How do I create a soil sampling Work Order?

This article explains how to create a new soil sampling Work Order from the web application. Soil samplers will see these assigned Work Orders on their Field app.

Note: A database is allowed 2 managers/users. If you need assistance setting up more managers/users for samplers in your database, please reach out to our Traction Success team at (888) 305-3839 or success@tractionag.com. We will need the names and email addresses of the new managers/users. Please note these managers/users will have full access to your Traction database.

1. Choose Field Ops from the menu in the upper right corner of your screen.
2. Choose Work Orders from the menu on the left side of your screen.
3. To create a new work Order, choose +New Work Order.
4. In the Grower box choose the Grower from the list that appears.
5. Select the field(s) you need to have work orders for. Clicking on the circle in the green header bar will select all fields or you can click on individual circles to choose specific fields. Click on Next to proceed.
6. Fill in the Details information. Sample Method - click in the box to choose your sample method. Freehand and Grid will let the sampler set up the points in the field. Target, Zone, and Resample will use layers that have been uploaded into Traction Agronomy to use the existing geometry from those layers in a new Sample Event. Lab Account - click in the box to see the lab accounts you have previously set up under Agronomy - Lab Accounts or in the mobile Field app. Sample Depth - enter the depth you are using for the samples. The drop down lets you choose inches or centimeters. Previous Crop - click in the box to choose from the list of crops Collect Boundary - toggle this to green if you need your sampler to run the boundary for the field. Otherwise leave it untoggled or gray. Click Next in the lower right corner of your screen to proceed to the next step.
7. Complete Assign/ Notes Assignee - click in the box to choose from your users. Notes - Add any notes as needed for the samplers. Choose Save & Close if you are done with entering work orders. Choose Save & New if you have additional work orders to enter. Note* A database is allowed 2 managers/users. If you need assistance setting up more managers/users for your database please reach out to our Traction Success team at (888) 305-3839 or success@tractionag.com. We will need the names and email addresses of the new managers/users. Please note these managers/users will have full access to the database.
The Work Order screen will now display the entered work orders. The work orders will default to a To Do status unless you go in and edit the work order. If no assignee was set in the setup these work orders will go to a Backlog status.
To see a map view of your work orders, click on the map icon in the upper right corner of your screen. To see the tabular view, click on the table icon in the upper right corner of your screen.