StateDMI / Command / TranslateCropCharacteristics

• Overview
• Command Editor
• Command Syntax
• Examples
• Troubleshooting
• See Also

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Overview

The TranslateCropCharacteristics command (for StateCU) translates crop characteristics data. In particular, it converts one crop type to another. Primary uses of the command are:

1. A data source may use one variant of the crop type (e.g., ORCHARD W/O COVER but the rest of a StateCU data set uses another type (e.g., ORCHARD_WO_COVER). In this case the command is used simply to change the spelling of a crop type.
2. The raw crop data may need to be adjusted to reflect differences in crops, for modeling purposes. For example, the original data may identify pasture (e.g., GRASS_PASTURE) but for modeling the crop type is set to a different value (e.g., GRASS_PASTURE_HA) for high altitude coefficients. The following example illustrates a command of this type.

Command Editor

The following dialog is used to edit the command and illustrates the command syntax.

TranslateCropCharacteristics Command Editor (see also the full-size image)

Command Syntax

The command syntax is as follows:

TranslateCropCharacteristics(Parameter="Value",...)

Command Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
OldCropType required	A single crop type identifier to match. This crop type will be replaced with the value for NewCropType.	None – must be specified.
NewCropType	The new crop type to use.	None – must be specified.

Examples

See the automated tests.

The following simple example illustrates how to translate a crop type from the more specific name to a more generic name:

ReadCropCharacteristicsFromHydroBase(CUMethod="BLANEY-CRIDDLE_TR-21")
TranslateCropCharacteristics(OldCropType="ALFALFA.TR21",NewCropType="ALFALFA")

Troubleshooting

See Also