Welcome to the AlpacaEASE/HerdEASE "User Group v3"

Last Post Date: November 12, 2006

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    (**) Severity Level:     1 = Critical Processing Error       2 = Functional error, but not critical       3 = Non functional/Cosmetic       E = Enhancement

    Bug
    Found
    Function Description
    **
    Fixed
    In
    Temporary Workaraound Download Fix
    1
    4/8/05
    Breeding Rpt "Current Breeding Detail" report selected by dam is not printing if there are no detail breeding dates entered
    2
    4/12/05
    3.1
    None  
    2
    4/8/05
    Breeding Rpt "All Dams - Current Breeding" generic report is including archived animals
    2
    4/12/05
    3.1
    None  
    3
    4/8/05
    Weight Rpt "All Animals - Weight Summary" generic report is not printing selected detail
    2
    4/12/05
    3.1
    In the Print dialog/popup box, change "Current Record" to "Records Being Browsed"  
    4
    4/8/05
    Purchase Rpt "Animals Purcahsed" generic reports are not printing selected detail
    2
    4/12/05
    3.1
    Same as above  
    5
    4/8/05
    Sold Rpt "Animals Sold" generic report is not printing selected detail
    2
    4/12/05
    3.1
    Same as above  
    6
    4/8/05
    Archive Rpt "Archived Animals" generic report is printing Active animals! There is no way to print the archived animals report
    2
    4/12/05
    3.1
    None  
    7
    4/8/05
    Medical Rpt "Given Via" field is not aligned correctly on Medical report
    3
    4/11/05
    3.1
    None  
    8
    4/17/05
    Herd screens Forward/Back arrows in Herd screens may result in a blank animal screen
    2
    4/19/05
    3.2a
    Click the Delete icon (lower left panel) to exit the blank record (this will not delete any animal records!) Yes  (size=5k)
    9
    4/17/05
    Cost Rpt Cost Detail report selected by animal will return to the wrong screen if there are no cost records retrieved
    2
    4/19/05
    3.2a
    Click Cancel to exit Financial entry screen  
    10
    4/17/05
    Web Export Web Export list animals screen: status field drop-down is displaying incorrect values list
    2
    4/19/05
    3.2a
    Click on animal name and update from detail screen Yes  (size=40k)
    11
    4/17/05
    Mini Calendar Mini calendar popup may not be displaying dates
    2
    4/19/05
    3.2a
    May self-correct if mini calendar popup is selected from another screen Yes   (size=240k)
    12
    4/22/05
    Breeding Breeding history for male is not saving if the dam is not in your Herd database
    1
    4/29/05
    3.2b
    Add the dam to Herd as owner type "Breeding" before adding the breeding history to the sire. The dam can be archived.  
    13
    4/28/05
    Herdsire Rpt Popup list for "herdsires for hire" does not include Jr. Herdsires
    2
    4/29/05
    3.2b
    Change the status to Herdsire and select from list. (Note: Proven/Unproven status will be added to the report in the next upgrade.)  
    14
    4/29/05
    Herdsire Rpt Herdsire for Hire report printing as Sales List. Cannot print a Herdsire for Hire report
    1
    5/3/05
    3.2c
    None  
    15
    5/1/05
    Breeding Invalid error message displayed in Breeding Dates Calculator when calculating gestation days. Days is correctly calculated
    3
    5/3/05
    3.2c
    Ignore error message; click OK to continue  
    16
    5/1/05
    Mileage Mileage list screen still has old "Select prior Year" link, but the script has been deleted.
    3
    5/3/05
    3.2c
    Ignore error message; use the Year field to change year.  
    17
    5/3/05
    Ancestry Ancestry is not saving correctly for a Herd animal, if "pending" is entered for ARI
    1
    5/15/05
    3.2d
    Leave ARI blank if not available; do not use "pending"  
    18
      Herd Search Location drop-down list is SEARCH was not working
    1
    6/23/05
    3.2e
    None  
    19
      For Sale Add capability to show "For Sale - 1/2 interest" on herdsire (on Sales Lists)
    3
    6/23/05
    3.2e
    None  
    20
      Breeding Allow prior dates to be entered in Breeding Calculator
    3
    6/23/05
    3.2e
    None  
    21
    6/23/05 Pregnancy Cert Pregnancy Certificate would not print
    2
    6/23/05
    3.2e
    None  
    22
    6/23/05 Breeding Rpt Breeding Detail was not printing correct history when date range was entered
    2
    6/23/05
    3.2e
    None  
    23
    7/5/05 Groups-Breeding If a Breeding Group was created, subsequent new breedings were incorrectly entering the sire from the group breeding
    2
