Cycles is a way to keep track of different tasks being completed in your operation. When doing a task to a subset of yards or all yards, you can add visits to a 'cycle' which allows you to track the progress of that task.
For example, if you were going to treat all yards in the next 3 weeks, you could set up a cycle to track the treating progress as it happens.
The cycle will be considered complete once all visits are completed or the time frame of the cycle has expired.
1) Create the cycle
Create the cycle by clicking +Create Cycle or +add under the cycle section in planning
2) Name the cycle, select the Focus from the list, and enter the start and end dates of the cycle
3) Assign visits to the cycle
4) Keep track of cycle progress in the planning tab