Routes (window)

w Order > Routes

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In this window, you set up the routes, which together with the terminals make up your line network. For example, if you have a Stockholm-Malmö route with terminals in Jönköping and Helsingborg, orders between Jönköping-Malmö and Helsingborg-Malmö will also be able to be automatically distributed on that route. For more information, see Routes and auto dispatch and Creating and setting up routes.

If you have many routes, it may be easier to export them to Excel, and work with them there instead of in Opter, and then import them back into Opter. For more information, see Exporting and importing routes to/from Excel.

General

Function	Description
Name	Give the route a name. Proposal: 'Linjerutt Oslo - Trondheim' (if it is a regular service between Oslo and Trondheim). "Distribution Oslo", "Stockholm 12* - 11*" or "Pick-up Helsinki" (if it is a distribution route).
Type	Select whether the route is for regular services or distribution: Line haul: The route runs between two or more terminals. Distribution: The route has a pick-up area and/or a drop-off area. In between, there may be one or more terminals. For routes of type Distribution you can choose to allow direct transport. For more information, see Creating and setting up routes and Defining how Opter prioritises routes.
Date	Indicate the date from which the route may be used.
Points for money sharing	Indicate how many points the route gives, for example "1" or "3". For more information, see Split the revenue between the shipments on an order.
Maximum number of stops on same day	The maximum number of missions that can be added to the route on a single day. This is to avoid overloading a route if, for example, many orders are scanned at a terminal at the same time and are to be dispatched the next day. If the maximum number is reached, the route can no longer be selected on the customer website or Track & Trace when creating an order, and a warning message will be displayed in the order reception when you save the order. The assignments are instead matched with the next departure on the route, or other routes. Routes set via EDI do not take into account the maximum number of assignments.
Region	If you make a region pre-selected on a route, the mission is automatically assigned to the region when the route is selected. This allows you to filter by region in dispatch. It also allows you to control the account and economic unit for the shipment’s share of income and costs based on the region.
Description	Free text field for internal notes. The description is not displayed anywhere else but here.
Sequence code	Used for machine sorting of packages at terminals.
Only allow assigned resource to departure scan shipments	: Only the resource to which the mission is allocated is authorised to exit the mission. : Departure scanning is allowed even if the mission is not allocated to the resource. The resource as departure scanner thus takes over the assignment from the resource to which the assignment was allocated.
Pickup Delivery Direct transport Line haul	If so desired, the system can be configured to ensure that a certain vehicle and/or a certain driver are assigned shipments connected to a route. It is also possible to set up the assignment of a specific subcontractor to a route. For more information, see Linking vehicles or drivers to routes.
Status for new shipments	For routes of type Distribution: You can set the status you want new assignments to have at Pickup, Delivery and Direct transport under Status for new shipments, for example Assigned or Confirmed. For routes of type Line haul: You can set the status you want new assignments to have at Line haul under Status for new shipments, for example Assigned or Confirmed.
Exceptions (Button)	You can make exceptions to the status rules you have set in the drop-down list(s) Status for new shipments above. For example, if the first terminal of the route is "Terminal Tallinn", you can choose the status of the new assignments at Pickup, Delivery and/or Line haul. Add a new row for each exception you want to make. If you want to delete a row, select the row by clicking on the far left of the row and press the Delete key. When you have finished, close the window and click on in the Routes window to save your changes.
Schedule (Button)	Click on Schedule and select the days on which the route operates. For more information, see Schedule, routes (window). Under the button Schedule you can see if the route is running Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Instance (i.e. on a certain day of the month).
Scheduled route	The checkbox is no longer used and will be removed. (In Opter, all routes are scheduled.)
Connections to route groups	Here you can use the checkboxes to select which route group(s) the route should be included in. You create route groups in the Route Groups window. (Click on Order > Route Groups).
Show inactive	: Also show inactive route groups. : Show only active route groups. You can set which route groups are active and inactive in the Route Groups window. (Click on Order > Route Groups).

Line haul (scheduled routes only)

The Line haul tab will appear if you have selected Type Line haul on the General tab (see above).

From terminals

Create the rows you need for the route stops for transhipments at terminals. For more information, see Creating and setting up routes.

Function	Description
Terminal	(missing or bad snippet)
Deadline	(missing or bad snippet) Examples can be found in Creating and setting up routes. In the case of auto dispatch, the order deadline is calculated on the basis of the terminal’s transhipment time, the route’s schedule, and the terminal’s opening hours or off-time opening hours. Make sure the opening hours of the terminals have been entered under Register > Terminals > Opening hours. For more information about opening hours, see Terminals (window).
Time - Earliest	Enter the earliest time for the orders to leave the terminal.
Time - Latest	Enter the time when the orders should leave the terminal at the latest.

To terminals

Create the rows you need for the route stops for transhipments at terminals. For more information, see Creating and setting up routes.

Function	Description
Terminal	(missing or bad snippet)
Time - Earliest	Enter the time when the orders must arrive at the terminal at the earliest.
Time - Latest	Enter the time by which the orders must arrive at the terminal.
Plus days	Enter any plus days to adjust the date (e.g. if you arrive the day after you loaded). For more information, see Arrival times, departure times and plus days.