    7/11/05
    3.2f
    Manually select the correct sire in dam's current Breeding screen  
    24
      Groups-Breeding Group breeding can now be used to spit-test a group of bred/pregnant dams to the same sire, even if the sire is not the "bred to" sire
    E
    7/11/05
    3.2f
    None  
    25
    7/12/05 Deceased Entering a deceased date in the 7-day newborn screen is not unlinking the dam
    2
    7/22/05
    3.2g
    Go to the Medical tab to enter deceased date  
    26
    7/16/05 Herd Export The excel export for basic animal/herd data is not working
    2
    7/22/05
    3.2g
    Use the merge or html export and then import data into excel  
    27
    8/9/05 Groups-Medical Notes entered in Group medical is not saving to individual animal records
    2
    8/9/05
    3.3a
    Notes must be entered individually in each animal medical record  
    28
    8/9/05 Herd Export Add the Location field to the basic animal export data
    E
    8/9/05
    3.3a
    None  
    30
    8/17/05 Boarding Fee Boarding fee for co-owned animal was not saved in change owner screen
    2
    8/18/05
    3.3b
    Set fee in Owner tab for animal  
    31
      Groups The Group name/description field can now be changed in the Group detail screen
    E
    8/18/05
    3.3b
    None  
    32
      Payments Rpt Check number has been added to payments by vendor/payee report
    E
    8/18/05
    3.3b
    None  
    33
      Sales Rpt New "Pre-Sales" summary report has been added in Herd (Generic S6). Prints 8 animals per page with "thumbnail" picture
    E
    8/18/05
    3.3b
    None  
    34
    8/20/05 Weight Weight gain/loss is not calculated when entered in Group screens
    2
    9/1/05
    3.3c
    Go to animal's Medical screen and click Weight button to re-calculate gain/loss  
    35
    8/20/05 Invoice Changes made in Contacts for Ranch name and address will automatically be reflected in Invoice Bill To info, even after the Invoice has been created
    2
    9/1/05
    3.3c
    Fix name and address in Contacts screen, then delete and re-enter Invoice  
    36
    8/31/05 Due Date Rpt Due Dates that were prior to current date were not listed
    2
    9/1/05
    3.3c
    Enter the date range fields for the report to select prior dates  
    37
    9/1/05 Financial Income Animal names were not showing in Financial-Income when created from Invoicing, if the name was manually entered
    2
    9/3/05
    3.3d
    None  
    38
      Financial Income Invoice payments can now be deleted for the entire invoice, in the Invoice or in Financial-Income
    E
    9/3/05
    3.3d
    Payments have to be deleted individually in Financial-Income  
    39
    9/3/05 Calendar Procedures Due Next procedure due saved in the Herd-Medical screen was not displaying in Calendar
    2
    9/7/05
    3.3e
    In the animal's Medical screen, click "Procedures Due", then click SAVE Yes  (size=297k)
    40
    9/27/05 Mileage - Delete Cannot delete Mileage from Mileage list screen
    2
    9/27/05
    3.3f
    Select Mileage record (click on date) and delete in Mileage detail screen  
    41
    10/6/05 Export Price was not included in export
    E
    10/6/05
    3.3g
    None  
    42
    10/31/05 Procedures Due Report Rare Occurence...Some animal names may be missing on the report
    1
    10/31/05
    3.3h
    None: If you need just this fix, contact me  
    43
    11/1/05 Herd SEARCH Could not include Archived animals in searches
    3
    11/1/05
    3.3h
    None  
    44
    11/4/05 Recurring Task Recurring task was repeated after end date; semi-annual tasks not saving correctly
    2
    11/4/05
    3.4a
    None  
    45
    11/20/05 Export Animal Data Owner-Type and Owner added to export (last 2 fields)
    E
    11/19/05
    3.4b
    None  
    46
    11/20/05 Procedures Due Report Procedures Due Notes added to report
    E
    11/19/05
    3.4b
    None  
    47
    12/1/05 Breeding History Detail Report Add sort option (ascend/descend) for detail dates
    E
    12/1/05
    3.4c
    None  
    48
    12/21/05 Archive Animal Ownership was not saving correctly when animal is archived
    2
    12/24/05
    3.4d
    None  
    49
    12/23/05 Ancestry Last dam (bottom right) on Ancestry was displaying wrong ARI
    2
    12/23/05
    3.4d
    None  
    50
    12/26/05 Herd Change Owner Could not save new owner under Owner tab
    1
    12/28/05
    3.4e
    If animal is Sold, use the Purch/Sold tab to change owner  
    51
    12/26/05 Medical Report New Medical report that includes costs
    E
    12/28/05
    3.4e
       
