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PLANNING - Planning List View Functions

Explanation of features and how to customise the Planning List page, including additional filtering tips.

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Written by Arynne Hargreaves
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To be able to start planning your orders, you can switch to the planning column as shown below(also see ๐Ÿ‘‰Plan Trip):

Options for the list of orders to plan

  • To be able to see the list of the orders to be planned, select the 'To plan: Orders' from the dropdown:

  • This view shows fields where you can use search bar, date filters and planning group filters:

๐Ÿงฐ Planning Groups only show if set up under RATES > Order Input > Planning/Resource groups.

Filtering

  • Use filter icon located in the column headers from the list view.

  • Click to display filter options per column

  • Applied filters will show highlighted

  • Columns can be dragged according to the order you would like to see them or length of these columns can be adjusted:

  • Customisation option will have a list of options to include or exclude in the view.

  • You can set the toggle ON if you would like to see the specific information in your list view.

  • You can set the toggle OFF if you would like to exclude the specific information in your list view.

To Plan: Orders - show max dimensions

  • Toggle on max dimensions to help with planning vehicle capacity

  • Better oversight of piece sizes helps to assess capacity of vehicles more efficiently

๐Ÿ“š Use the filter search at the top of the 'Customise' features to find the option quickly.

View Layout

  • 2 different layouts - based on preference

    • vertical

    • horizontal

To have a more comprehensive view of the list of orders, select how many orders to plan to view, by selecting the amount per page option:


Options for the list of trips in the Planning board

  • Similar to the list of 'To plan: Orders', there is also a customisation option for the planned trips.

  • List of options to toggle on/off to view on the planning board

  • Use the search bar at the top to search for specific data to show

  • IE: when activating "Last location/current activity", an additional column is included in the planning board to display this information.

๐Ÿ“š To change how the resources are displayed in planning, click into Customise & set the toggles, depending on the resource detail you would like to see.

  • Depending on what toggle you set on, the names of the resources will be displayed

  • Sort options are available:

    • Resource name

    • Start time of 1st stop

    • End time of last stop

NOTE: Sorting trips by the resource name is only available in the Planboard view. This option is not available in Trips.

  • Colour indications will also give you a hint of the status of your stops/trip


โ€‹Options for the list of Resources to plan

  • Displays list of resources, click > to expose dropdown list

  • Can be used for tracking the last activity/next unavailability of the resources or adding the resources or combinations that do not have ๐Ÿ‘‰Always on planboard toggle in the planning

  • Display shows:

    • Location of the last trip

    • Activity and the trip number and if applicable,

    • Date of next unavailability of that resource (Click ๐Ÿ‘‰Here to learn about setting availability)

  • Allocate resources that do not have ๐Ÿ‘‰Always on planboard toggle or that do not exist yet in the planning click on the Plus (+) icon next to the name of that resource


โ€‹Show last location toggle

  • See last location that resource/combination has executed.

  • Set on to see the last location of that specific resource in the planning.

  • Information includes name, address, date and hour of the last location

  • Click last location details to open previous trip details



Map view

  • Shows the data of the selected dates in the planning.

  • Map view has its own filter options.

  • Click the map icon to drag and highlight the area on the map to filter

    • Header displays orders to plan & trips planned

  • Select or 'draw' the area on the map to plan orders

  • Map overlays available if routing through LEZ or looking for truck restrictions, etc

  • Map visibility can be set on/off or replaced with order stats if preferred.

To learn more about Map functions, check out the articles below ๐Ÿ‘‡


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โ€ผ๏ธ Custom column views - both the order and size - are retained by your browser. If you delete your cookies or have opted to configure your browser to never store cookies in the first place, the views won't be saved and will be reset to the default the next time you use Qargo.

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