Assigning & Managing Behaviors

 
As you learned on the page for Adding & Managing Animal Behaviors, Traits, & Characteristics, you can create a list of behaviors, traits, and characteristics for each Animal Type in your system and then assign one or more of those traits or behaviors to animal records so they will appear on the Animal Report for potential fosters, adopters, and transfer recipients.
TYR allows you to assign one or more behaviors to a single animal and also to multiple animals at one time.
 
This page contains instructions for assigning traits and behaviors to selected animals, editing details about those assigned traits and behaviors, and deleting assigned traits and behaviors from animal records.
                                                                                               
 

Assigning Behaviors, Traits, & Characteristics to One Animal

  •  On the TYR Home screen under Modules, click Animals to open the Manage Animals screen.
     
  •  In the center grid on the Manage Animals screen, select the animal to which you want to assign behaviors by clicking the cell at the farthest left of the row containing the animal's information.
     
  • In the row of blue buttons at the upper right of the grid, click the Animal Behaviors button () to open the Manage Behaviors, Traits, and Characteristics screen. (Note: If the selected animal already has assigned behaviors, they will appear in a grid on the right under "Behaviors Already Assigned to (Dog's Name).")
                                                                       

  • In the grid on the left side of the screen, select the behavior(s) you want to assign to the selected animal:
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    An individual behavior
    Click the cell to the left of the behavior to select it.
    - Select "Yes" if the animal has this trait. Add an optional Comment if you wish.
    - Select "No" if the animal does not have this trait. Add an optional Comment if you wish.
    - Type "Unknown" in the Comments field and do not select "Yes" or "No" if you want the report to show you are unsure about the trait.
     
    Note: As you can see in the Behaviors to be Assigned grid in the screen image above, you can set up  behaviors to which a simple "Yes" or "No" selection might not apply and instead require an explanatory or descriptive comment. Examples above are "Indoor/Outdoor?," "Activity Level" and "Obedience Level."
    Click Save.
    Multiple behaviors adjacent to each other
    Click the cell to the left of the topmost behavior you want to assign, hold down the Shift key on your keyboard, and then click the cell to the left of the bottommost behavior you want to assign.
    Select "Yes" or "No." The selection will apply to all behaviors highlighted on the left side of the screen.
     
     
    Note: When you select multiple behaviors, the Comments field is greyed out because it is intended for use with individual behaviors only. Therefore, for any traits you want to designate as "Unknown" or traits like "Activity Level" that require specific comments, you must assign those individually.
    Click Save.
    Multiple behaviors not adjacent to each other
    Click the cell to the left of the topmost behavior you want to assign, hold down the Ctrl key on your keyboard, and then click the cell to the left of each behavior you want to assign.
    Select "Yes" or "No." The selection will apply to all behaviors highlighted on the left side of the screen.
     
     
    Note: When you select multiple behaviors, the Comments field is greyed out because it is intended for use with individual behaviors only. Therefore, for any traits you want to designate as "Unknown" or traits like "Activity Level" that require specific comments, you must assign those individually.
    Click Save.

















     
 




 
 




 

 
As you save assigned behaviors, the Manage Behaviors, Traits, and Characteristics screen changes to show the assigned behaviors in the grid on the right side of the screen under "Behaviors Already Assigned to (Dog's Name)." They no longer appear in the list of "Behaviors to be Assigned" in the grid on the left side of the screen. You will also see the confirmation message "Behavior(s) recorded" at the lower left of the screen.
                     
 
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Assigning Behaviors, Traits, & Characteristics to Multiple Animals

  • On the TYR Home screen under Modules, click Animals to open the Manage Animals screen.
     
  •  In the center grid on the Manage Animals screen, select the animals to which you want to assign behaviors by using the procedures for selecting multiple rows in the center grid as explained on the Learning Screen Conventions page. (Note: Selected animals must all be the same Animal Type, e.g., all dogs or all cats.)
     
  • In the row of blue buttons at the upper right of the grid, click the Animal Behaviors button (). A confirmation message will pop up, listing the names of the selected animals.
                                                                                                                       
     
  • Click Yes to confirm your selection. The Animal Behaviors screen appears, with the selected animals' names at the top left and an important note just above the center grid reminding you that every behavior you choose will be assigned to all selected animals.
                                                   
     
  • Follow the procedures in the table in Step 4 above to assign one or more behaviors to all selected animals.
     
  • Click Save. Depending on A confirmation popup similar to this will appear:
                                                                                                    

     
  • Click OK to complete the assignment of the behavior(s) to all selected animals. You will be returned to the Manage Animals screen, where you can view the behavior(s) assigned to a particular animal by selecting the animal in the center grid and clicking the Animal Behaviors button.

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Editing Details about Assigned Behaviors, Traits, & Characteristics (Individual Animals Only)

  • In the center grid on the Manage Animals screen, click the cell at the farthest left to select the row containing the animal whose behavior(s) you want to edit. (Note: You can only edit behaviors for one animal at a time.)
     
  • Click the Animal Behaviors button () above the grid to open the Manage Behaviors, Traits, and Characteristics screen.
     
  • Double-click the cell to the left of the behavior you want to edit to select it. (Note: You can only edit one behavior at a time.) The Behavior screen will appear, showing the behavior you selected and the editable fields.
                                                                               
    Important Note: You can change "Yes" to "No" or "No" to "Yes" but to completely remove a "Yes" or "No" selection, you must delete and reassign the behavior.
     
  • Enter your desired changes and click Save. You are returned to the Manage Behaviors, Traits, and Characteristics screen where your change appears in the grid on the right, along with a "Behaviors Updated" confirmation message at the lower left of the screen.

                                                  
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Deleting Assigned Behaviors, Traits, & Characteristics (Individual Animals Only)

  • In the center grid on the Manage Animals screen, click the cell at the farthest left to select the row containing the animal whose behavior(s) you want to edit. (Note: You can only delete behaviors for one animal at a time.)
     
  • Click the Animal Behaviors button () above the grid to open the Manage Behaviors, Traits, and Characteristics screen.
     
  • Selet the behavior you want to delete by clicking the cell to the left of it in the grid on the right side of the screen. (Note: You can select multiple behaviors to delete by using the "Shift+click" or "Ctrl+click" method described under Learning Screen Conventions.)
     

    Important Note about Deleting Behaviors: Because behaviors are an important part of the Animal Report, we encourage you to give careful consideration before deleting any behaviors assigned to an animal. Instead of deleting, you might simply want to add comments.

     
  • Click Delete. A confirmation message will appear (singular or plural, depending on how many behaviors you selected to delete).
                                                                                             
     
  • Click OK to complete the deletion. You are returned to the Manage Behaviors, Traits, and Characteristics screen where the deleted behaviors have now moved back to the grid on the left and a confirmation message appears at the lower left of the screen.
                                      
                               
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