Suggested Improvements for IPEDS

• Input missing colors for past years 1935 to 1972 (In progress)
• Allow for partial name searches (See Notes Below)
• Show color patterns (Overo OV, Sabino SA & Tobiano TO) with colors on pedigrees  (BLACK/TO, BAY/SA or CHESTNUT/OV)
• Provide ability to save search to a Word Document or Excel Spreadsheet.
• Include online printable Reports.
• Add foal colors to production records.

How to do a partial name search in Lineage: 

There are two ways to search using partial names in Lineage. 

1.     Type the percent (%) symbol at each end of the partial name search, i.e.,  %pride midnight%  and it will search for those exact words in a name but only in that order and always together anywhere in the name.

2.     Type the percent (%) symbol at each end of each word in the partial name search, i.e.,  %pride%midnight%  and it will search for those words together in that order but also with words in between anywhere in the name.

When searching the Internet with keywords.  If you put in Tennessee Walking Horse in the search field, it will bring up every website that mentions any of those words in its meta tag: i.e.,....walking your dog, maps of Tennessee, etc..  If you put "Tennessee Walking Horse" in parenthesis, the search engines will only return sites that specifically refer to "Tennessee Walking Horse".  MSN search brings up approx 12,000 listing.   If you put %Tennessee Walking Horse%  MSN search brings up approx 58,300 listings with any of the words.  

I know there are things that I have missed and probably errors too.  I invite anyone to email me with ideas and suggestions on getting the TWHBEA on the road to helping members to provide accurate information when registering a foal.  Change won't happen overnight but if we work together with a common goal, it will happen.  

Join in and be a part of helping to make it happen. 

Elsie 

Last Chance Farm 10267 206th Road   Nortonville, KS 66060   Phone: (913) 886-6481   Fax: (913) 886-2713 darrah5015@yahoo.com