Naming BPS fields

[Goweresque]

Is there any facility to name fields on a BPS application? When I print a summary of my application I get a box on the left (column C1) that contains names I gave various fields at some point, but any new fields or ones that have been amended via remote sensing are left blank. I therefore have a load of odd areas (often bits of woodland, ditches, built up areas etc) that have no ID next to them and its incredibly frustrating working out exactly what is what. If I could name these areas it would help a lot. Is there any way of doing so? I can't see any option to add personal IDs to fields.

 

[Hesstondriver]

can you do it on a RLE1 form ? or possibly use section C and submit a paper copy ?

 

[yellow belly]

the names on field were either on the original sfp system
or in many of my newer ones when I inputed them on the first bps system that was switched off when the system was found to need too much band width when it was overloaded and slowed down to a snails pace

 

[Goweresque]

the names on field were either on the original sfp system
or in many of my newer ones when I inputed them on the first bps system that was switched off when the system was found to need too much band width when it was overloaded and slowed down to a snails pace

So we're just stuck with what we've got then? Seems pretty pointless, as time goes by more and more fields will be amended by the RPA mapping bods and lose their name, and eventually it'll just be a long list of OS numbers again

 

[Still Farming]

Just input new/change names ,can't be rocket sience!

 

[Goweresque]

Just input new/change names ,can't be rocket sience!

You'd have thought so wouldn't you? There's obviously a dataset in the system that contains the existing names, all thats needed is a box on the 'Amend Land' bit to allow you to edit that data.

 

[Timbo]

You'd have thought so wouldn't you? There's obviously a dataset in the system that contains the existing names, all thats needed is a box on the 'Amend Land' bit to allow you to edit that data.

I believe the original software was designed in Italy and has gone through countless changes, updates and patches with the actual data set several hundred miles behind what we now see as the GUI, and there are very few who know how it actually works. (abit like trying to run the bells and whistles of Win 10 front end on win 3.11 architecture)

I read the software was originally legacy when when we got it, so there's practically no chance a simple task like field names being shown now, its a wonder it works at all !

Also read that it is only capable of operating in Euro's and that there is a separate 'app' that converts between Sterling and Euro's before and after processing!!

 

[Goweresque]

I believe the original software was designed in Italy and has gone through countless changes, updates and patches with the actual data set several hundred miles behind what we now see as the GUI, and there are very few who know how it actually works. (abit like trying to run the bells and whistles of Win 10 front end on win 3.11 architecture)

I read the software was originally legacy when when we got it, so there's practically no chance a simple task like field names being shown now, its a wonder it works at all !

Also read that it is only capable of operating in Euro's and that there is a separate 'app' that converts between Sterling and Euro's before and after processing!!

It can be scary how rickety some IT systems are, even ones in banks. A friend of mine works as a programmer for a large financial organisation, its system was written in a programming language thats out of date by about 30 years, but because of the problems of closing the old system and starting a new one they just kept the old one running. Its why he had a (very well paid) job - he learned that programming language at uni nearly 40 years ago and was one of the few people who could fix stuff.

 

[yellow belly]

Just input new/change names ,can't be rocket sience!

The system did that in the first month of use and brought the name in from the e iacs system but as very power hungry
it also had the ability for us to make mapping changes and measure areas but was too slow for many users in the daytime in the evening it was fine
imho they could have stuck with it refining it a bit
the faster internet for more of us now would operate it but public ( farmer and agent )pressure forced action to be taken quickerly thus loosing much of the user functions