Reconciling Mob and Scan based records

When animals are scanned, this represents a natural audit point that allows for the full or partial reconciliation of Mob based and Scan (EID) based data.

On their own, ‘Mob’ based records can give an accurate picture of the numbers of different types of livestock in different locations together with average weight information etc.

Each time animals are scanned the producer not only knows just how many animals of different types are located in different paddocks, but he/she knows exactly which animals are there.
For this reason, we suggest following the processes below whenever the opportunity presents itself to reconcile mob and scan based records.

Updating Mob Based Records after running a Scan Session

Using an example to illustrate the process, let us assume you have run a scan session in the yards where you weighed and treated stock. The data has been synced from the tablet and now the animals appear as a scan session in the View/Edit Sessions window.

1. From the Dashboard select Sessions. For the Treatment Session, no figure appears under ‘Head’ because we have not yet recorded the process as a mob-based session.
   
2. Open the Session. There is no mob-based information yet available.
   
3. Select View Scans.
   
4. All the individual animal data from the Session will be displayed, including any treatment details and locations for individual animals. Select View Mob Based.
   
5. Select Create Lines from Scans. The data captured via EIDs will automatically be converted to Mob based ‘lines’.
   
   

   All Animal Scans must have a Mob assigned for the Creation of lines to occur. 
   
   
   
   
6. If required, add services to round out the creation of the Mob Based session data.
   
7. In the Session List, the 'Head' field will now be populated for the Handling: Weighing session.
   
   

Updating Scan Records after recording a Mob Based Movement

At some stage after recording a mob based movement, and where the specific animals are known, managers may decide to record the movement as a scan session. This could be desirable, for instance,  where an entire mob of animals that had been previously scanned are moved from one paddock to another.
An ‘Import Session’ allows us to do this. Refer to Choosing Between Individual Animal and Mob-based Systems for a comparison between the two types of livestock management in StockMate.

If the EIDs of animals in a location are not known, then running a standard ‘Import Session’ will not work.

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