This article details the process for moving trees from on client site into another within the TreePlotter™ INVENTORY application. The Mass Updater tool can be used to update attributes for large groups of trees to one new value or sets of values. Rather than updating the attribute(s) in each occurrence, the Mass Updater will update all occurrences of the attribute with a single workflow. In this case, the Mass Updater tool can be used to update the Client Site associated with a group of trees to effectively move them from one Client Site to another.
Prerequisites:
- Access to login as a user with the Admin role
- Tutorial: Advanced Filter
- Tutorial: Mass Updater
- Organizations and Client Sites
Steps:
Advanced Filter
1. Navigate to the TreePlotter Toolbar in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
2. Click on the ‘Advanced Filter’ icon highlighted in the blue rectangle to open the Advanced Filter.
3. In the Advanced Filter tool, ensure any Filter settings are added to the Trees layer.
4. Use the the prepopulated Data Field list to make selections to filter trees. For example, the User data field can be used to filter Trees added by a particular user.
5. Once the selections have been made, click the ‘Apply’ button in the Advanced Filter tool to instate the changes. The Filters Applied dropdown serves as a quick check to ensure the appropriate filters have been applied.
Note: once a filter has been applied, the ‘Clear All Filters’ button will appear within the Advanced Filter tool which can be used to efficiently remove all applied filters.
Note: if no filter is applied, the update will be applied to ALL of the records for the selected layer.
Note: if the Data Field of interest isn’t in the prepopulated list, use the Add Field dropdown to select Data Fields to add to the list.
Alternative Method: a subset of trees can be selected by using the Map Filter feature. The Tree Map Filter can be used to draw a lasso — any closed shape — around a group of trees which will select those trees and only add those selections to the filter.
Mass Updater
6. Click on HUB > DATA TOOLS > MASS UPDATER
7. Choose the Trees layer from the Select Layer dropdown to mass update
8. Click the ‘OPEN’ button
9. The Mass Update tool will open. There are several points to notice in the tool:
- At the top of the tool, the statement should read “Mass Update Trees” signifying that the Trees layer is the selected layer.
- Double check the number of records to update and/or the Filters Applied to ensure the proper trees are selected.
10. Click the Add Fields dropdown and select “Client Site” or “Organization”.
The name of the field depends on your app. Generally, the field name matches the layer name.
11. Click the Mass Update Value dropdown and select the appropriate Client Site.
12. Click the ‘UPDATE’ button
Known Limitations:
- Generally, the Mass Updater is only available for admin level users.
- The data changes cannot be reversed in most cases.
- The data must be filtered before changes are made.