View Parlor Data and Build Reports

After you connect your parlor, milking shifts and parlor data are available in PULSE from the CowCard, and you can create reports to track and analyze your parlor data.

Expand the sections below to learn more:

Use the Daily Milk tab on the CowCard to view milking shift details for your animals:

See Daily Milk to learn more about analyzing daily and weekly milking data.

After your parlor system is integrated, the following PULSE items populate with data from your parlor system: 

  • M1: Today’s milk weight at shift 1
  • M2: Today’s milk weight at shift 2
  • M3: Today’s milk weight at shift 3
  • M4: Today’s milk weight at shift 4
  • DMLK1: Current daily milk total
  • WMLK1: Weekly milk average
  • EXPDM: Expected daily milk weight
  • EXDEV: Expected daily milk deviation percent
  • MDEV: Daily milk deviation from expected
  • WMDEV: Weekly milk deviation percent
  • PPEN: Pen animal was identified in at last milking
  • MCODE: Milking Code, 1-20
    • 1: OK
    • 2: Cow is DRY
    • 3: ID Not Read
    • 4: Pedometer
    • 5: Reattach
    • 6: No Milk
    • 7: Manual ID
    • 8: Entered Twice
    • 9: No Attach
    • 10: No Letdown
    • 11: Suspect Weight
    • 12: Cow is SOLD/DIED
    • 13: Cow is Not Milking
    • 14: Weight Tossed
    • 15: Manual Mode
    • 16: Cow Not Found
    • 17: Early Falloff
    • 18: Late Rehang
    • 19: Manual Detach
    • 20: No Duration

Parlor reporting can be completed using PULSE Report/Worklist Builder and the parlor items listed above. See the sample reports below: 

SUM M1 M2 M3 DMLK1 BY PEN FOR LACT>0 RC<6

SUM BY MCODE

LIST ID EID DIM WMLK1 FOR DIM>6 WMLK1=0 FDAT>0 DDAT=0

NOTE: If your parlor uses an identifier other than EIDClosed 15-digit electronic ID number associated with the animal eartag, be sure to use the correct identifier to build your report.

SHOW ID PEN PPEN FOR PPEN<>PEN

NOTE: Additional Parlor insights and analysis tools are planned for a future PULSE release. Stay tuned!

You can quickly check on the connection status of your parlor integration by clicking on the Integration Status icon at the top right of the page in PULSE.

See Integration Status to learn more about the Integration Status page and the indicators used. You can also use the Notifications area at the top right of the page in PULSE to check for errors. Use the guidelines below for troubleshooting potential errors: 

  • Cow Not Found: Make sure the animal was correctly added to MyDC and has a valid parlor identifier assigned. See Add Animals to learn more about adding one or more animals to PULSE.
  • Other errors: Contact Us for help addressing other errors:
    • Could not load milk
    • Failed to send data to PULSE
    • Unable to fetch animal data from PULSE
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