The IPM Report: a graphical, interactive visualisation tool

The Traps and Pest Events modules and a range of Excel Pivot Table reports are available in the EMu Art and EMu Museum clients.

EMu's Integrated Pest Management facility also includes a powerful, web-based tool for visualising your pest data on interactive maps and floor plans of your institution.

To run the IPM Report:

  1. Search for records in the Pest Events module.
  2. From the Ribbon, select Home>Reports to display the Reports box:

  3. Select IPM Viewer.

    Note: The IPM Viewer may be named differently (e.g. IPM Report, Pest Mapper) in your EMu system.

  4. Click Report to generate the report using the currentClosed The record currently displayed in Details View or highlighted in List View (there is a faint dotted line around it). It is only possible to have one current record at a time. record or selectedClosed A selected record is one that has been chosen either on its own or to as part of a group of records. It is usual to select the records you want to be affected by an operation before performing the operation. Selected records are used in many instances, e.g. when a number of records are to be: discarded, saved in a group, or attached to another record. A selected record displays on screen with a blue background when in List View. records

    -OR-

    Click Report All to generate the report using all listed records.

    Your default web browser will open and display an interactive, graphical representation of your pest data mapped to ground and floor plans and various other views of your institution:

    ss_ipm_emu3.png

Ref

Name

Description

1

Map Controls

Click bn_drop_arrow_ipm.png to display a drop list of options to customise the viewer and to select different views (different floor / ground plans). See Map Controls for details.

2

Help

Click bn_drop_arrow_ipm.png to display concise on-screen Help:

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Click bn_drop_arrow_ipm2.png to collapse (hide) the on-screen Help.

3

Zoom in / out

Increase / decrease the zoom of the main map display. See the on-screen Help (2) for alternative methods for zooming in / out.

4

Graphical representation of an infestation

Click on a pie-chart to display infestation details to the right of the map in the Trapped Items panel (5).

5

Trapped Items

The Trapped Items panel only displays when a pie-chart is clicked (4).

When a pie-chart is clicked, details of the infestation are displayed in the Trapped Items panel:

ss_trapped_items_ipm.png

Each Event # is the IRN of a record in the Pest Events module. Click an event (hyperlink), e.g. #86, to display details of the event in the Event Details panel (6).

6

Event Details

The Event Details panel only displays when an event (hyperlink) is clicked in Trapped Items panel (5).

When an event (hyperlink) is clicked, details of the event display in the Event Details panel:

ss_event_details_ipm.png

7

Data Filters

Various filters to control what data displays on a view of your institution (map / elevation etc.) when:

  • Manually stepping forward / back along a timeline.
  • Playing forward / back an entire timeline.
  • Looping an entire timeline.

    See Data Filters for details.

8

Legend

In this example, pest infestation data is graphically represented by Common Name:

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The Legend, which displays beneath the map, explains the colour coding used in the pie-chart:

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What displays in a pie-chart is determined by the option selected in the Show by drop list. See Map Controls for details.