Get recommendations off the screen and into a grower's or applicator's hands. Download one or many as a PDF, export them to Excel, email a PDF from FarmQA, or export the whole Recommendations list as a spreadsheet.
| Action | Where | Who |
|---|---|---|
| Export or email recommendations | Web | Enterprise Administrator, Agronomist, Technician plus, Technician, Operator |
| Open a recommendation as a PDF | Mobile | Enterprise Administrator, Agronomist, Technician plus, Technician, Operator |
For every role and what it can do, see Breakdown of user permissions.
Export selected recommendations
- Select Advice, then select the Recommendations tab.
- Check each recommendation you want.
- Select Export.
- To change how the file looks, open the options beside PDF or Excel (see below).
- Select Download beside the format you want.
A single PDF holds up to 40 recommendations.
PDF options
- Hide per-field totals: leave out each field's product totals.
- Show prices: show unit prices and totals.
- Suppress page breaks: run recommendations one after another instead of starting each on a new page.
- Product totals: put the combined totals at the start or end of the report, or leave them out.
- Header options and Field header style: choose how much field detail prints in each header: Full detail, Full detail with shape, or Field name only.
- Orientation and Page size: portrait or landscape, and Letter (the default), Legal, Tabloid, Ledger, or an A or B size.
Excel options
- Include product totals: add the total of each product per recommendation.
- Show prices: add unit prices and totals.
Email recommendations
- On the Recommendations tab, check the recommendations you want to send.
- Select Share, enter the recipient, and send.
The recipient gets a link to download the PDF.
Export the Recommendations list to Excel
To export the list itself, with its columns, rather than the recommendation documents:
- On the Recommendations tab, set up the list the way you want it:
- Select a column header to sort by it. Select it again to reverse the order.
- Select the filter icon in a column header to show only rows that start with, end with, contain, equal, or don't equal a value.
- Use Columns to choose which columns show.
- Select Excel.
The spreadsheet matches what's on screen.
Open a recommendation as a PDF on mobile
- Select Advice.
- Under past recommendations, select the recommendation.
- Choose a PDF layout, then select Open PDF.
The PDF opens in your phone's browser, with product totals based on the field acres.
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