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Using web grower for work recording 2018 webinar series – accompanying notes Please note before proceeding: These notes have been created to accompany the recent Farmplan webinar. These notes are not exhaustive and do not cover every available situation, option, or solution: depending on your farm and business setup you may need to adapt or follow a different process. For further information please contact the Gatekeeper support team, who will be happy to advise you.
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Using web grower for work recording 2018 webinar series – accompanying notes
Please note before proceeding: These notes have been created to accompany the recent Farmplan webinar. These notes are not exhaustive and do not cover every available situation, option, or solution: depending on your farm and business setup you may need to adapt or follow a different process. For further information please contact the Gatekeeper support team, who will be happy to advise you.
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Functionality Gatekeeper web apps are a collection of utilities which allow you to share elements of your
Gatekeeper records to a smartphone or tablet. The web app collection is made up of:
Web Viewer to view cropping details and field records
Web Agronomy to add inspection notes, or create a recommendation
Web Recording to create a record of work done
Web Work Plans to view or complete existing work plans, or create a new work
plan
Sentinel Online to access Sentinel through your mobile device
Access to each utility, as well as functions within them, is controlled by the desktop
Gatekeeper which sends information to the web apps user.
Gatekeeper web apps will operate on all smartphones, tablets and web-enabled devices
which are able to run HTML.5 and are Java enabled.
Data exchange
The process of sending data between
Gatekeeper or web app is known as
‘exchange’. Data exchange is always a two
way process; at the same time as
uploading information to the cloud,
devices are also pulling down any
information they find there.
To exchange data, web apps devices must
have an internet connection, either
through wifi or mobile data (4G/3G).
To allow users to work offline where there is no wifi or data connection, web apps can save
a temporary copy of the data it has after the exchange has taken place. This process is
known as ‘caching’. The web apps user can then access and work with this data while
offline.
When the web apps user has finished using the cached data, they must reconnect to the
internet to upload their work done records.
Until a web apps user has successfully logged out, any information recorded on the
web app is not secured and their data has not been uploaded.
the year at different prices
• Outputs sold, where price varies
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Navigating web apps
When moving between screens in the web app, it is essential to use the web apps
back arrow and not the back arrow of your browser.
Using the browser back arrow will move the web browser off the cached web apps page and
you will not be able to access the data again without an internet connection.
Exporting data
Before exporting data to a device, it is recommended to check the lists which are exported
to make it easier to fill out details. Inactivate any old products or implements which are no
longer required; if necessary, number operators to adjust the order the appear in the drop
down list.
Remember you can specify which accesses each web apps device should have.
Give plans useful references, and consider adding job labels for easier navigation on the
device. Splitting jobs into smaller jobs, or ordering fields and jobs according to how work will
be carried out may be useful.
Completing work on the device
You can complete work in plans that have been exported to the device, or on the fly. Useful
functions within the web apps include:
Load planner
Interrupted field – don’t forget to adjust the area
Option to record product use field by field or for the job as a whole
Split job
Swap or add products – affects the whole job not just one field
Confirming work in Gatekeeper
Work records may still be edited in Gatekeeper if required. Use the tick box to complete the
to-do generated at the same time as you confirm the work done.
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Golden rules for successful web apps use
Decide what your data exchange regime will be, and stick to it
It’s better to have more, smaller, plans and jobs, than one giant one
Bookmark the login page but do not create a shortcut
Log in once, and stay logged in until finished
Do not use browser navigation buttons
Remember to edit field size if you use the interrupted option
If two users share work in one field, they must only enter the work done through
one device
Log out at the end of every day or session
