Changes make Angus.Tech even more User focused

Matt Reynolds, Breed Development Officer

The release of a number of new features to Angus.Tech are set to address the most commonly requested improvements to the database.

Upload Animal IDs in Angus Database Search

Registered users of Angus.Tech are now able to upload lists of Animal IDs into Angus Database Search. This new feature, combined with the removal of the previous cap on the number of IDs that can be entered in the animal ID field, means users can now bring up full lists of animals simply and quickly. Users will notice a new button ‘Upload Animal IDs’ now located beside the Animal ID field within Angus Database Search. Users simply click this button and select the .csv document they wish to upload IDs from. Importantly, the animal IDs will need to be listed within a single column with the title ‘Animal ID’. This is case sensitive and an error will appear, preventing the uploading of the IDs, if this column heading is not used.

Remembering selections across multiple pages

When displaying the results of a search across Angus.Tech, users can display results on pages of either 20 or 100 results. Users are able to utilise the check box feature to display only certain animals within the search and with the recent release, individuals can now be selected and remembered across multiple pages. The ability to remember across multiple pages is a powerful feature for anyone looking to shortlist individuals from within larger groups of animals, such as donor lists or replacement females. To utilise the feature, users simply click the check box in the first column of the animals they wish to remain in the search. Users can move between the pages of the search results to identify all the required animals.

Once all animals have been selected, users click the lightning bolt in the column heading and select ‘Show only selected animals’.

Transfer Animals from Angus Database Search to the Angus Mating Predictor

The addition of the ability for Users to transfer their Angus Database Search results directly into the Angus Mating Predictor will mean the mating predictor will be easier than ever to use. Once the animals have been brought up within Angus Database Search, using any of the search functions or features, users are able to transfer the animals into the mating predictor using the lighting bolt in the far-right header column. By selecting ‘Transfer animals to mating predictor’ users will be redirected to the mating predictor, where all the animals in the previous search results will be assigned to either the sire identifier(s) if they are a male and dam identifier(s) if they are female.