Tree notes

What this is for

Sometimes a tree yields less than the office estimated because of its condition: rot, a hollow trunk, fungus, storm damage. Tree notes let a crew say so with one tap when they record the felling. Later, a low volume has an explanation.

Tree notes are never required. A crew can always skip them. Each lot has its own list. With no list, crews can still write a few words of their own.

Steps

1. Open the lot and click Lot settings (the gear in the lot's header).
2. Find Tree notes and click Change.
3. For each note, fill in:
   • Key: a short code that never changes, in lowercase letters, digits and _, such as stem_rot. Exports use the key.
   • Name in English: what the crew sees, such as Stem rot.
4. Click Add a note for the next one.
5. Under Why, say why you are making the change. It is kept in the history.
6. Click Save.

Devices receive the new list the next time they have signal.

What the crew sees

On the felling screen, the crew taps Add a note about the tree. They tick any notes that apply, or write in Note in your own words. The hint says "Never required."

In the console, a tree's page shows them under Notes about the tree.

Change or retire a note

• To rename a note, change its Name in English. Keep the Key.
• A note is never deleted. To stop crews picking it, tick Retired. Fellings that already chose it keep it. In the settings it shows with "(retired)".

Tips

• Keep the list short: five to eight notes. Crews read it standing in the forest.
• Use words the crew uses. Ask the foreman before you write the list.
• Notes describe the tree. They are not a reason for felling it.
• A felling without a note is normal. It never raises a flag.
• Names in other languages come later, with the app's other languages.

Related articles

• Create a lot and choose how logs are coded
• Checks and flags
• Settings and preferences