Introduction
We have now added a NEW FEATURE called Trip Groups. This feature allows you to bundle trips together and assign a resource to it, so all trips will have that same resource.
For example, you want to copy the route of a single resource, (ie: a container). You could use the resources on order:
Collect an empty container
Pickup some goods
Drop the container, for a ferry connection
Collect it again
Deliver the goods
Drop the empty container again, for the ferry connection
Drop it empty somewhere
This works easily for a single order, but if the scenario becomes more complex with multiple orders, there is no easy way of copying for that container.
Create a Trip Group
There are multiple ways to create a Trip Group. Once orders are planned into Trips, it is possible to add these to a Trip Group. If the trip group is created outside of the trip itself, there is the option to select the trip from a drop down list of available trips. Alternatively, entering the trip number will bring up the trip for selection.
You can do so from the detail page of a trip
Select an existing group and add to it
Or create a new one
Create one from the trips list, by a quick action
Create one from the trip groups list using the usual green button in the top right
Choose a name first
It is mandatory to select at least one trip to add to the group.
There is an option to create one when creating an intermodal connection
Where are Trip Groups displayed?
Trip Detail View page: additional row in the “General info” section, showing the linked trip group and its resource(s)
New submenu under “Trips”, showing a table of all Trip Groups
On both the Intermodal list page and Trips list page, there is a new column with “Trip group” that is filterable and sortable
On the planning board there is a new extra customise option
Add orders/trips to existing Trip Group.
Navigate to the the Trip Group detail page by either the list view or clicking the trip group tag of an existing trip, you see the following page:
The page has the following sections:
General info where you see:
Route
Summary of distance + duration of each trip
Toggle the visibility of the route
Trip Group display name
The resource assigned to the linked trips
Linking Orders
Navigate to the 'Orders' section and click“Add order”, the full order list is displayed with selection boxes.
Select the orders to add and click Add Selected Trips. This will open an new screen to Add Orders.
Confirm adding the order to the trip, then drag and drop the stops in the current trip group.
This exposes a powerful feature of Trips Group - easily add orders in your existing planning. If an intermodal order, the intermodal connection is automatically added. This reduces manual input to create each order with a connection, and simplifies adding orders together.
Linking Trips
Navigate to the Execution section. Click "Add trips".
To remove trips, using the three dots will give 2 options:
Unplan Trip
Remove trip from current trip group
Updating trips in trip groups
Merge two trips together that are in a different trip group, we will show a notification if you want to merge the two trip groups
Move stops out of an existing trip, i.e. creating a new trip, will show a notification if you want to add the trip to the existing trip group
The intermodal creation flow changed!
When adding an unaccompanied ferry/train trip to an order, you now have the option to:
Create a trip group/add to an existing trip group
Set the resources + start timestamp of the trip to your departure terminal
Set the resources + end timestamp of the trip from your arrival terminal