farms

Farm Health Status transactions are recorded daily by the farm and are used to update details related to the animals on the farm. The variables of the health status are user defined in Lab Test Codes.

Before creating a Health Status transaction, the following must be created:

• Unidentified Inventory

• Identity Transaction

• Farm

The following procedures are outlined in the Farm Health Status document:

• Creating a Farm Health Status Transaction
• Posting a Farm Health Status Transaction

Create a Farm Health Status Transaction

1. In SMTS>SIM>Transactions>Health Status, select Farm.
2. In the Farms Health Status main index, click to create a new farm health status transaction.
3. In the New Record dialog box, from the Farm No drop-down menu, select the farm where the sows are located.
4. Enter the transaction Date.
5. In the Farms Health Status screen, click  to add a new transaction line.

6. From Analysis No, select the analysis code to identify the lab test.
7. Analysis Name will default in.
8. Ref No is a unique reference number used to identify the transaction, and can be manually or automatically entered.
9. From Health Status, select the status of the animals` health. Available options are Negative or Positive.
10. Transfer Control Status is a read-only field that represents the transfer status of the swine. This will default to `Not Tracked`.  
11. Placement Control Status is a read-only field that represents the processing status of the swine.
12. Processing Control Status is a read-only field that represents the placement status of the swine.
13. In the Comments field, enter any additional information related to the transaction.
14. The Attachment section can be used to attach any type of file related to the health status transaction.
15. Selecting the Void flag will reverse the health status check.

Post a Farm Health Status Transaction

The posting process deletes existing data for the lab test code and updates with the new data defined in the Farm Status transaction for the date. Farm Status is only updated when the Lab Test Code>Processing Control Status is set to Tracked, End of Day, End of Week or the Lab Test Code>Transfer Control Status is set to Tracked, Transfer to Same Status, No Transfer, or the Lab Test Code>Placement Control Status is set to Tracked. The post logic does not require the Validate Health Status switches to be set to `true`. The Farm Status will always be updated based on the lab test code status.

1. In the Farm Health Status main index, select the required transaction and right-click to select 'Post'. Alternatively, click the green check mark in the top menu bar and select 'Post'.
2. To un-post a health status transaction, select the required transaction and right-click to select 'Unpost'.  This process will set the record status to 'Reversed' status, which allows the record to be edited.