Field Book FAQ

Owned by Kristen Lind
Last updated: Nov 13, 2023 by Kristen Lind
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Here are Breeding Insight’s responses to some Frequently Asked Questions regarding use of the Field Book app.

If you don’t see your question listed, please contact your Breeding Insight coordinator.

Field Book v5.3 is in beta release. Here are the v5.3 product features.

One of the differences that users notice in v5.2 is that on the Collection screen, the gray arrows no longer appear for changing the observation unit. Simply tap on the observation unit you wish to change, and the list of options will appear, as in prior versions.

In v5.2, gray arrows no longer appear next to the 2 observation units (the units are “column” and “plot” in the image at left. If you tap the unit name, a drop down menu of alternative units will appear, just as in earlier versions.

Another feature new to v5.2 is the addition of questions on setup that ask you to identify a storage location on your device for times when you choose to export locally.

The issue may have something to do with your device permissions. Try this:

Go into your device’s Apps folder, turn on all permissions for FieldBook, and restart the device.

Fig. 8. Users often report seeing a grey spinning wheel, as above, when trying to import items. This is one of the tell-tale signs that you have accidentally selected “Always” instead of “Just Once” when authorizing Field Book in BreedBase.

Let’s fix it!

  1. Close Field Book.

  2. Open your device’s Settings > Apps > Field Book > Set as default > Clear defaults.

  3. Reopen Field Book.

  4. Resume Field Book setup at the step for Setting the BrAPI Base URL:

Yes! (Traits in Field Book are listed and uploaded alphabetically by default.) To reorder the trait list:

  1. Upload the traits you want to phenotype into the Trait main screen.

  2. Click and hold the four stripes button next to the trait you wish to reorder (as shown in Fig. 1).

  3. Drag and drop the trait to the desired spot/order for phenotyping.

This process is ideal for ordering the traits into what makes the best sense for the phenotyping work flow.

Warning: You must be on a screen with a downloaded trait list for phenotyping, as shown in Fig. 1 (above) and Fig. 2 (below left), in order to reorder traits. You cannot reorder traits from a screen showing the full ontology list of traits in BreedBase available for download to Field Book, as shown on Fig. 2 (right).

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