick reader, or using the search bar, and tap on them to highlight in green.

  3. Click the floating 'Action Button', then 'More Actions' on the pop up screen, choose 'Drafter'.

  4. This will open a screen with a counter, and you scan start scanning animals.

  5. If you scan an animal and it is in the chosen group the screen go green and the counter will go up by 1.


Colour scheme in drafter:

  • Green - Existing Tag within Group & App, scanned for first time in draft

  • Orange - New Tag to iLivestock, added to App & Group

  • Red - Existing Tag within App but not in Group

  • Yellow - Already drafted, previously scanned in session (Checked In List)

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