Web Platform vs. Mobile App—Understanding the Differences

As mentioned in other topics in the Get Started section, the VAS PULSE Platform has two main components for viewing and managing dairy data—the web version of the PULSE Platform and the PULSE Platform mobile app. While the web version and the mobile app share the same data, what you can do with each varies quite a bit. See the topics below to learn more.

the web version of the PULSE Platform is available through a browser at https://platform.vas.com from any desktop computer, laptop, or mobile device that has an active WiFi or data connection (e.g., a tablet or mobile phone).

In the current release, the primary purpose of the web version of the PULSE Platform is to monitor, manage, and analyze the status of your dairy. As such, it is typically used by dairy owners and mangers, herd and feed managers, and dairy consultants.

The VAS PULSE Platform brings together your most important feed, herd, parlor, and industry partner data into a single web-based platform, offering the following capabilities from any web browser:

  • Easy access to your data in a single, web-based format
  • Access to data such as animal records, lactation information, and milk production
  • Dashboards so you can graph animal data to provide important insights
  • Command line functionality to generate many of the same reports you do in DairyComp 305
  • Worklist and event status data (To actually enter an event or take action on a worklist out on the dairy, however, you’ll need to use the mobile app.)

The VAS PULSE Platform mobile app is primarily used for work on the dairy. While the mobile app allows you to look up most of the same CowCard information that's in the web version of the PULSE Platform, you can also use the mobile app to scan animals, enter animal events (BRED, MOVE, etc.), process worklists, and enter embryo transfer events.

Unlike the web version of the PULSE Platform, the mobile app can be used both online or offline and has the ability to work with a paired Bluetooth device to make scanning and working with animals even easier.

With the functionality defined above, the mobile app is typically used while workers are outside the office or cow‑side.

The main functions of the web version of the PULSE Platform and the PULSE Platform mobile app are summarized below:

Function Web Version of the PULSE Platform PULSE Platform Mobile App

View dairy and company dashboards

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Search for an animal and view its CowCard

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View historical lactation data on the CowCard (including all events, testdays, lactation totals, and pen changes)

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Customize CowCards

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View item definitions

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Utilize Industry Partners data/widgets

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Work with RFID scanners

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Use Command Line to run common DairyComp 305 reports

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View and edit FeedComp data

  • FeedComp Overview Page
  • View Ingredients and details
  • View Inventory and Projections with details
  • Edit DM% of ingredients and by location
  • Equipment export after changes
  • Change recipe mixing order
  • View and Change DM and AF quantities
  • Bunk scoring – see last 4 days intake and can edit animals fed and target DM/HDClosed Dry Matter per Head
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View ParlorComp data

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View pens list and pen details

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Process worklists

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View open worklists

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Monitor worklist progress (view percent completed as work is performed, avatar of who completed task)

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View events

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Enter events and add animals to them

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Make pen corrections

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Enter embryo transfer events, selecting fresh and frozen embryos from inventory

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Add embryos to fresh and frozen inventory

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Edit and delete embryos from inventory

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