Test Dates Dialog

To add, remove, or combine test dates, you will use the Test Dates dialog. To get to this dialog, you can select Manage Test Dates from the Tools menu. Or you can first go to the Enter Test Day Data dialog, which will allow you to manually enter test day data.

NOTE: When you import test data using the Import Test Day Data dialog, you do not need to create the test dates ahead of time. They will be created automatically.

New Date

To add a new test date, press this button.

Delete

To remove a test date, select it in the list and then press this button. You can also select multiple dates. WARNING: When you delete a test date, all lactation information for that test date is also removed from the herd database.

 

Combine

To combine multiple test dates into a single test, select the dates you want to combine and then click the Combine button. Why would you want to do this? If you enter milk weights daily, your database will get very big with lots of lactation data. For data that is several months old, you may need to only keep summarized data for each week or month. Combining test dates will save space in your database and also make your lists and reports be generated faster.

 

When you combine test dates, the dates being combined must be sequential. Also, if a cow is not in milk on the last date of the group of dates being combined, the combined test information will be assigned to the day before her dry-off. For example, if you entered daily milk weights for April and you want to combine all test dates and assign it a date of April 30, if a cow was dried off on April 15, she will have a test date of April 14.

 

See Also

Enter Test Day Data Dialog

New Test Date Dialog

Combine Test Dates Dialog