Soil Test Charts provide a graphical representation of nutrient levels over time. A farm field requires at least one linked soil test result to generate a chart (but if you really want to chart only one test result, you'll see just data points, no lines).
What you'll find:
To chart soil test results:
* indicates
a required field
Navigate
to Agronomy > Soil Test Charts.
The Soil Test Charts window opens.
Select
a Customer*,
a farm Field*,
and a Laboratory*.
All active farm fields for the selected customer are listed. All labs
are listed, even the inactive ones.
Note
Charts cannot be generated for a grower with no farm fields or no soil test results.
Click Retrieve to load the relevant test results.
Select a Depth* (the list is lab-specific) and chose the Dates* of the test results (the top/start date must be before the bottom/end date).
Click Graph Results to generate the base chart based on the Depth and Date filters you selected.
Now
you can select a Nutrient to chart.
The graph updates dynamically as you check different nutrient boxes,
different depths, or different dates.
Optionally check Show Trend Line to see
a straight-line trend.
Tips
To pan
the chart left/right or up/down, place your mouse pointer over
the chart, hold down the Shift
key, and use the left mouse button to drag it.
To change the scale, place
your mouse pointer over the chart, hold down the Control
key and the left mouse button, and drag the mouse to change the
values on the left and bottom axes.
If things start to look a little wonky, click Graph
Results to begin again.
Check
Display Multiple Nutrients if you want
to see more than one nutrient on the same chart.
The Multiple Nutrients Enabled window
opens.
This
message is reminding you that it can look a little odd when charting
nutrients with greatly different values.
For example, if you're charting both Boron (that has 5 ppm) and Calcium
or Sodium (with 4000 ppm) there's going to be a big gap between the
two lines.
Click
OK.
The Multiple Nutrients Enabled window
closes and the nutrient checkboxes are cleared.
Check the box next to the nutrients you want on the chart.
Optionally
check Show Trend Line.
The trend line is for just the first selected nutrient.
The chart can be printed by clicking Print on the toolbar.