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Moving animals into a group

In order to increase the accuracy of the active tag solution, you should ensure that animals are in the correct group.

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Written by Rosemary Stone
Updated over a week ago

Ensure that animals are always assigned to the correct group in Datamars Livestock, to match the physical group of animals on the farm e.g. Herd 1, Herd 2, Sick Mob.

This is important because the active tag solution will assess an individual animal's behaviour against the behaviour of all animals in a group. If the same unusual animal behaviour is recorded for all animals in the group, the behaviour will be attributed to an external event e.g. a loud noise, the presence of something unusual in the paddock or a weather event.

Using groups provides the active tag solution with a richer set of data for accurate animal monitoring.

Notes:

  • An animal can only belong to one group at a time.

  • You must have admin permissions in order to move an animal to a group or to create a new group.

  • You can create a new group in the mobile or web app.

  • To move multiple animals into a group at the same time, set the default group or delete a group, use the web app.

Watch the video to learn:

  • Why it is important to assign animals to the correct group.

  • How to move animals to a new group.

  • What to do if you need to move multiple animals into a group.

To move a single animal into a group using the mobile app:

  1. Open an animal record.

  2. Tap ⋮

  3. Tap Change group.

  4. Select an existing group from the drop-down list or tap Create new group.

To move a single animal into a group using the web app:

  1. Click on My herd then Animals.

  2. Select an animal.

  3. Click on ... on the right-hand side of the animal record, then select Change group.

  4. Select the required group then Save changes.

To move multiple animals into a group using the web app:

  1. Click on My herd then Animals.

  2. Select multiple animals.

  3. Click on Move animals to a group.

  4. Select the required group then Move animals.

You may be interested in:

  • Creating groups to learn how to create a new group, set a default group or delete a group using the web app.

Having trouble?

  • Phone the Datamars Smart Farming support team:
    AU 1800 248 774
    NZ 0800 248 722
    US +1 (888) 431-0957 (toll free).
    UK +44 20 4571 7717
    IE and EU +353 (21) 242 8844

  • Email sf-support@datamars.com

  • Ask us a question in the blue messaging tool on the bottom right hand side of your screen.

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