Scheduled orders

What is referred to as a scheduled order in Opter is sometimes also called a firm order. A scheduled order is a recurring order, which is created regularly in the system.

In order to generate scheduled orders, you first create a schedule template. The schedule template is actually an normal order with an order number. It can be opened in order reception, but is not displayed in dispatch or in the statistics.

When you generate scheduled orders, Opter creates a copy of the schedule template and it is that schedule copy that appears in the traffic management. When the term scheduled order is used, it often refers to a scheduled copy. The scheduled copies can be generated either manually, or automatically in accordance with a predefined schedule.

Creating a schedule template

See Creating schedule templates.

Generating scheduled orders

Scheduled orders can be generated in two ways, manually or automatically. You can also copy a schedule template in order reception as any order.

Manual

Click on Order > Generate scheduled orders. Check that the correct orders are selected and then click on Generate <x> orders. The orders are created, assigned an order number and can be opened in order reception.

Automatic

Choose whether to generate the scheduled copies automatically in the schedule settings of the schedule template. For more information, see Creating schedule templates.

Copy a schedule template in order reception

View existing schedule templates

To view schedule templates, regardless of whether or not scheduled copies for them are generated manually or automatically, click on Order > Generate scheduled orders. The list shows all the schedule templates you have. The colour of the schedule template indicates whether a schedule copy for it has been generated, will be generated or will not be generated during the day.

(green): a scheduled copy has been generated today.
(yellow and highlighted): to be generated today but has not yet been generated.
(red): no scheduled copies are to be generated today.

Double-click on a schedule template to open it in order reception. The template can be edited there. You can also change how the schedule copies are generated by clicking on Schedule under Settings.

Searching for scheduled copies and schedule templates in order reception

Select one of the following options almost at the bottom of the drop-down list in the search section on the left:

Scheduled deliveries (customer code): enter the customer code and click on Search to display all the schedule templates for a specific customer.
Scheduled deliveries (all): click on Search to display all the schedule templates available in the system.
Scheduled copies: enter an order number on a scheduled copy or schedule template and click Search. The schedule template () and all scheduled copies () that have been based on that template are displayed. If you search with an order number that is not a schedule template or scheduled copy, you will not get any hits.

If you open a scheduled copy, information about the schedule template on which it is based is displayed in the Settings section.

The search results with all the order information can be exported to Excel by selecting one of the export options () in the toolbar, Export orders or Export orders and shipments (sub rows).