American Black Hereford Association

American Black Hereford Association

As a registered plan CattleMax customer and American Black Hereford Association member, you can save time and effort by using the following features.  

• Import your breed association cattle records into CattleMax.
• Sync the association data with your animals in CattleMax with matching registration numbers.

The Herd Inventory file or Herd Extract is a copy of your active registered cattle records, 3 generation pedigrees, current EPDs, and current performance information as previously submitted to the association. 

Important Items to Note:

• If importing records, please wait until the import process is complete before entering any records into your CattleMax Online account.
• If you have any Hereford cattle in your ABHA file, please note that it will duplicate them. The AHA does not use a P in front of their Registration number when transferring data, but the ABHA still uses the P. This will cause duplicate animals in your account because CattleMax sees those registration numbers as different, creating new animals in your account. 
• Do not open any files from the association prior to importing them into CattleMax, as this will likely lead to information being imported incorrectly. If you have opened a file, please re-download it and start the process again with the re-downloaded file.
• If you are unable to see the option to enter a registration number on an individual animal, please update your account settings (Customizing CattleMax / Account Settings—click here).

How do I obtain the file from the Breed Association for import into CattleMax?

You will go to your Digital Beef account to get the Herd Extract file. You can follow the steps below to get that file. 

1. Log in to your Digital Beef account and click on the Integration tab.
2. Click on CattleMax
3. Then click on "Export Herd Data" in blue.
4. It will then load, and then click Download.

• After the file downloads, do not open it before import.  If you already have animals in your CattleMax file, be sure to use the Sync option (check the box)

I have the file from the ABHA. How do I import the file into my CattleMax account?

First, you must ensure you have the ABHA breed interface set up in your CattleMax account. To do this, please follow the steps in this link. https://help.cattlemax.com/article/158-enabling-breed-association-interfaces

Once you have the interface set up in your account, you will do the following steps to import your file:

1. Click on the Cattle tab in the dark brown navigation bar on the left side of the screen.
2. Click on the ABHA interface.
3. You will then browse for your file.
4. Be sure to use the "Sync My Account With This ABHA File" to prevent Duplicate ABHA registered animals. 
5. Then click the "Import Animals." 

You will get an email informing you that your file has been imported into your account.