Pickup (distribution routes only)

The Pickup tab will appear if you have selected Type Distribution on the General tab (see above).

From postcodes

Create the rows you need for the route pick-up area. The pick-up area can be, for example, a country, or a postcode area, or a particular street in a postcode area. For example, you can only enter one country. For more information and examples, see Creating and setting up routes.

Function	Description
Country	Indicate the country of the pick-up area of the route.
Postcode	Enter postcode area if you wish. See Creating and setting up routes for examples on how to enter postcode areas and information on how Opter will prioritise if there are multiple rows of postcode areas and/or times.
City	Enter the postcode if you wish, e.g. Ljungby or Hundested.
Street	Enter the street name if you wish. See Creating and setting up routes for examples on how to enter postcode areas in combination with street names, and information on how Opter will prioritise if there are multiple rows of postcode areas, street names and/or times.
Street no.	The column is available in Opter as of 2025.06.00. Enter the street number if you want, for example "2" or a range "1-37". (It is not possible to use "*" in this column.) If you enter a street number, we recommend that you also enter the street name, and preferably also the country, postcode and/or town. Providing street numbers can be useful if you have large volumes of goods to/from the same street.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday	The columns are available in Opter as of 2024.12.16. In the columns Monday to Sunday inclusive, tick the checkbox for the day(s) that the pick-up area in the row will be served. If the column for a day is grey, it means that the route is not operated on that day of the week according to the schedule on the General tab. So it does not matter whether the checkbox here is selected or not, if the column is grey. For examples and pictures, see Creating and setting up routes. If you have many rows with different postcode areas, and you want to easily see which postcode areas are served on, for example, Wednesdays, you can sort the column Wednesday by clicking twice at the top of the column. For more information, see Creating and setting up routes.
Time - Earliest	Enter the time of the earliest collection time. For more information, see Arrival times, departure times and plus days.
Time - Latest	Enter the time of the last collection time. For more information, see Arrival times, departure times and plus days.

To terminals

Create the rows you need for the route stops for transhipments at terminals. For more information, see Creating and setting up routes.

Function	Description
Terminal	(missing or bad snippet)
Time - Earliest	Enter the time when the orders must arrive at the terminal at the earliest.
Time - Latest	Enter the time by which the orders must arrive at the terminal.
Plus days	Enter any plus days to adjust the date (e.g. if you arrive the day after you loaded). True for the terminal case? //NL For more information, see Arrival times, departure times and plus days.

Delivery (distribution routes only)

The Delivery tab will appear if you have selected Type Distribution on the General tab (see above).

From terminals

Create the rows you need for the route stops for transhipments at terminals. For more information, see Creating and setting up routes.

Function	Description
Terminal	(missing or bad snippet)
Deadline	(missing or bad snippet) Examples can be found in Creating and setting up routes. In the case of auto dispatch, the order deadline is calculated on the basis of the terminal’s transhipment time, the route’s schedule, and the terminal’s opening hours or off-time opening hours. Make sure the opening hours of the terminals have been entered under Register > Terminals > Opening hours. For more information about opening hours, see Terminals (window).
Time - Earliest	Enter the earliest time for the orders to leave the terminal.
Time - Latest	Enter the time when the orders should leave the terminal at the latest.

To postcodes

Create the rows you need for the delivery area of the route. The delivery area can be, for example, a country, or a postcode area, or a particular street in a postcode area. For example, you can only enter one country. For more information and examples, see Creating and setting up routes.

Function	Description
Country	Indicate the country in which the delivery area of the route is located.
Postcode	Enter postcode area if you wish. See Creating and setting up routes for examples on how to enter postcode areas and information on how Opter will prioritise if there are multiple rows of postcode areas and/or times.
City	Enter the postcode if you wish, e.g. Ljungby or Hundested.
Street	Enter the street name if you wish. See Creating and setting up routes for examples on how to enter postcode areas in combination with street names, and information on how Opter will prioritise if there are multiple rows of postcode areas, street names and/or times.
Street no.	The column is available in Opter as of 2025.06.00. Enter the street number if you want, for example "2" or a range "1-37". (It is not possible to use "*" in this column.) If you enter a street number, we recommend that you also enter the street name, and preferably also the country, postcode and/or town. Providing street numbers can be useful if you have large volumes of goods to/from the same street.
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday	The columns are available in Opter as of 2024.12.16. In the columns Monday to Sunday inclusive, tick the checkbox for the day(s) on which the delivery area in the row is to be served. If the column for a day is grey, it means that the route is not operated on that day of the week according to the schedule on the General tab. So it does not matter whether the checkbox here is selected or not, if the column is grey. For examples and pictures, see Creating and setting up routes. If you have many rows with different postcode areas, and you want to easily see which postcode areas are served on, for example, Wednesdays, you can sort the column Wednesday by clicking twice at the top of the column. For more information, see Creating and setting up routes.
Time - Earliest	Indicate the earliest time by which the orders must be delivered. For more information, see Arrival times, departure times and plus days.
Time - Latest	Indicate the time by which the orders must be delivered. For more information, see Arrival times, departure times and plus days.
Plus days	Enter any plus days to adjust the date (e.g. if you arrive the day after you loaded). For more information, see Arrival times, departure times and plus days.

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