The System Settings form is where the core rules of the software are set. 

Open

Upon accessing, you will see the following screen:

Open

General Tab

Flock Settings

• Allow flock codes to be duplicate, unless on same farm.  Select this option to allow group codes to be duplicated.  Group codes on the same farm must be unique.

• Age of Flock on Hatch Date.  Select whether your business considers a Flock 0 Days old or 1 Day Old on their Hatch date.

• Use Performance Chart 2.0: We have created the ability to customize your performance charts through the database.

Farm/House Settings

• Allow Farm Codes to be duplicate, unless same division.  Select this option to allow farm codes to be duplicated.  Farm codes in the same division must be unique.

• Allow House codes to be duplicate, unless same farm.  Select this option to allow House codes to be duplicated. House codes on the same farm must be unique.

• Require assignment of service persons on farms.  Select this option to require assignments of Service Persons to each farm.

• Enable Capitalization for pullet flocks. If you want to be able to set capitalization ages on pullet flocks because they might transfer after they cap, you will be able to see cap for pullets.

Egg Production Settings

• Egg Sub Types

Change the name of the Egg Production Sub types to be able to record other types of eggs such as nest eggs, bloods, dirts.  These do not get included in the total egg production counts.

Egg Size by Age or Case Weight/Age

System → Settings = 

 Configuration for egg sizes to be determined by Age or by Case Weight/Age.

Hatch date settings

Everyone has different ways of determining hatch dates and group ages.  In AeLive, the four most common methods of determining Hatch Date ages for a group are listed.  This setting will be made once, ensuring consistency at each location.

Earliest Date: Earliest Hatch Date recorded for all placements in a flock, this becomes the Hatch Date of the entire flock.

Earliest Date Avg: A weighted average Hatch Date is calculated using the earliest Hatch date for each house.

Average Date: A weighted average Hatch Date will be calculated for all placements in a flock.

Avg Hatch/Trans: A weighted average Hatch Date will be calculated for all placements AND transfers in for a flock.

Close Date Settings

Here you will choose the types of transaction that will enforce the Accounting Close Dates.

Feed Mill/Scheduling Settings

Feed Delivery

• Calculate Delivery Charges using Feed Delivery Weight:  If the delivery charge should be calculated based on weight instead of mileage, you will check this setting.  Mileage is the default calculation.

Feed Plan

Prompt users to create fixed dates upon approval of a feed plan.  If you create a feed plan and want to keep the dates generated to deliver on you can mark them all as fixed dates on approval.

Import / Export

• Directory for Feed Mill Batches. 

• Directory for Batch Upload Files. 

• Import Feed Deliveries, Map Location

• Import Feed Deliveries, Map Formulation

Expense Transfer Settings Tab

In this section, expenses are grouped together to show how they will transfer from one industry type to another.  To set up an expense transfer, the user will select the source industry type, and then right click to start the setup or select the add or edit buttons.

User can then map out the source and destination expense codes.  When animals are transferred from one group to another, these settings will be referred to and expenses transferred accordingly.

System Types Tab

System Types essentially control the drop down boxes you see throughout the application.  The purpose of this part of the application was to create an environment each customer could tailor to suit their own needs, while still allowing Cultura to build in programming logic containing business rules around these fields. 

In the screen below is a list of all the available system types, from Condemnations to Weather.  User will select one of these fields to view and edit. 

For our example, we will select House Equipment Types.  Once you click on the selected type, a list will appear with all available Equipment Types.

The checked checkbox indicates that the item is a System item, and cannot be deleted.  It can be set to inactive, however, if you do not wish to see it in the software.

The System Name is the name Cultura has assigned for the item and will display in a drop down box.  The Actual Name is the field where you, the user, can overwrite the System Name and see what you want in the drop downs.

To edit an individual field, right click the field and select to edit.  To add a new field, select to add new, and the following dialog box appears.  All changes can be made and committed in the form below.

Email

Here you can set up your email server information to be able to utilize E-docs.

Flock Attributes

Manage Custom Fields for Flocks and Contracts.  See more information on flock Attributes here.

Features

Settings that chose the forms and features that users can access.  Set a feature to Disabled to remove it from the main form.