A Census Coordinator can activate cards by clicking on the arrow next to Animal Inventory and clicking on Activate Cards for Weaned Animals.
A new page will open with today’s date defaulted for the date on which to activate cards. Debit protocol is defaulted to checked.
Type the number of animals and type or scan the card number. If you are typing the number, you do not need to type the leading zeros.
If the card cannot be activated, a message with the reason will display.
Reasons a card cannot be activated:
- Card is already active
- Card has been deactivated (use reactivation process if you need to reactivate a card)
- Card has been previously discarded
- Card number is invalid