    52
    1/4/06 Procedures Due If a procedure due date was changed, the last given date was updating incorrectly on the Procedures Due Report (note: medical records were not impacted)
    2
    1/11/06
    3.4f
       
    53
    1/8/06 Procedures Due Next schedule (days/months/years) is now saved with the medical procedure. If a date is changed in medical, the procedure due date will be automatically re-calculated
    E
    1/11/06
    3.4f
       
    54
    1/8/06 Medical Updating a cost in Medical could corrupt some medical records for that animal
    1
    1/11/06
    3.4g
    If a cost was originally entered in Medical, use Financial screen to update  
    55
    1/8/06 Group Easier to select animals for group; cursor does not return to top of list
    3
    1/11/06
    3.4g
       
    56
    1/28/06 Herd Current Breeding In Version 3.4g only: Service sire field in breeding detail showing as "field missing" on the screen. This is an error in the display screen only. All the data is correctly saved and shows on all reports.
    2
    1/28/06
    3.4h
    Click the button below the detail (view stud fee and more detail) to see the data  
    57
      Financial Reports When selecting tax Expense or Income report, an option has been added to include "Sub-Category" (if you used "Other Category 1" as a sub-category) Also, Under Other Category, an option for "ALL Category 1" has been added
    E
    2/27/06
    3.4i
    None  
    58
      NEW Worklist Report New generic report in Herd with picture and animal information for "barn use"
    E
    3/8/06
    3.5
       
    59
      Group-Schedule Future Procedure This procedure was not working
    1
    3/13/06
    3.5b
       
    60
      Medical-Schedule Next Procedure On a rare occassion, the procedure schedule date saved for 1 animal was propogating to ALL animals in the Herd database
    1
    3/16/06
    3.5c
       
    61
    4/7/06 Herd-Bred To The "Bred To" field in the descrip screen and on the Sales Report may not be showing
    1
    4/10/06
    3.5d
       
    62
    4/12/06 Herd-Medical All procedures are getting set to "weight-only", and not displaying in the medical screen, if weight or body score is entered and "drugs" and "notes" are empty, regardless of the procedure name
    1
    4/12/06
    3.5e
       
    63
    5/1/06 Invoice A field divider line on the invoice was missing (cosmetic change only)
    3
    5/16/06
    3.5f
       
    64
    5/15/06 Groups-Medical Multiple procedures entered for the same date were not saving
    1
    5/25/06
    3.6a
       
    65
    5/23/06 Groups-Breeding Could not select females and process group
    2
    5/25/06
    3.6a
       
    67
    5/31/06 Procedures Due The animal name is not saved in the Calendar for procedures due if SAVE/EXIT is not clicked (in the Procedures Due screen)
    2
    6/3/06
    3.6b
    Be sure to click SAVE/EXIT to save procedures due  
    68
    6/5/06 Common Ancestry Match In some very rare cases, common names were not showing as matched
    1
    6/5/06
    3.6b
       
    69
    6/10/06 Herd Report Herd Summary Report no pictures was not printing correct report,
    2
    6/15/06
    3.6c
       
    70
    6/12/06 Newborn Screen The Dam Breeding data (ie. Placenta, Milk, TOB) may not be accessible
    2
    6/16/06
    3.6c
    Go to Dam's Breeding History and select cria to view/update these fields  
    71
    6/15/06 Animal Names Cleanup of animal names to eliminate spaces at the beginning or end of name. This was causing errors in selecting animals for ancestry/progeny reports
    3
    6/16/06
    3.6c
       
    72
    6/15/06 Dam & Sire Names In an unusual set of events, the dam or sire name in breeding records and possibly ancestry is updating incorrectly when changing a registered name in ancestry
    1
    6/16/06
    3.6c
       
    73
      Dam & Sire Names Created new user processes to Clear a dam or sire in ancestry that has been incorrectly propogated across ancestry records, or a "bred to" sire that is showing incorrectly in breeding records
    E
    6/16/06
    3.6c
       
    74
    6/16/06 Group Worksheet Location has been added to the Group Medical Worksheet (printed report)
    E
    6/16/06
    3.6c
       


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