My Goat Manager

Farm account guide

Manage your farm account

Keep your team and records in sync

Find clear help for using your My Goat Manager farm account—from adding users and setting permissions to syncing records across the app and website.

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My Goat ManagerOne account for your farm team and goat records

Accounts & user roles

Learn how the farm account works, access the website and manage farm users.

How do I access the web version?

The web address is: www.mygoatmanager.com You can tap on that link and login with your email and password to access your online account/data.

What is a farm account?

A farm account is a record on the My Goat Manager website that tracks the goat farming activities of a specific farm/farmer.

Who can be a farm user?

These are personnel working on your farm or shareholders in your farming business. Currently they belong to either of the two (2) roles i.e. Managers and Data Clerks (also called Data Entrants).

What can each user role do?

The roles assigned to each user limits/grants permissions to a user on both the mobile and the web version of the app. The following are permissions that can be granted to a farm user;

Only the farm owner can add or remove user accounts and add/revoke permissions!

  • View & Add Transactions
  • View & Add Milk
  • View & Add Farm Setup
  • Edit Records (Transactions, milk)
  • Delete Records
  • Export Records
  • View Goat Report
  • View Transactions Report
  • View Milk Report
  • View Events Report
  • Export Reports
  • View Breeding Reports
  • View Pregnancy Report

Note: Changes to a user's permission are applied after the user syncs or updates their app with the website.

How do I add a farm user?

Only the farm owner can create farm users:

  1. Sign in to the website.
  2. From the left menu, open Users & Roles.
  3. Select Add User above the users table.
  4. Enter the user’s role, name, email and other required details, then submit the form.

Syncing & shared records

Keep the app and website in sync and understand how shared records are updated.

How do farm users sign in to the app?

After creating a user account, the user has to go to the app and login with the email and password assigned to the user when creating the account.

How does app data appear on the website?

Please remember that each user will have the app installed on their individual phones/ devices.

To ensure that every user’s devices has updated records, always;

  1. Tap the Sync data button in the app whenever you change or add a record in the app
  2. Ensure that you have a working internet connection to allow the app communicate to the website.
  3. Once the website has been updated, the app will tell you by showing you the last time when you successfully synced.
How do other users receive changes from the website?
  1. They have to tap the Sync data button in their respective apps whenever you upload new changes on the website
  2. They must have a working internet connection to allow the app communicate to the website.

Note: Always tap the Sync data button to upload new data and get data entered/changed by others.

How do I fix duplicate goat records after syncing?

The app can complete a sync even when it finds duplicate goat tag numbers. It labels duplicate records so they are easier to identify.

Common causes:

  • The same tag number was added on two devices before both devices synced.
  • A goat was added on the website and in the app before syncing the website changes back to the app.

To resolve duplicates:

  1. On a device linked to the farm account, note the affected goat names and tag numbers.
  2. Find each record in the goat list and confirm which entry is correct.
  3. If a goat has the wrong tag number, edit it to a unique number. If a record is a duplicate, delete it in the app or on the website.
  4. Sync all linked devices again.

Note: To prevent duplicates, sync every device before adding or changing records.

Can I edit a record after it has synced?
  • All records can be edited from the app such as expense categories, after being synced. Whenever you edit a record, remember to tap the Sync data buttons for others to get the changes.
  • Only users with 'Edit Records' permission or farm owners can edit records.
Who can delete a synced record?

This depends on the sync status of the record;

  • If the record has not yet been synced to the web version by clicking the Sync data button, the app allows it to be deleted without any restrictions.
  • However, if the record has been synced to the website version, it can only be deleted by user with the Delete Records permission or farm owner.

Note: Whenever a record is deleted, it will be deleted from all other devices connected to the account when they tap the Sync data button and their apps update their records with the website (After a successful sync).

Devices & goat tools

Manage sign-ins across devices, goat photos and family tree records.

How many accounts can use one device at a time?

Only one account can log into a device at a time.

How do I move my account to a new device?

If you want to change a device, make sure that you have synced all your data to the website and that the website has the latest copy of the data in the app in the previous device. When you install the app on a new device, just log in with your account and tap the Sync data button to get your data back.

Can I use one account on multiple devices?

This is possible though not advisable as it might lead to data redundancy and inconsistencies.

How do I add a photo to a goat record?

Note: You will need to have a working internet connection for the app to automatically upload the pictures to the website

To add a picture to a goat, follow these steps;

  1. Go to the Home Screen of My Goat Manager.
  2. Go to the Goat list screen.
  3. Select the Goat you want to upload the picture to.
  4. Tap on " Click to view/upload picture... "
  5. Then tap on " Click to upload a new picture... "
How do I view a goat family tree?

Take the following steps to see each Goat family tree.

  1. Login to the website using the following link.
  2. https://mygoatmanager.com/login
  3. On the left side menu, tap on the Goat List link.
  4. Tap on the Goat tag number or the eye icon of the Goat you want to see under "Actions"
  5. This will take you to the Goat details page and then tap on "Go to family tree".

Plans & subscriptions

Get help with plan changes, subscription status and cancellation.

How do I change my payment plan?

You can directly email us at support@bivatec.com if you want to change your subscription plan so that we can help you out.

How do I resolve subscription verification errors?

Your farm account subscription is either Active or Inactive. If you see a subscription verification error, please check for the following;

  1. When you cancelled your farm's subscription from Google Play or App Store. Here you can tap the "Renew Account" button to activate the subscription again
  2. When seven (7) days have passed and you still have problems with your Payments method and Google or Apple decided to cancel your subscription. Tap the "Renew Account" button to activate the subscription again when you have fixed your payment issues.

Note: Your data still exists on the website even though the subscription has expired. You won't lose it until you decide to delete it yourself!

How do I cancel my subscription?

You can directly email us at support@bivatec.com if you want to cancel your subscription so that we can help you out. You can also do so via your Google Play or App Store app under the Subscriptions menu.

Note: Your data still exists on the website even though the subscription is cancelled. If you want permanent deletion of the account data. Please get in touch using the above email.

Need a hand?

We’re here to help

Need help with your account or subscription? Contact our support team, or return to the general user guide for help with everyday app features.