Transect Program FAQs
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| Q. |
When I
Logon to the CropRes program (www.nrcs.usda.gov/cropres),
there are no buttons to click, only the message "Click the buttons to upload files or view status
report." I am using Netscape on an NT machine. |
| A. |
This will
be brought to ITC's attention. A quick solution is to use Internet
Explorer - it will properly show the buttons and other screen content
that is missing in Netscape. NOTE: Some Netscape browsers on NT do
show the buttons fine - not everyone is experiencing this problem with
Netscape. |
| Q. |
We may have
a county or two that doesn't have 200 data points - will this be a
problem? |
| A. |
CropRes
will give tillage system by crop regardless of the number of points.
Need to advice counties not to place too much confidence in the results,
though, if fewer than 200 points are used. |
| Q. |
Tried to
get into www.nrcs.usda.gov/cropres. It won't accept my
login/password. I tried getting into PRMS system and it lets me in
there, though. |
| A. |
The
authentication program has trouble with the ampersand (&) character,
and fails because that character is in some users' PRMS user profile.
(For example, one user had the "Lewis & Clark Conservation
District" selected as a location for which he enters PRMS data.)
The solution is to replace the & character with the word
"and". |
| Q. |
"Our NRCS office recently
completed our tillage transect and logged all of the required data into
the computer. We tracked our irrigation entrys, about 1/3 of the county
is irrigated. The problem is that somehow all the points were changed to
irrigated. I'm not sure how this happened, I was experimenting with some
filter/sorts when I noticed all the irrigated tracking had changed to
irrigated. Is there anyway I can recall the original irrigated tracking
entrys?" |
| A. |
This issue has been fixed in release
1.0.1. |
| Q. |
"I've
pressed "Complete Project" and exported the data. Now where do I find the results?" |
| A. |
When you
export, a text file is created in the root of the C: drive. It
will be named [State][County].txt. For example: AlabamaButler.txt.
This file will be uploaded into PRMS when ITC finishes the program. |
| Q. |
"I've
exported the data but now need to edit some of the points. What
can I do?" |
| A. |
If you are
using version 1.0.1 of the Access Transect Program, there is an import
button in the upper left corner of the program. Use this to bring
the data back into the Access Transect Program. |
| Q. |
"We
did our part - now what do we do with the results?" |
| A. |
As soon as
ITC has the PRMS CropRes Program in place, you will be notified. You will
then "upload" your data
to the system. |
| Q. |
"I
need to enter data for several counties, but the program only
allows me to enter data for one county. What do I do?"
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| A. |
You must
complete one county before beginning another. When you use the
"Complete Project" button, you are exporting the entire
county's data to a text file (for use in the PRMS CropRes
Program). At this point you may begin with a new county. |
| Q. |
"I'm
finished for the day, but I still have data to enter. Do I click
on "Stop" or "Complete Project"?" |
| A. |
You need to
use the "Stop" button. This exits the program but leaves
your data intact. Using the "Complete Project" button
causes all of your data to be exported to a text file (for the PRMS
CropRes Program) and will remove it from the Access Transect Program. |
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