Active rounds are displayed in the timeline which is situated in the
right lower part of the screen. Here you see all rounds which are in the
progress at the moment as well as all manually created rounds. The round that have been activated 10 and more days ago are deleted from the timeline automatically.
If there are many rounds, you can filter them according to adjusted
parameters: by route name, by schedule, round, unit. A criterion is
chosen in the dropdown list, and in the text field on the right you
enter name mask of a route/schedule/round/unit. You can also specify a
time interval to show rounds for. To apply adjusted filtration
parameters, press <enter>.
Additionally, you can apply grouping to this list of rounds .
Then each row on the list will be dedicated to one
route/schedule/round/unit. The name of such a row will contain the
number of items it holds (in brackets).
Timeline scale is adjustable — it can display a period of time equal to a
fortnight or just a minute. In some scales, point names can overlap and
become partly hidden. That is why there are several possibilities in
displaying captions for check point:
You can move the timeline right and left by simple dragging. Besides, it
can move by itself in such a way to maintain the current moment in
focus — press 'Lock current time' for this . While this button is pressed, the timeline cannot be moved manually.
On the timeline, a route is represented by a horizontal line of such
colour that was assigned to it. Check points are represented as vertical
sections on this line and they are situated in the places where the
arrival to a check point is expected according to the schedule. A check
point can be also displayed as a rectangle if not only arrival but
departure time as well are indicated in the schedule. Besides, check
points which contain only arrival time can be expanded to rectangles at
the expense of deviation time (if specified). For this, apply the option
'Mark deviation time' .
If a point has been visited in accordance to schedule, no contour will
be applied. If a point has been skipped, it will obtain a red contour
and a red filling regardless appointed route colour.
Apply 'In fact' option to see how a unit really visited the points — time of real visit will be shown above the planned line.
While a unit is performing a round, you can receive notifications about
how it is going. To do this, create a notification of the Route control type and adjust it properly depending on your needs. You can be
notified when a round has started or finished, if a check point has been
skipped, and in some other cases. These notifications can be sent by
e-mail or SMS, shown online in a popup window, stored in unit history as
events or violations, etc. See Notifications for details.
All events connected with units' performance on routes are stored in the
system automatically. This data can be used to generate the following
types of reports: