Farmbrite displays standard data in your dashboards by default. You'll find valuable information at-a-glance all across the software, like name, age, and tag number for livestock, and brand, model, and last service date for equipment records. We think the default columns are helpful, but also realize you might want to see other data as well. You can edit the default columns shown on most dashboards to remove fields you don't need, or add other ones that would help you.
Quick Summary
- You can edit Dashboard columns to add or remove fields.
- Custom fields that you have created can be added to the dashboards too.
- If you make a mistake, you can easily restore the defaults.
- The fields selected are unique for each user.
Which Pages Can Be Customized?
You'll find this ability on the following pages. Some are main level dashboards, and others are secondary pages for animals and crops. The concept and process is the same for any of them; you'll see an example further in this article.
- Livestock Dashboard
- Livestock Treatments and Yields pages
- Crop Type Summary
- Planting Treatments, Nutrient Applications and Samples, and Harvests
- Grow Locations
- Grow Location Treatments and Nutrient Applications and Samples
- Equipment
- Orders
- Products
- Contacts
Selecting Columns to Add and Remove
You can select which columns to display by using the Customize Columns button. It is shown on the right side of the header row on any of the pages listed above. Click it, and you'll see a new window open to add and remove columns from the page. In our example below we made a few updates to the Livestock Summary page.
- Added the Record Alert field so we can easily see the important warning notes we have added to animals.
- Added a Custom Field we previously built for "Attitude", which might help our farmhands when moving and working with our animals.
- Removed the Type field, as all of our animals on the ranch are Bison and this was not something we needed to see every time we access the page.
- Moved the Record Alert field to the top so it is the first column shown next to the default name field.
If you wanted to go back to the defaults, you can choose the Reset Defaults button from the window as well. You can add, remove, or change the order for the fields anytime you need.
Be aware that this feature is available on a per user basis, so you can customize the pages to display what you want to see and what is important for you, without affecting your colleague's experience.
Other Scenarios and Uses
Here are a few ideas for other customizations that you may find helpful.
- Add any custom fields that you built to any of the dashboards. This may be particularly useful for Yield and Harvest records that have custom attributes to track their the unique characteristics that are important for you.
- Add the Tax Behavior field to your Products page to immediately know what products are taxable or not.
- Add the Light Profile or Withholding Date to your Grow Location dashboard to see these important attributes at a glance.
- Add the Equipment Type as a column on your Equipment page, and then sort the column to order your equipment by how it might be used.
- Add your Internal Memos to the Market Orders list, showing any important notes you wrote without having to open the order.
...and many more, your options are almost endless!