Starting in AgroVision Sows

Login to My.AgroVision

Go to my.agrovision.com and log in with your credentials if you already have a my.agrovision account. 

If not, please create a my.agrovision account by following this guide: How to create a MyAgroVision account

After MyAgrovision account will be created, AgroVision Sows will appear on the main page.

Open AgroVision Sows web application

On my.agrovision.com, you will see, which applications you have access to. 

Find AgroVision Sows and press Open.

One of the first steps when you start using AgroVision Sows is the set-up of the program. 

If it is your first time, the settings menu will be opened automatically. If this is not the case you can always access the "Settings" menu in the menu selection bar on the left side of your screen.

Once the settings menu is opened you will find different sections where you need to fill out the relevant information:

• Personal information: here you need to enter information such as name, telephone etc. It is important that you select your country properly in "Country" selection as some options inside the app will be linked to this choice. Once you complete your information, click "Save".

Site information: in this section you will go through 2 screens. First one will be site information, where you need to fill name, VAT number and again, choose the country

• Locations: you are be able to create different locations inside your site in the "Location section" inside the site information menu. There are 3 levels of hierarchy. First one is the "Barn", you can create as many barns as you want clicking in the "Add barn". Inside each barn you can create "Sections", clicking in the "Add section" button you can add new ones. Finally, inside each section you can create "Pens" with the "Add pen" button.  

• Production: in this section you will go through 3 screens. First you have to setup your production type. It is only possible to choose the production setup, when creating a new site. When doing so, it will be possible to choose either "Sow management" or "Individual animal management".                                                                               
• Electronic ID: Here, also choose the type of electronic ID as it is possible to connect a reader and scan EID in the mobile app.
  
  Remark: If you choose "Individual animal management", all sow/boar related events are filtered away such as service, farrowing and weaning.

Breed: Set up the breeds you have. For pure breds checkmark the Pure bred column. Press the Save icon when done.

• Conditions: in this section you will go through 3 screens to set up your screen codes. First step is to setup Traits. Click + to start entering a new trait. Assign the trait an ID, enter a name, and select a trait type from the dropdown menu. Choose the appropriate unit for the trait (only applies to the Trait type "measurement") . Format is a column to tell the system how to display or validate numbers. 

Next section is Type, you create traits that need specifically to be sent to breeding companies or that will help you to analyze or filter on a specific trait. General Condition types that are used across the entire customer base as well as general condition types for breeding organizations will be available right away (e.g. weight or backfat and TN End for Topigs breeders).  

Condition sections combines Trait and Type sections. Here you create actual events that will appear in the application. To create Condition, press +. Give the Condition an ID and a Name.

• Data exchange. In this section you set up breeding data exchange with third parties. Choose breeding company from the list and enter your customer number. Select company type and press Save. 

• Health: first section of the health menu is "Cause". Here you will register all the diseases you want to enter in the app. To register a new cause click on the "+" icon located in the upper right corner of the table and fill in the information of the cause, then click on the save icon. You can decide if the cause you are registering is a cause or an exit. 

In the second section Medicine, enter all your medications

The following section is "Treatment plan". In this window, you can specify your Treatment plans and/or your

vaccination plans. Specify which causes are present, which medication should be used for these causes, how much medication should be used, how many days the treatment will last, and how many days the withdrawal period should be for this specific plan. To register a new plan click on the "+" icon located in the upper right corner of the table and fill in the required information. Checkmark if the treatment is used to treat suckling piglets. 

• Management: in this section you will set up your employees, external relations and service groups. The "Employee" section inside this menu is to invite and register new employees and give them rights to use the app. You can create/invite a new employee by clicking on the "Invite employee" button. Once you click there you will fill in his/her email and they will receive a notification in their mail inbox for activating their account. Until they activate their account, the new employee's status will be "Pending". Once they complete the activation their status will be "Active". 

Different role types are available to be assigned to the employees:

1. Owner: right to create new sites, create new employees, read/edit rights for the whole app
2. Admin: same rights as the owner
3. Manager: access to all the information (included settings) of the sites he has rights for. Cannot create new sites.
4. Employee: just rights to enter/edit/read information of the sites that administrators give rights to. Has no rights for settings.

• External relations: here you setup all your third parties, such as customers, consultants, etc. For registering a new one click the "+" icon located in the upper right corner of the table and fill in the required information. 

• Service group setup: you can set up any type of service group system. This is a one-time setup, but if you change your service group setup, then it is of course also possible to change it here 
  It is possible to set up your service groups by filling out the information as shown on the picture below.
  Press Save when done, and you will get an overview of your groups.