Maintaining Perennials

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to identify and describe the key principles and practices involved in the maintenance of perennials

Perennials

Perennial crops are multi-year crops that – unlike annual crops – have a lifespan of more than one growing season, such as fruit trees (apples, avocados, and so on), wines/grapes, sugar cane, and so forth. After the harvest, they automatically grow back or don't need to be replanted each year.

In SAP Intelligent Agriculture, a perennial represents a data entity that helps to organize the growing lifecycle of perennial plants and relates to a specific location – one field with one area. The perennial stores and provides key information about the perennial plant growing status (planting date, age when planted, current age, and so on).

Seasonal aspects of a perennial plant growing cycle are stored in a crop zone. The perennial acts as a container for all crop zones related to a specific field and area.

Screenshot of a web page showing details of a Kiwi Plantation. The top section has SAP Perennial and Kiwi Plantation headings. Below, it shows the planting date of August 1, 2019, and the current age of 5 years and 3 months. The page also contains general information such as crop (Kiwi), variety (Hayward), location (Field: Kiwi Orchard 3, Area: Kiwi Orchard 3, Farm: Kiwi Farm). The creation history lists the ID of the creator and the date of creation as September 13, 2023, at 2:15:11 PM. The last change was made on November 8, 2023, at 7:59:35 AM by a different ID. At the bottom, a section titled Crop Zones (1) lists a single crop zone entry for Perennial: Kiwi Plantation with crop purpose Food Consumption, production type Organic, created on March 27, 2024, at 10:18:08 AM, and status Open.

Note

The perennial acts as a container for all crop zones related to a specific field and area.

Key Capabilities of Perennial Crop Management

SAP Intelligent Agriculture supports the creation, maintenance, and monitoring of perennial crops.

Functionalities include the following:

Ability to create, read, update, and delete perennials using the Perennial API
Intuitive and user-friendly UI to create, maintain (edit/delete), and quickly view key information on perennials, including details on the linked corp zones, using the Perennials app
Ability to export perennial data to Excel using the Perennials app
Ability to link crop zones(s) to a perennial to manage seasonal aspects of a perennial growing cycle or to create a crop zone for a perennial using the Crop Zone API and Field planning & History App.

Diagram titled Masterdata Management on the left and Using Perennials in Field Planning on the right. The left section covers Perennials API and Perennials App. Under Perennials API, it lists Create Perennial and View/Read & Maintain Perennial (edit, delete). Under Perennials App, it lists Export Perennial data to Excel. The right section covers Crop Zone API and Field Planning & History App. Under Crop Zone API, it lists Create Crop Zone & link to a Perennial and Link/Unlink existing Crop Zone to a Perennial. Under Field Planning & History App, it lists Create Crop Zone for a Perennial and Add Perennial to existing Crop Zone.

The Perennials Service API and the Perennials app offer a standardized way to manage non-annual crop growing patterns within the farming domain and data model. They enable you to get complete visibility on all current and historic perennials, and provide the ability to create, read, update, and delete perennials.

Moreover, the Perennials app provides you with an intuitive and user-friendly UI to create, maintain, and quickly view key information on perennials such as age, historic and current harvesting seasons (through linked crop zones), and to export perennial data to Excel.

In addition, you can do the following:

Get a list of all perennials that you can search and filter according to your needs
See detailed information for a perennial including details on the linked crop zones
Retrieve Crop, Variety, Area, Field, Farm, and Crop Zones related to these entities

Using Perennials in Field Planning

Finally, Perennials can be used during the creation of Crop Zones or added to existing crop zones, either using the Crop Zone Service API or the Field Planning and History app, to cover all use cases and the entire lifecycle of your perennials management. With that you can manage all tasks and indicators related to the seasonal lifecycle of your perennials.

Note

For more information, see the link to the documentation on Maintaining Perennials: Maintaining Perennials

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