Colour Grading for Lots

Colour Grading is a customizable classification system that lets you assign visual quality grades to your lots. Each grade has a name, colour, and optional description, making it easy to sort, filter, and manage bulk inventory at a glance.

In this article:

• What Is Colour Grading?
• Getting Started
• Assigning a Colour Grade to a Single Lot
• Bulk Assigning Colour Grades
• Assigning a Grade During Lot Creation
• Viewing Colour Grades on the Lots Grid
• Removing a Colour Grade
• Tips and Best Practices

🎯 What Is Colour Grading?

Colour Grading provides a visual, organization-defined grading system for your lot inventory. Common uses include:

• Quality tiers - Grade A, Grade B, Grade C with different colours
• Visual inspection results - Colour-coded results for quick identification
• Production priority - Flagging lots for different processing priorities
• Customer-specific grades - Grading based on buyer requirements

Each colour grade has three properties:

Colour grades appear throughout the system:

• As a coloured swatch beside the lot name on the lot detail page
• As a coloured ink bar at the top of the lot detail card
• As a filterable column in the lots grid
• In a tooltip when you hover over the swatch

✅ Getting Started

Colour grades are configured at the organization level. To set up colour grades for your facility:

1. Contact GrowerIQ Support to enable the colour grading feature and create your initial set of grades
2. Once enabled, colour grades become available across all lot-related pages

📝 Assigning a Colour Grade to a Single Lot

Step 1: Navigate to the Lot Detail Page

Go to Warehouse > Lots and click on the lot you want to grade.

Step 2: Click the Colour Swatch

Next to the lot name at the top of the page, you'll see a coloured circle (swatch). Click on it to open the Colour Grade Picker.

• If no grade is currently assigned, the swatch appears as a default grey colour
• If a grade is assigned, the swatch shows the grade's colour
• Hovering over the swatch shows a tooltip with the current grade name

Step 3: Select a Grade

The Colour Grade Picker dialog displays all available grades as visual cards, each showing:

• The grade's colour swatch
• The grade's name
• The grade's description (if set)

Click on the grade you want to assign.

Step 4: Save

Click Save to apply the selected colour grade to the lot.

The lot detail page will immediately update to show the new colour — both the swatch beside the lot name and the ink bar at the top of the card.

📋 Bulk Assigning Colour Grades

You can assign the same colour grade to multiple lots at once from the Lots grid.

Step 1: Navigate to the Lots Grid

Go to Warehouse > Lots to view the lots grid.

Step 2: Select Lots

Using the checkboxes, select one or more lots you want to grade.

Step 3: Click Assign Grade

Once lots are selected, the Assign Grade button (with a palette icon) appears in the toolbar. Click it.

Step 4: Choose a Grade

The dialog shows "Assign Grade to X Lots" (where X is the number of selected lots). Select the grade you want to apply to all selected lots.

Step 5: Save

Click Save to apply the grade to all selected lots at once.

🆕 Assigning a Grade During Lot Creation

You can also assign a colour grade when creating a new lot. During the lot creation process, the Colour Grade Picker is available to classify the lot from the start.

When opened from lot creation, the dialog shows "Select a colour grade to assign to the new lot" and uses a Select button instead of Save, since the lot hasn't been created yet.

📊 Viewing Colour Grades on the Lots Grid

The Lots grid page provides several ways to work with colour grades:

• Colour Grade column - Each lot shows its assigned grade name and colour code
• Filter by grade - Use the column filter to show only lots with a specific grade
• Group by grade - Group the grid by colour grade to see all lots organized by their classification
• No Grade - Lots without a grade assigned are shown under the "No Grade" group

This makes it easy to quickly identify inventory quality distribution across your lots.

🗑️ Removing a Colour Grade

To remove a colour grade from a lot:

1. Open the Colour Grade Picker (either from the lot detail page swatch or via bulk assignment)
2. Select No Grade at the bottom of the available grades
3. Click Save

For bulk removal, select the lots on the grid, click Assign Grade, choose No Grade, and save. This removes the classification from all selected lots.

💡 Tips and Best Practices

• Establish a grading standard - Define what each grade means for your team so everyone applies them consistently
• Use descriptive names - Names like "Premium - Top Shelf" are clearer than just "A"
• Leverage the grid grouping - Group by colour grade on the Lots grid to see your inventory quality distribution at a glance
• Grade early - Assign grades as soon as lots are created to maintain up-to-date classification
• Bulk assign after QA - After quality assessments, use bulk assignment to grade multiple lots efficiently
• Contact Support for changes - If you need to add, modify, or remove available colour grades, reach out to GrowerIQ Support

🔗 Related Articles

• Working With Lots - Understanding lot inventory management
• Package Runs - Creating and Managing - How to create Package Runs from graded lots
• Quality Assurance & Reporting - QA processes and tools