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> ℹ️ **Permissions**
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> ℹ️ Irrigation Units and Plantings can be viewed by users with the PLANNER, SCADA ADMIN, or SCADA OPERATOR role if they have access to the site.
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> ℹ️ By default, only a PLANNER can create, modify or delete Irrigation Units and Plantings but you can configure the ability to view and manage plantings in the DMS Security Manager module.  See [Granting Access to View and Manage Plantings and Irrigation Units](https://rubiconwater.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SC/pages/1906344623/Configuration#Granting-Access-to-View-and-Manage-Plantings-and-Irrigation-Units)   for details.

# What is an Irrigation Unit?

An Irrigation Unit is an area that is part of a [Water Account](https://rubiconwater.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SC/pages/1930166471). You can create irrigation units by drawing their boundaries on the map or simply by specifying their area. 

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> ℹ️ Irrigation units will not be shown on the map if you have not specified their boundaries.

# What is a Planting?

A Planting is an association between an **Irrigation Unit**, a [Crop Type](#), and a period of time. Plantings are used to specify what crops are planted in an irrigation unit and what stage of development the crops have reached. 

This information can be used:

- During [ordering](https://rubiconwater.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/NCDr/pages/1913586080/Creating+Modifying+and+Cancelling+Orders#Creating-an-Order-with-Crops-and-Plantings) to specify which how much water is allocated to each crop.
- By the DMS [Demand Prediction](https://rubiconwater.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/createpage.action?spaceKey=NCDr&title=Demand%20Prediction) tool to calculate the predicted water needs of an area.

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