Depending on what you prefer, there are a few different ways to create Groups in MINDA. You can add Groups:
Using the Add a group button in Groups
Importing a CSV or txt file
Duplicating an existing Group
Copying an existing Group to a PYO
Splitting a Group
Create a PYO using Save As in Reports
Add a Group
In Herd Management > Groups you can create either a PYO or Rules Based Group using the Add a Group button. You'll need to go through the different screens and enter:
Group name
Which Group your new Group will be based off
Attributes
Filters (if creating a rules Group)
Importing
If you already have a list of animals, you can import either a CSV or .txt file into MINDA to create a PYO Group. In your import file, you'll need 1 of the following animal ID's:
Cow number
BID
EID
Note: The animals you're importing must already be in your herd. Importing does not add animals into your MINDA records.
From within Groups use the Import a Group button and then choose your import file.
MINDA then checks this and if there are any issues, you'll see the message below.
Tip: Click the link above to see which animals couldn't be imported.
Actions
Using Groups, you can download, export, copy Groups etc using the Actions button. Depending on the type of Group you have, each of these options will be different. There are 3 options which create new Groups. They are:
Duplicating
Duplicate any Group and and retain the Group type i.e. if you're duplicating a Rules Group, it will create a new Rules Group.
Copying to PYO
Copy any Group (other than a PYO Group) to create a new PYO Group.
Splitting
Split a Group into a maximum of 5 sub-groups using 1 Attribute. Once you split the Group, it will create new PYO sub-groups as well as a master split Group.
Splitting
Using the Split Groups feature, you can split a Group into a maximum of 5 sub-groups based on 1 Attribute. This is handy for when you are undertaking a task such as selling animals and you want the a group split evenly based on an attribute.
Find the group you want to split and select Actions > Split
This will take you through steps where you'll need to enter:
Split group name
Number of sub-groups (up to 5)
The attribute to split on
The percentage split per sub-group
Once you select Finish, MINDA will split the animals automatically between the groups. Select Save group to save the split groups that have been created.
Note: MINDA will split the groups as close as it can based on the attributes you've selected, so each group should have similar averages.
Reports
Within some reports, you can use the Save As option to create a new PYO Group. Head into a report which has this option and click Save As > Create new PYO and then give your Group a name. Once you've saved your Group, head into Herd Management > Groups to see it.
Note: The Save As option also allows you to add animals to an existing PYO Group.