Vehicle Category

This screen allows you to maintain the vehicle categories in the system. Vehicle categories are used to define the general parameters of vehicle types and you can assign these to vehicle types in the Vehicle Types screen.

Vehicles in CTL-TMS cover many types of vehicle, for example:

• Vans.
• Tractor units.
• Trailers.

These are categorised here to determine whether the vehicles in these categories:

• have an engine, and can therefore transport goods e.g. van, tractor.
• have loading capavity, and can therefore carry goods e.g. van, trailer.

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You can query data by and/or choose to display data as follows:

• Code.
• Description.
• Loading.
• Engine.
• Active.
• Created By.
• Created Date.
• Last Updated By.
• Last Updated Date.
• Last Active Change By.
• Last Active Change Date.
• Last Process Id.
• Update Counter.

The following actions are available on the Details panel:

• New - create a new record.
• Save - save a new record or changes to an existing record.
• Delete - delete an existing record.
• Help - help on this screen.
• Undo - undo change made since last save.
• Clear - clear all fields.
• Toggle - toggle display of all accordion headers.

You can change or add the following information:

Details section

• Code - the vehicle category code.
• Description - the vehicle category description.
• Loading - a check box indicating whether the vehicle category has loading capacity to carry goods.
• Engine - a check box indicating whether the vehicle category has an engine in order to transport any goods carried directly or on attached trailers.