Core Breeding User Release Notes

File upload error messages are improved.

In the Design tab of Breeding Trial experiments, you can now expect to see more informative error messages when you upload an invalid design files generated outside EBS. You can use these error descriptions to correct your design file accordingly.

Bug fixes

You can expect to encounter no errors when you generate another planting arrangement after reordering entries in the Entry tab of a Generation Nursery experiment. Also, the bugs causing unnecessary error messages to be displayed were fixed.

Updating experiments' basic information is improved.

From the EM data browser, click the Edit icon () beside any experiment to update its basic information. In the Experiment tab, you can now manually update the required fields of Experiment Name, Stage, Experiment Year, Evaluation Season, and Experiment Steward. Any changes made are automatically saved.

Filtered view of the EM data browser is enhanced.

After filtering the experiments displayed in the EM data browser based on your preferences, the filtered view is now retained even after switching to another tool and logging out of Core Breeding. To reset the data browser, just click the refresh icon () from the toolbar or remove the filter.

Bug fixes

You can expect to encounter no errors when you:

1. add or delete occurrences in an Observation experiment,

2. delete the last occurrence of an experiment, which also correctly deletes the experiment, and

3. access Printout templates based on the current program and tool used.

Auto-generated cross list name is now supported.

As you Create your cross list and provide the details in the Basic tab, the option to auto-generate cross list names are now provided via a toggle (). The auto-generated name follows this pattern: SITE-SEASON-YEAR-UNIQUE ID. Once all required fields are filled-out, the Next button is enabled. Previously, users were required to manually provide the cross list name.

Related to this new feature are the following:

1. Edit an auto-generated cross list name. Before you Finalize your cross list, you can still make changes to the auto-generated name. From the data browser, click the edit icon (). Then, update the auto-generated cross list name in the Basic Info tab.

2. Intentional Crossing Nursery (ICN) cross list name. An ICN experiment created in the Experiment Creation (EC) tool is also displayed in the CM data browser. The ICN cross list name uses the experiment name, as saved in EC, which you can also update and edit.

Parent List data browser is improved.

In the Review tab, the Parent List browser is enhanced with the a) personalize grid settings button (), b) refresh button (), c) pagination, and d) column sorting after the column name is clicked.

Features around cross list deletion is enhanced.

When you delete () a cross list, notifications () are now provided for your reference. Notifications are prompted if the deletion is in queue or in progress. Additionally, all associated pollination and trait protocols are also deleted when you delete a cross list that has not been FINALIZED yet.

[ADMIN] Configure downloadable germplasm attributes file.

From the Add Parents tab, Data managers (DM) can now build the germplasm attributes file that can be downloaded by users. DMs may configure the file for the KE (maize) and IRSEA (rice) programs and users with collaborator roles.

Bug fixes

You can expect to encounter no errors when adding parents to a cross list.

Mark trait values as missing in bulk.

When validating your occurrence’s trait data in the Plot tab of the Quality Control (QC) page, the feature to change uploaded trait values to missing (NA) is now enabled. Select the values you want to update by ticking () the checkbox on their respective rows. From the toolbar, click the Bulk Update icon () to open the modal window. Here, you can select the Trait from the drop-down menu and tick () the NA checkbox. You can then proceed to mark trait data as missing for 1) selected or 2) all values of the trait.

Management of trait data is improved.

The following enhanced features are implemented for this version:

1. Download more informative trait data collection files. Users with Breeding Trial experiments using the Row-Column design can now download () trait data collection files that include columns for a) row block number and b) column block number.

2. Sort data per column. This feature is available in the Plot subtab of the QC page. You can now sort individual trait columns by clicking on the column header name. The first click sorts data from low to high or A to Z, while the next one sorts it the other way around. In this version, you can only sort one trait column at a time.

3. See the new UPLOADED transaction status. The new status is reflected on the DC data browser after successfully uploading a trait data collection file. Previously, a VALIDATED transaction status is shown for this process.

Bug fixes

The bugs causing errors in the following processes were fixed:

1. applying multiple suppression rules to the same trait, and

2. downloading accurate records.

New harvest methods for fixed materials in wheat are supported.

Three (3) new harvest use cases were enabled for wheat plots that have a germplasm state of ‘fixed’ namely, a) selected bulk, b) individual spike, and c) single plant selection. The first creates one (1) seed and package record, while the rest creates multiple seed and package records, depending on the specified number of plants in the Numeric Variables column. Previously, these harvest methods were only applicable for non-fixed wheat materials.

Bug fixes

1. To address errors encountered due to data whose quality control (QC) code is ‘bad’, the following fixes were applied:

   1. HM validation will prevent harvesting of plots if it detects a ‘bad’ QC code from the harvest data and not the phenotypic data, and

   2. The ‘bad’ QC code is also removed once the data is replaced with a valid one.

2. In the Management tab, an error message will pop-up if you attempt to download an empty browser.

Germplasm

1. In the data browsers, the columns for Designation, Germplasm, and Entry Name have all been replaced by the Germplasm Name column. The same will be reflected to downloaded files.

2. You can also expect to encounter no error when downloading multi-paged germplasm search results.

Inventory Search (formerly Seed Search)

1. The Seed Search tool is renamed as 'Inventory Search'.

2. In the data browsers, the columns for Designation, Germplasm, and Entry Name have all been replaced by the Germplasm Name column. The same will be reflected to downloaded files.

3. A new Package Quantity column is featured in the Working List page.

4. You can also expect to encounter no error when adding filtered results to the Working List page.

List Manager

1. In the data browsers, the columns for Designation, Germplasm, and Entry Name have all been replaced by the Germplasm Name column. The same will be reflected to downloaded files.

2. You can also expect to encounter no error when displaying the contents of your germplasm or seed lists.

Inventory Manager

1. In the data browsers, the columns for Designation, Germplasm, and Entry Name have all been replaced by the Germplasm Name column. The same will be reflected to downloaded files.

Core Breeding Dashboard

1. Trials and Nurseries widgets will now exclude experiments with a DRAFT status on the lists.

2. The bugs in the tool widget selector were fixed, where the recently removed tool can now be selected to be added again in the Tools widget.