Read300b (Version 3.01.01) December 2008 .... Feb 2009

DataMajor

Lab Results: The lab table will include any Text Notes and Reference numbers in them. A new column 'LabAna' has been added to show the line type: For Notes this will be:

Lab and Condensed History: Both have had a new column holding a sequential number added. The number is on a per animal basis and will allow you to extract/list work in the order it appears within Premvet.

Default Period: Normally the default number of years exported to DataMajor is 5. You can use the -Y x option to change it per run however it is easy to forget. Setting (and exporting) Years=x in the .tcf files (or environment) will use this value each time.

Command Line option: -o convert will; Disable full text indexing, include dead animal and those with no clinical records and suppress attachments. Default period will be 20 years. This is the same as using:

      .... "-Y 20 -o nofull -o incnoclin -o noattach"

Attachments: Processing these may take a while, if you have the 'GNU Tools' package installed this will be used automatically and a significant speed increase will be observed.

New Reports

All the reports have been tidied up, the DataMajor On-Line manual has been updated and all reports are now available via:

Menu -> Help -> Check for Updates -> Others -> SQL files

Adhoc - Clinical Text contains - this option can now be restricted by user (or group). If you can't remember the users or groups a ? will list all known to the system.

Cross Updating

The 'Real Time' display on xmenu, showing traffic has been updated to show just active sites, others will be suppressed.

The weekly security report will automatically include a section with sites called, summary of activity and breakdown of the commands issued.

Cross updating attachments can slow the machine down if you have a lot of attachments. The system will now use the 'GNU Tools' package if installed and a significant improvement is speed will be observed.

Vatbook

There may be occasions where you wish to be notified that the vatbook has run, want a copy of the files etc. If this is the case you can use the params.txt entry: VatBook_Reset_Cmd = whatever

The 'whatever' should be a script that you create, it can reside anywhere on the system. If you do not specify a path it will be relative to the main vet system data directory. The system will append the name of the spool jobs (as an un-attended run there can be two files, you will find a dummy entry 'X' used on a manual reset).

See the FAQ Vatbook Resets - Figures by E-Mail for full details.

Diary No-Show

For the 'Noshow' option, the following params.txt entries have been added/re-worked.

When running the No Show report manually (via the menu option), then work entered under the default text analysis code (usually 200) will be ignored unless Diary_No_Show_Check_Ana = No is set. This entry will now also apply when run automatically via the Automation Manager. Diary_No_Show_Text = Some Text Here - This option sets the text that will be added if the animal failed to keep the appointment.

Protocols

The Animal Table will use 'FullSex' to put sex and neuter status on one line rather than split it over two.

Misc

• Problem processing the 1st test result received via Lab-Link and QCR machines has been identified and fixed.

• Transferring clinical work - if the time was entered with ':'s then it would be skipped - screen prompts changed to reflect this. The time should be HHMMSS and NOT HH:MM:SS.

• NVS Price Update Disks - NVS made a few changes to their system recently. The 1st time you try to pickup a price disk you will be asked to enter your User Id and Password (for NVS's Web Site). The changes if the NVS stock FAQ have been rolled into this version.

• A problem with cross updating when attachment names contain a space has been addressed.

• Changing Mail addresses via a protocol when on the master card has been resolved.

• Using Old Style menus - adding ',animal' when searching for a client has been copied over from new style menus e.g. Jones,George will skip the animal name question and look for all animals 'george' with a surname 'Jones'.

• Admin Lock: If the Master card has an Admin Lock then you will not be able to add new animals to the Tree.

• Dockets - While you can suppress all zero priced lines you up till now could not do so selectively. By setting the params.txt entry Docket_Hide_Ana = x,x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,.... this will suppress lines with analysis code x or x1 or x2 .. etc. You cannot suppress lines with a price.

• E-Mail Lab Results - The system will normally check the body of the message for the animal number to attach to. If using E-Mail to send other work to/from a 'lab' account this can confuse the system. You should setup a separate account for these transfers as it will avoid clashes with genuine Lab work and allows you to customise the codes and text used. You can add Lab_Order="Subject" to a file 'email' in the the Home Directory. This will tell the system to check the Subject BEFORE the body of the mail just for this account.