Manually sort the route sequence in Opter Driver

In the image below, four shipments are shown with the order numbers 1-4.

Those with the lowest queue number should be handled first (is the idea).

Driving order number manually or from route optimisation

The shipments in Opter Driver can be given an order number in two different ways:

• The traffic controller has done a route optimisation in Opter.

• The driver has manually assigned shipment numbers in Opter Driver.

Order of shipments in the shipment list

The following applies to the task list in Opter Driver:

• By default, the mission list in Opter Driver is displayed in the same order as in dispatch, i.e. according to the route optimisation. If no route optimisation has been done, the shipments are sorted by shipment date, with the oldest shipment appearing at the top of the list.

• If the menu items Sort and Manual route sequence are displayed, you can sort the job list as you wish.

  The dispatcher can set the route sequence you make manually in the app to be displayed in the dispatch or not.

  If you have pressed Sort and chosen to sort the list on one or two fields (for example Status and Postcode (sender)), and then manually give shipment order numbers, the sorting will be prioritised on the fields you have chosen, i.e. Status and Postcode (sender). If you want to assign shipment order numbers manually, you can first click on Sort > Clear to desort the fields.

Driving order number from route optimisation

For shipments that have received a route number from route optimisation, the following applies when sorting the shipment list

• Menu option Manual route sequence: If the shipments have route numbers from route optimisation, you can still give them new route numbers manually.

  • If you manually assign order numbers to all shipments, the shipment list will be sorted according to the order numbers you have entered.

  • If you give one or more shipments new routing numbers, and the rest of the shipments keep their routing numbers from the route optimisation, the shipment list will be sorted according to the routing numbers. It therefore does not matter whether the shipment has received its order number from the driver or from the route optimisation.

  If you have Sort > Order set to ↑ Ascending, the shipment with the lowest order number will appear at the top of the list.

• Menu option Sort: If the shipments have route numbers (from route optimisation and/or from the driver), then if you click on Sort and choose how to sort the list (for example by Status), the shipment list will be displayed first according to how you have chosen to sort the list (for example by Status).

  (For more information on the Sort menu item, see Sorting shipments in Opter Driver.)

The route sequence can be transferred to the dispatch centre

Depending on the settings made by the system administrator or the traffic controller, it works slightly differently.

This is how it works if the system administrator has chosen to:

Assigning an order number to one, several or all shipments

You can choose whether you want to assign an order number to one, several or all shipments in the shipment list.

The text below describes how it works if Sort is not set to sort on any field, and no shipments have route optimisation numbers.

If you do not put the order number on all the shipments, but on one or some shipments, they are sorted as follows

1. Manually entered driving order number. (The idea is that those with the lowest queue numbers will be dealt with first.)

2. The shipments that have not been manually assigned an order number are sorted by shipment date.

If Sort > Order is set to ↑ Ascending, then shipments with manually entered order numbers will appear at the top of the list and those without order numbers will be at the bottom of the list. If Order is set to ↓ Descending, the shipments will appear in reverse order in the list.

Example

Proceed as follows

To manually assign a shipment number to one, several or all shipments, proceed as follows

1. In the mission list, press the menu () and then press Sort.

   • Make sure Order is set up the way you want it, ↑ Ascending or ↓ Descending.

     If you want the shipment with the lowest order number to appear at the top of the list, select ↑ Ascending. Click on Order to change the sorting order (↑ Ascending / ↓ Descending).

   • Please check that Sort is not set to sort on any field. (If Sort is set to sort on, for example, Status, then the shipment list will be displayed primarily sorted according to Status, even after you have manually assigned shipment order numbers).

     If Sort is set to sort on one or two fields, click on Clear to remove that sorting. (For more information on the Sort menu item, see Sorting shipments in Opter Driver.)

   Tap when finished.

2. Click on Manual route sequence in the menu of the job list.

3. Tap on the shipment to which you want to assign an order number. The keyboard opens. Enter the order number you want the shipment to have.

   For example, enter the number "1". The authorisation number must be an integer.

4. Tap the next shipment to which you want to assign an order number. Enter the driving order number, for example "2".

   • Orange circle (3) means you can give the shipment an order number, if you wish. If a number is already displayed in the circle, then the shipment already has a routing number from before (from the route optimisation or from the driver), but you can enter a new number.

   • Green circle (1) and (2) means that you have given the shipment an order number. The number is shown in the green circle. If you want to change the number, tap on the shipment and enter the new number.

   

   The image shows a shipment list where we have given two shipments order numbers (1) and (2).

5. Tap the next shipment to which you want to assign an order number. Enter the driving order number, for example "3".

   To ensure that the order numbers are clearly displayed in the app, do not enter order numbers larger than "99". For example, if you enter the order number "110", it will look like "11" in the shipment list, but the shipment will be in the right place in the list in terms of order.

6. When you have finished making your changes to the route sequence, do the following depending on whether your device is iOS or Android

   • iOS: Press the last modified shipment again to make the keyboard disappear.

   • Android: Press the back button (bottom left) to make the keyboard disappear.

7. To save the manually entered route sequence, press the menu () again and then press Save route sequence.

   Your changes will be saved and the shipments with manually entered order numbers will now appear at the top of the list, if you selected ↑ Ascending. The REST of the shipments are sorted by shipment date. (If the shipments had route optimisation order numbers, see Route optimisation order numbers).

The image shows the driving order numbers in the light grey circles. The shipments may have received their routing numbers from the driver and/or from the route optimisation.

During loading and unloading

Shipments can be given an order number in two different ways, and the following happens

• If the dispatcher has done a route optimisation in Opter:

  • The status of the shipment is Confirmed: The shipment shows the pick-up address's routing number.

  • The status of the shipment is Picked up: The shipment now shows the delivery address's routing number instead.

  • (The status of the shipment is Delivered: The shipment still shows the delivery address's order number).

• If the driver manually assigns shipment numbers in Opter Driver:

  • By status Confirmed:

    1. The status of the shipment is Confirmed: The driver gives the shipment a routing number for the pick-up address.

    2. The status of the shipment then changes to Picked up: The shipment now has no order number. If the driver wants, he can give the shipment a new order number for the delivery address.

  • By status Picked up:

    1. The status of the shipment is Picked up: The driver gives the shipment a routing number for the delivery address.

    2. (The status of the shipment is then changed to Delivered: The shipment still shows the order number that the driver GIFed to the shipment).

Deleting or changing a driving licence number

If you want to delete or change the driving licence number, do the following:

1. Follow the ' Do this' instruction above.

   • If you want to change the order number, tap on the shipment and enter the new number.

   • If you want to delete the order number, press the shipment and use the backspace key on your keyboard to delete the number.

2. Once you have saved your changes, they will appear in the task list in Opter Driver.

   Depending on the settings made by the system administrator or the dispatcher, the changes in route sequence are either transferred to the dispatch or they are only displayed in the Opter Driver.

Undo

This is how it works if the system administrator has chosen to:

See also

• Sorting shipments in Opter Driver

• Pages, tabs and menus in Opter Driver

• Synchronising the route sequence in Opter Driver and dispatch