USER GUIDE - Vegetables Project
Ideas Genie Pro - Software for Plants and Gardens

by Ideas for Gardens.com

Last updated: 19th April 2010


This User Guide is for users of Ideas Genie Pro - Software for Plants and Gardens 
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Index     Introduction     Session 1     Session 2   Session 3   Session 4
   Session 5   Session 6   Session 7   Session 8   Session 9   Session 10   Session 11

Index

Introduction

1. Adding Plants

2. Gathering information

3. Creating specimens

4. Adding a task

5. Editing a task

6. Printing a task

7. Printing Tasks&Events Tracking sheets

8. Updating Task Status

9. Recording Events

10. Duplicating Tasks

11. Labels

User Guide - Vegetables
Duplicating Tasks

Duplicating a task for NEXT year
You can reuse the information next year by using the Duplicate feature

  1. Start the Tasks program GA047
  2. In the initial screen GA047S01
    Select a task for duplication and click the Duplicate button
    Screenshot 1d-GA047S01
  3. Screen GA047S11 appears
    Screenshot 2d-GA047S11

    In screen GA047S11
  4. The screen you are duplication appears on the left of the screen
  5. The NEW task is on the right of the screen
  6. The program finds the date of the same day in the next year
  7. You can edit any of the details as required
  8. Click the Add button to create a new task

Duplicating a task for a second sowing this year

Important pre-requisites:
In this demonstration, we will duplicate the task created in the Adding a task session.
This task was for our First Sowings.
We added 3 plant names, and selected 3 specimens named First sowings for that task.

When we duplicate the task in this session, the same three plants will be carried forward to our new task.
However, the Specimens are NOT automatically selected, as they will NOT be the same for this new task. A second set of specimens are required.
Thus, make sure you have created Second Sowing specimens for the plants in the Task to be duplicated in this lesson, as described in the section Creating Specimens
Also make sure the Specimen have a batch reference, again as described in Creating Specimens

  • Repeat steps 1 and 2 above
    Get to GA047S11

    In screen GA047S11
    Screenshot 3d-GA047S11
  • Edit the fields as required for your second sowing Task
    (Task Month/Year, Task Title, Do Date/Alert days)
  • In this session, leave the radio button at the default setting - Same Plants List
  • Click the Add button

The initial Screen GA047S01 will re-appear
At this stage, the NEW task needs to be edited to select the Second Sowing specimens

  • Select your new Task and click the Edit Task button
    Screen GA047S03 appears
    Screenshot 4d-GA047S03

    In screen GA047S03
  • In the Task Type box, click the Include Specimens option
  • Click the Batch Restrictions button
    Screen GA047S12 appears

    In screen GA047S12
    Screenshot 5d-GA047S12
  • Double click on the lines showing specimens (not the plant names)

    Note the Included column in the Column Header
    Manipulate the listing until:
  • the Second Sowing batches of specimens have Included (prefix)= *Yes*
  • First Sowing batches have Included= No
  • Close the screen

The program asks you to check the Task status and displays screen GA047S07
Screenshot 6d-GA047S07

Note how the To do on items are restricted to the items selected in screen GA047S12
The technique to restrict items in your task are described above




 

 

 

These Lessons can be followed using Ideas Genie, Ideas Genie Pro or Bonsai Genie
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