Change the Template of a Truck Despatch

This activity is only applicable to truck despatches created from a truck despatch template. The truck despatch template must have the Allow Template Modification setting enabled.

When a truck despatch is created using a template, all route information comes from the template. The route cannot be modified by using the right-click menu option to remove the route, or by dragging and dropping a new truck route. The route can only be changed by changing the template.

Security Note: You need the Allow truck despatch template modification security right in the Trucks domain security rights group for this activity. You also need the:
• Allow new truck despatch from template security right in the Despatches user group security rights group during truck despatch creation
• Allow truck despatch maintenance security right in the Trucks domain security rights group during truck despatch editing

Activity Steps

  1. Open the Truck Despatch.
  2. Select another Truck Despatch Template to be used for the despatch. Select from truck despatch templates that have the same loading point as the current route, and if loading process flows and stockpiles are defined in the existing template, these must also match.

    A warning message displays information about the impact of the change.

  3. Click Yes to confirm the change.

    If a sample is assigned to the unloading transaction(s) for this despatch only, the sample is deleted. If a sample is used for other despatches, the sample is unassigned from the unloading transactions. The unloading transactions are deleted. The existing unloading route point is unassigned. The new unloading point is assigned to the despatch using the existing route information to set planned arrival and departure times based upon the defaults for the route. If unloading transactions are to be automatically created, as defined in the newly assigned template, then if the departure date is set for the loading point, unloading transactions are automatically created for the unloading route point.

  4. Click Save.