Using Cattle Trax

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Using Cattle Trax
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System Overview

• Setup Account
• Register Producer (vet or administrator)
• Create Owner ID (Cattle Trax System)
• Order Tags (vet or administrator)
• Work Cattle / collect data
• Chute-side forms with hand entry or
• Download EID with PDA entry
• Enter Data
• Online web-based or
• PDA upload
• View / Print / Download information
• Online web-based

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Setup Overview
Cattle Trax System
Sign up producer Order Tags
1 Step Setup
Create Owner ID
Email confirmation Of order
Send Tag Order
Send EID Tag
Populate EIDs
EID Manufacturer
Ship Tags
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Process / Equipment Overview
Data Collection
Data Entry / Transfer
View, Print, and Download Data
PDA with Modem Upload
Hand Method
PDA Method
OR
Online Web-based
Online Web-based
OR
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Administrative Tasks

• Login
• Add New Producer and Order 1st-Time Tags
• Order Additional EID Tags
• View Enrolled Producers
• Update Administrator Profile
• Retrieve Administrator Password

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Administrator Login

• Press
• Login
• From the Cattle Trax home page ...

Enter the Admin. Owner ID and Password, then
press Enter.
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Add New Producer

• Press
• Add New Producer
• Button ...

Enter required information and submit to register
producer and order tags.
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Order Additional EID Tags

• Press
• Order More EID Tags
• Button ...

Enter required information and submit to order
additional tags.
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View Enrolled Producers

• Press
• View Enrolled Producers
• Button ...

When done press Return to Main Menu to return to
the main menu.
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Update Administrator Profile

• Press
• Update User Profile
• Button ...

Enter revised information and submit to update
profile.
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Retrieve Administrative Password

• From the Login Screen press forgot password click
  here
• link ...

Enter required information and submit to have
password emailed to you.
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Producer Tasks

• Login
• Print Data Entry Forms
• Enter Data
• View Data
• Update Producer Profile
• Retrieve Password

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Producer Login

• Press
• Login
• From the Cattle Trax home page ...

Enter the Producer Owner ID and Password, then
press Enter.
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Print Data Entry Forms

• Press
• Print Chute-side Data Entry Forms
• Button ...

Select By EID Lot or By VID
Select EID Lot s or
VIDs and
Select form type and continue to display form on
screen ...
Have printer in landscape mode and print from
browser.
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Enter Data

• Press
• Enter Data
• Button ...

Select type of data to enter
Select Herd Records and choose lot number
for Herd Records or
Health or
Breeding or
Carcass or ...
Transfer and enter the appropriate data to
perform the data entry task.
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View Data

• Press
• View Data
• Button ...

Select the type of report you want to view
Herd Inventory or
Herd Averages or
Investigate an unknown EID or
Herd Health or
Breeding Data or
Sale Data or
Transfer Data. You can print any report by
printing from the browser.
Carcass Data or
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Update Producer Profile

• Press
• Update User Profile
• Button ...

Enter revised information and submit to update
profile.
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Retrieve Producer Password

• From the Login Screen press forgot password click
  here
• Link ...

Enter required information and submit to have
password emailed to you.
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Help

• Press the
• Help link from any screen. Select the type of
  help you want ...

Glossary or
FAQs or
Navigation Flowchart or
Task Tutorial or
Hands-on Tutorial and follow the on-screen
directions.
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Summary

• 1 Step Setup
• Easy data collection
• Hand or
• PDA
• Easy data entry
• Online web-based
• PDA with modem upload
• Easy data view, print, download
• Online web-based