Rounds can be created manually or automatically.
To create a round manually, press Create manual round button against a needed schedule.
At the top, you can see the name of chosen route and schedule.
Underneath you can see two lists. The units to be assigned are situated
in the left one, the right one contains already chosen units. The left
list contains not all the units available to you, but those situated in
the monitoring panel work list. In case the work list is empty (when dynamic work list is used or when units have been deleted from the work list manually),
the units to which you possess enough rights will be displayed.
Afterwards enter round name and description, decide upon points order,
expiration time, and other parameters (see Schedule for details). New parameter here is Activation time.
This is date and time to start the control. Activation time is especially important for schedules of Relative to activation type. The round then will be tracked from this time on. Activation time
can be omitted — in this case we consider that the route starts when
unit enters the first check point (if points order is Strict) or any check point (in other points orders).
At the end, press Create a round.
Automatic creation of rounds is adjusted in schedule properties — set the option Automatically create rounds for this schedule.
Besides, automatic creation of rounds can be enabled straight from the
Routes panel — using the corresponding switch button before each
schedule name.
Another way to create a route automatically is to use the corresponding type notification. You can create a notification with trigger action to assign a new route after the previous one is finished.
To see the list of rounds created or planned for a certain schedule of a certain route, press the button .
Choose the time period (Hour, Today, Yesterday, Week) or set your custom
interval. For the intervals like 'Today' or 'Yesterday', it is
convenient to slightly extend the period by some more hours (+hh:mm) if
the working shift ends after midnight.
It is possible to specify the required rounds using the filter. You can
observe either all rounds or the rounds of a certain status: in
progress, pending, finished, estimated or aborted. When all the
parameters have been set, press the 'Apply' button to display the rounds
you need. Besides, in the drop-down list in the upper left corner, you
can choose to display the list of rounds for one route or for all the
routes simultaneously.
The table displays the following information about the rounds: their
beginning time, name, state (finished, aborted, estimated, in progress,
history), points order (arbitrary, strict, skipping possible), and
unit(s) bound.
The information about any round can be printed. To do it, press the
printer button in the 'Print' column next to the required round. The
printing report consists of two tables. The first one provides the
information about the round (its name, description, state, units,
activation time, route name and schedule), the second — about its
checkpoints (number, address, time of the arrival and, if activated in
the schedule, of the departure). Press 'Print' button to print.
At the end of the row there is the delete button .
It removes the rounds and, as a result, they disappear from the
timeline and receive the status 'History'. However, all the information
about them is stored and can be accessed through the reports.