ANIMAL SEARCHES IN HUSBANDRY MODULE

 

All the ways you can search for animals in the ZIMS Husbandry module.

 

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NOTE: Any fields with a magnifying glass icon to the right are Type Ahead fields. Possible matches will display as you type. You do not have to type the entire word for matches to be found. For example, you can type “tham equ” to find a garter snake or “Eco Bue” to find Ecoparque de Buenos Aires.

 

Searches Included

Start Menu

Animals Dashboard

Animal Simple Search

Animal Advanced Search

Column Customization

Favorite Search Filters

Animal Alerts and Out of Range Indicators Search

 

Start Menu

This is the quickest way to search for a Local animal by GAN, Local ID, most other Identifiers and Taxonomy. Select Start > Search for Local Animals.

 

It is a type ahead lookup so possible matches will display in the following order:

1. Exact match to your institution’s Local ID
2. Exact match to any other of your institution’s identifiers
3. Partial match to your institution’s Local ID
4. Partial match to any other of your institution’s identifiers

 

NOTE: The magnifying glass here does not open a screen to select additional filters.

 

Select the desired animal from the list presented to open the record.

 

You can also do a “wild card/contains” search from here by enclosing the text with an “*”. For example, “*quero” will find “Saquero” and “*3196” will find “25731961”.

 

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Animals Dashboard

 

1.These two search bars are for locating animals within a Global search, although your Local records will also be included. In the Search Animals field you can use an Identifier or a GAN, taxonomy is not an option. As you type, results will be displayed in the following order:

1. Exact match to your institution’s Local ID
2. Exact match to any other of your institution’s identifiers
3. Partial match to your institution’s Local ID
4. Partial match to any other of your institution’s identifiers
5. Exact match to other institution’s identifiers
6. Partial match to other institution’s identifiers

The second search bar helps you narrow your search by Institution name or mnemonic. By using both areas you can greatly narrow your search to a specific animal. NOTE: you will need to enter the Institution first if you are using that filter.

 

NOTE: The magnifying glass lookup in both these fields will open a screen for additional filters.

 

2.Using Your Animal Lists to find animals is a quick and easy way for Staff to find the animals they care for, especially if the lists are organized by teams or strings. Selecting the list from the drop down will bring up a results grid where you can quickly open the record using the GAN hyperlink.

 

3.Recent Animals keeps track of the animal records you have recently opened. Selecting the GAN hyperlink will open the record. Use the arrows and buttons at the bottom to navigate to other recent records. Note: You can also find recent records under Start > Recent.

 

4.Recent Search List tracks the recent Animal Simple and Animal Advanced Searches that you have done. If there are more details, select the “more” options at the bottom to display them. Use the arrows and buttons at the bottom to navigate to other recent records.

 

 

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Animal Simple Search

Animal Simple Search is found in the left hand expandable/collapsible search box in the Animals module.

 

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Animal Advanced Search

The Animals Advanced Search provides many more fields to help you find animals that meet specific

Filter(s). It is also found in the left hand expandable/collapsible search box in the Animals module. It is a long list of filters so remember to scroll down to view all the options.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Column Customization

Your search results grids can be adapted to display only the topics that you want to see using column customization. Find out more in this column customization help document .

 

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Favorite Search Filters

If there are search parameters that you use often you have the option to save them as a Favorite Search Filter in both Simple and Advanced Animal Searches. Once you have entered your desired filters select the Save icon.

  

 

The filter Name must be unique. If you want others to see and use this filter, select the “Share with other users” checkbox. The filter will now appear in the dropdown to be selected for use.

      

 

To delete a filter, select the gear icon and delete it from the list.

 

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Animal Alerts and Out of Range Indicators Search

The animal alerts and out of range care and welfare indicators search can be found within the search bars available below the animal simple search.

 

 

Like the other search tools it is not necessary to use all filters to complete a search, but filters can be combined to narrow down your search. This tool will only search animals local to your institution.

1. Search for an individual with a known ID (such as GAN, Local ID, House name). If you do not know the ID, the magnifying glass lookup will open a screen to help you find a specific animal using filters.
2. Search for a specific alert that has been assigned by its name or through the text string associated with it.
3. From the dropdown list it is possible to filter for ‘Urgent’, ‘High’, ‘Medium’ or ‘Low’ priority alerts.
4. Completing the Start date will search for alerts and out of range care and welfare indicators that occur between the two dates. When this field is combined with Enclosure (6), it will search for alerts and out of range care and welfare indicators that occurred for animals that lived in the searched enclosure between those dates.
5. Taxonomy includes taxon below by default. The magnifying glass lookup will open a screen to help you find a taxonomy using filters.
6. Selecting the Enclosure will show animal alerts and out of range indicators for animals currently in that Enclosure, unless combined with Start date (4) and completing the ‘From’ and ‘To’ fields, then it will show animal alerts and out of range care and welfare indicators only for animals that were in that enclosure between those dates.
7. Tick the relevant boxes to include or exclude certain alerts and out of range care and welfare indicators.
8. Reset will empty any fields completed. Search will load a page of search results with your defined selection.

 

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Revised 2 August 2023