📘 Screen: Budget - Matrix / Type / Short ID (Subtype)
The matrix is the operation's recipe: "SOYBEAN BURNDOWN MODEL 01" with the components it consumes and the rate of each one per hectare. You build it once and apply it to as many areas as you like — it's the heart of the budget.
The long menu name says where it comes from: the planning matrix is the equivalent of the day-to-day work order, activity type, short identification — which is what Short ID abbreviates — and recommendation — only in the plan, not in execution.
📍 Location in the system
Menu: Budget > Matrix / Type / Short ID (Subtype)
The title inside the screen is longer: Matrix / Work Order/Activity / Short ID (Subtype) / Recommendation.
🧩 Main function
Store the "how it's done" of each operation, with its cost. The list bar has New, Reload, the Scenario dropdown and the Allocation filter — Variable (hectares), Fixed (amounts) or All.
📝 Header fields
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Description | The operation's name — "SOYBEAN BURNDOWN MODEL 01". |
| Code | Sequence number of the matrix (0001). |
| Allocation | Variable (hectares) or Fixed (amounts). This choice changes the screen: see the alert below. |
| Unit | Filled in according to the allocation — Ha - Hectare for variable, Vl - Amount for fixed. |
| Notes | Free field. |
| Group | The matrix's classification, for a grouped view in the summary. |
The document buttons are Save, Cancel/See the list, Delete and Clone — the last one is the shortcut for creating a variation of a recipe without retyping the components.
🗂 Components tab
This is the recipe itself. Each line is an item consumed by the operation:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Component | The item consumed. |
| Matrix | An alternative to the component: instead of an item, the line points to another matrix, nesting recipes. Picking one clears the other — a line is one or the other. |
| Component quantity/Rate | How much is used per hectare (or per amount, with fixed allocation). The label changes with the units chosen. |
| Unit | The rate's unit. It's suggested from the component's unit. |
| % Use | How much of the area receives this application: 100 for the whole area, 50 for half. Useful for crop protection applied to part of the field. |
| Currency · Amount · Amount (US$) | The item's price in the matrix, in reais and in dollars. |
| Hectares (Simulation) · Quantity | Check fields: enter the hectares and you see the quantity the recipe would consume. |
The tab bar has Save, Cancel, Delete and Import, which brings in components from another matrix.
- Each operation's cost gets a traceable origin: item, rate and percentage of area.
- The same recipe serves several areas, with no retyping.
- Changing a rate recalculates the budget of every area that uses that matrix.
❓ Frequently asked questions
What's the difference between Variable (hectares) and Fixed (amounts)?
Variable is cost that follows the area — seed, crop protection, machine operations — and is entered per hectare. Fixed is cost that doesn't depend on the area — land lease, administration, insurance — and is entered as an amount, allocated across the areas.
Can I put one matrix inside another?
Yes. On the Components tab, instead of choosing a component, choose a Matrix: the recipe then includes the other one in full. The two fields are mutually exclusive — a line is either a component or a matrix.
What is % Use for?
For when the operation doesn't cover 100% of the area. With 50, the budget assumes only half the hectares receive that item — useful for spot applications.
Do I have to redo the recipe for each crop?
Use Clone: it copies the matrix with its components, and you adjust only what changes. That's how you keep "model 01" and "model 02" of the same operation.