1. Data Acquisition task creation

Step 1 - Click on "+ NEW TASK" in the Task Manager to create a new task from scratch in the Data Acquisition Module.

Step 2 - Indicate the different information related to the Data Acquisition task, at this stage, the minimum information required is the corresponding Company and the Task name. The new task created appears in the "Pending" section of the Task Manager.

Info

• For tasks generated from the Season Planner module, the task automatically gets the status "Ready".
• A message is displayed during the task creation indicating that this task will not be rescheduled in the Season Planner
• The tasks generated from the Season Planner have the suffix “[SPL]”.

 

2. Filter and Sort

Users can filter or sort the Data Acquisition tasks with the 2 following buttons.

•  Filters

• Sort

3. Task workflow

• There are multiple task statuses in the Data Acquisition Module. The user has to edit the task and complete the required information to move from one status to another.
• To edit a task, click on the three dots menu of the task and "Edit". 

• There is some required information to move a task from one status to another:

3.1 From Pending to Ready

• Give a name to the task.
• Select the project if there is an existing one or create one directly from the task.
• Define the Forecast mission date.

3.2 From Ready to Assigned

• Select the Team and Pilot that will perform the task.

3.3 From Assigned to Scheduled

• Schedule the mission.

3.4 From Scheduled to Data Captured

• The condition for moving a task to the status “Data Captured” is to fill in the field report.
• When the task has the “Data Captured” status, it is visible on the task label.

3.5 From Data Captured to Data Submitted.

• The user or the pilot has to upload the data from the mission.

3.6 From Data Submitted to Completed

• The Data Acquisition task is validated.

4. Tasks settings 

4.1 Settings

The 2 two following settings of the Data Acquisition task will define the required inputs at the end of the workflow.

4.2 Sensor Type/Purpose

The table below shows the requested datasets according to the settings defined in the task.

4.3 Custom identifiers (specific for Agriculture)

• Custom Identifiers are additional labels to identify tasks in the module. 
• Custom identifiers can be added, deleted, or edited during task creation or edition as shown in the following images.

• The available ID types are:
  • Crop
  • Field
  • Trial
  • Growth Stage
• It is also possible to visualize them by hovering on the task in the tracking view.

5. Task deletion

Use the 3 dots menu of the wanted task and click on "Delete".

6. Export of tasks

Click on "Export tasks".

After a while (export duration depends on the number of tasks), the export is generated in CSV format.

It complies with the tasks which correspond to the filter/sorting options. Only the 1000 first tasks resulting from this search, are extracted.