Create Multiple Truck Despatches
Security Note: You need the Allow new truck despatch from template security right in the Despatches user group security rights group for this activity.
Activity Steps
- Open the Truck Despatch Explorer.
- Right-click in the Timetable tab and select Create Multiple Despatches from the menu.
The Multiple Despatch Creation (Truck Despatches) screen displays.
- Select one or more Template Type from the truck despatch templates defined on the Transport panel of the Solution Explorer.
Each selected template displays in the Despatch Details table.
- Select whether to Clear selected templates when despatches are created.
- Complete the following fields for each template.
- Number of Despatches
- Start Date—ETA of the first truck despatch.
- Offset—For subsequent truck despatches. Must be greater than 0.
- Offset Unit—Select from days, hours and minutes.
- Click Create Despatches.
- Confirm the multiple truck despatch creation.
- Update the ETA (Source) and ETA (Destination) for each truck despatch if required.
- To add despatch orders to a truck despatch:
- Select the truck despatch in the Created Despatches table.
- Right-click in the Despatch Orders table and select Add Despatch Order from the menu.
The Despatch Order Search screen displays.
- See Add a Despatch Order to a Despatch for activity steps and additional required security rights.
- To clear the Created Despatches table, right-click in the table and select Clear from the menu.
Note: The truck despatches are not deleted.
- Click Save.
Note: If the Truck Despatch status definition exists, the truck despatches are assigned the initial status. This status definition controls whether the truck despatches are editable and selectable. See Status Definitions.