Resources

Selecting Fields

1. Select your field in one of the following ways:
   1. Add data to an individual field by tapping on the Grower, Farm, and field from the list, or by tapping the field border.
   2. Turn on Batch Mode’, then select multiple fields. <More Details>
2. Select ‘Scouting’ from the list of journal entry types.
3. Then you can select a template.
   1. *Most Recent Entry pre-fills today’s journal entry with the prior journal scouting entry’s observations.
   2. *Standard form opens a data entry form with no data pre-filled and the default list of data fields.
   3. If organization templates are created, they will be displayed here. Tap on the text field above the list of template names to search through the list.

Entering Data

1. Fill in your information. Navigate through the forms using the tabs on the left side of the screen.
2. For comments data fields, such as the General Comments in the Log tab, you can tap on the microphone icon to use the iPad’s voice-to-text feature to type out your comments.
3. The Sketch tab is filled in with an image of the field border, with tools across the bottom to mark areas of interest in a field.
4. The Field Observations form includes environmental data fields, and Crop Observations includes data fields for crop details. These can be selected selected in the journal entry template.
5. In the Crop Injuries, Insects, Weeds, and Disease tabs:
   1. If an item was pre-filled in the template, you can tap on it on the top half of the screen to add in the details.
   2. If an item is in the field but not in your template, you can tap ‘+Add Item’ to add it to the journal entry.
   3. When finished, tap ‘Done’.

Reviewing Data

1. To review your data, tap on the ‘History’ tab, then tap on the Journal entry to view the Quick-View.
   1. You can click ‘Edit’ to re-open the journal entry if you need to make changes.
2. Then tap on the Upload button (cloud with up arrow), or the Full Sync button (cloud with up+down arrow) to send your data to the server.
3. Now that your scouting data is collected, you are can move on to creating your recommendation or sending a PDF report from Journal.

Additional tips:

If you are holding the app in Portrait mode, you can expose the Field list in the top-left by tapping on the list icon.

Inside the journal entry, tap on the arrow icon to expose or hide the journal entry tabs.