Routes

Warning: This is an incomplete guide.

This screen allows you to maintain the fixed route templates used when automatically planning orders onto trips.

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

• Code.
• Organisation Code.
• Description.
• Owning Depot Code.
• Carrier Code.
• Vehicle Type Code.
• Max Trips per Day.
• Monday.
• Tuesday.
• Wednesday.
• Thursday.
• Friday.
• Saturday.
• Sunday.
• Trunk Trip.
• 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.

Details section

You can change or add the following:

• Code.
• Organisation - DDL.
• Description.
• Owning Depot - Lookup.
• Carrier Code - Lookup. You may select either the carrier code or the vehicle type - the screen will remove the other field if this one is entered.
• Vehicle Type - Lookup. You may select either the carrier code or the vehicle type - the screen will remove the other field if this one is entered.
• Max Trips per Day.
• Trunk Trip - check box.

Days section

Here, you can click the provided check boxes to indicate which days of the week the route may run.

Route Detail section

You can enter each stop and the matching parameters for that stop by clicking the New button in the section.

You can edit route stop by selecting the row in the table and then clicking the Edit button in the section header.

The screen will display a pop-up Route Detail window to enter the following:

• Sequence.
• Type - a drop-down list of: Location; Zone; Depot. Use this to select the stop type
• Stop, one of Location Code, Zone Code or Depot - you can select the details of the stop based on the stop type selected above. The screen provides a Lookup button to allow you to select the individual stop.
• Stop Type - the activity at this stop. The screen provides a drop-down list of the following selections:Both; Load Only; Unload Only; X-Dock.
• Target Time.
• Early Offset (minutes).
• Late Offset (minutes).
• Cut Off Time.
• Address Required - check box.
• Fixed Time - check box.

You can save your changes with the Save button, or discard your changes with the Close button or by closing the pop-up window.

You can delete an existing route stop by selecting the row in the table and then clicking the Delete button in the section header.

Parameters section

You can set parameters here to control additional functionality.

You can select a parameter to add using the provided Select Parameter drop-down list and clicking the Add button.

Once you have selected the parameter, the screen will display it in this section. Parameters are displayed in the sequence which your system administrators have configured them to be displayed. Once the parameter is added, you can enter the value - in general, the screen will validate the value or will provide a list of values to select, depending on the parameter settings.

You can remove a parameter by clicking the Cancel button next to the parameter value.

Notes section

You can add notes through the Notes section.

You can click the New button in the Notes section to create a new note. This will be tagged with your user name and date/time.

Any notes may be removed by clicking the x in the corner of the note.

Audit Trail section

Each time you make a change to any element of the data and save it, the system keep an audit trail of changes. The screen displays these in a table here. By default, the screen keeps this section closed.

The table displays:

• User - the user ID that made the change.
• Date - the date and time that the change was made.
• Description - a detailed description of what was changed.