Menu and toolbar options

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This topic describes options and functions that are specific to Multi Mode Dispatch.

Common shortcut menu options

These shortcut menu options appear across Multi Mode Dispatch.

Data in Multi Mode Dispatch usually appears in grids. See Grid controls for more information about standard TruckMate grid features, such as how to sort grids.

Menu option Description

Attach/Open Related Files

Opens a file attached to this trip or attaches a file to this trip.

Freight Board Interface

Has several options, depending on if it is accessed from a trip grid or a freight bill grid.

Trip grid:

  • Post Truck

  • Cancel Truck

Freight bill grid:

  • Post Load

  • Cancel Load

Call Command Center

Opens the Command Center application.

This option only appears if it has been set up in Codes Maintenance.

image125 Copy Copy

Copies the details of the selected entry.

image126 Save Save Grid Contents to File

Saves the text contents of the grid in one of two formats:

  • A text file (.TXT) viewable in a text editor like Notepad.

  • A comma-delimited file (.CSV) viewable with spreadsheet applications like Excel.

image125 Copy Copy Grid Contents to Clipboard

Copies the grid contents so they can be pasted into a spreadsheet program such as Excel.

image127 FindText Find/Locate Text

Searches for text in the grid.

image128 ShowSQL Show Grid’s SQL

Displays the SQL query used to populate the grid.

image129 Navigate Navigate

Moves between records on the grid:

  • first icon First

  • prior icon Prior

  • next icon Next

  • last icon Last

image130 Layout Layout

Provides access to Grid Customizer features. Use these to:

  • Change column header labels.

  • Remove columns from the grid.

  • Make changes to the column order.

See Creating custom grid profiles for details.

Pickups menu

Menu option Definition

create new pickup icon Create New Pickup

Opens the Short Form Pickup Entry window.

image5 Clear Pickup Summary Selection

Clears any selected records from the Freight > Pickups tab.

refresh icon Refresh

Refreshes the Freight > Pickups tab to reflect any changes.

filter icon Filter

Opens the Freight Bills Filters window.

In this window you can create custom filters for the Pickups and Cross Dock grids in the Freight tab.

clear filter icon Clear Filter

Clears any custom filters applied to the Freight > Pickups grid.

image11 Map Pickups

Opens Trimble Map View with all your scheduled pickup locations highlighted.

printer icon Print Pickup Route Summary

Opens the Report Selection window where you can select and print the Pickup Route Summary report. (cityd_pu_route_summary.rpt)

For more details on report functionality in TruckMate, see the Crystal Reports Reference

Deliveries menu

Menu option Definition

image5 Clear Delivery Summary Section

Clears all information from the delivery summary section.

refresh icon Refresh

Refreshes the Deliveries tab to reflect any changes.

filter icon Filter

Opens the Freight Bills Filters window.

clear filter icon Clear Filter

Clears any custom filters applied to the Deliveries grid.

The Map Deliveries icon. Map Deliveries

Opens Trimble Map View with all your scheduled delivery locations highlighted.

printer icon Print Delivery Route Summary

Opens the standard Report Selection window where you can select and print the Delivery Route Summary report. (cityd_del_route_summary.rpt)

Trip menu

Menu option Definition

Optimize Trip

Opens the Load Optimizer.

Load Offer

Sends a Load Offer macro to the driver to review or accept. You can also send other macros or a free form message.

The Load Offer macro is configured in Communication Macro Setup and displayed on the Load Offer window.

The message goes through Mobile Dispatch to the mobile device installed on the power unit assigned to the trip.

If a power unit has more than one mobile device, you are prompted to choose which one to send the load offer. If there is more than one load offer macro, you are prompted to choose which macro to send.

filter icon Filter

Opens the Filter Trips window, which allows you to create field-specific or SQL-based custom filters for the trip grid.

A default filter can be set for each of the Active Trips Section grids in Security Setup > Security > Business Events > Filters.

clear filter icon Clear Filter

Clears any custom filters applied to the trip grid.

Match Driver

Assigns a driver to the selected trip.

Opens the Select Driver ID window with every driver’s ID code, location, and status.

A window with a list of drivers and their information.

Driver IDs are maintained in Driver Profiles.

Match Power

Assigns a power unit to the selected trip.

Opens the Select Power Unit with every power unit’s ID code, location, and status.

Power unit codes are maintained in Power Unit Profiles.

Match Trailer

Assigns a trailer to the selected trip.

Opens the Select Trailer window with every trailer’s ID, location, and status.

Trailer codes are maintained in Trailer Profiles.

Match Chassis

Assigns a chassis to the selected trip.

Opens the Select Chassis window with every chassis’s ID, location, and status.

Chassis codes are maintained in Trailer Profiles.

Match Container

Assigns a container to the selected trip.

Opens the Select Container window with every container’s ID, location, and status.

Container codes are maintained in Container Profiles.

Match Freight Bill

Assigns a freight bill to the selected trip.

Opens the Quick match Freight Bill window. Select the Bill Number field and enter the freight bill’s number to assign it to the trip.

The Map Trips icon. Map Trips

Opens Trimble Map View with geographic details for all selected trips.

Copy Trip

Opens the Copy Trip window where you can make copies of a selected trip.

In this window you can:

  • Choose how many copies to make.

  • Change the Start Zone or End Zone.

  • Choose which parts of the freight bills to copy.

A window that shows the selected trip and options for which parts of its freight bill to copy.

Window menu

Select Window to access related TruckMate programs:

  • Customer Service

  • Driver Call-In

  • Terminal Maintenance

  • Trip Tracer

Tools menu

Menu option Definition

Reload Application Settings

Reloads these settings:

  • Configuration Options
    Reloads your current Application Configurator settings for Multi Mode Dispatch.

    Only config options that relate to application logic will be updated. Configuration options related to default selections (such as flags being checked or unchecked) will not update. These configs are only checked when you load the application.

  • Security Settings
    To improve performance during lookups, TruckMate caches security data. This function flushes the security cache.

  • Screen Design

  • DBGrid Setting
    When TruckMate starts, it creates a global cache for storing database grid settings. The cache is populated when a grid is accessed for the first time. Each time the grid is accessed afterward, the settings are read from the cache instead of the database.

    This function clears the cache.

  • Quick Filters
    One of the types of Quick Filters are "dynamic checklist Quick Filters". These filters generate a list using an SQL query. This means that, as records are changed or updated in TruckMate, the list can change while you are using the filter.

    This function refreshes all the currently applied Quick Filters. This reloads the lists for all dynamic filters, and any settings that were checked remain checked.

terminal select icon Terminal Select

Changes the terminal whose data you are viewing.

A window with a dropdown list of terminals.

driver pay icon Driver Pay Information

Opens the Driver Pay Information window.

This window has driver dispatch information such as trip numbers, bill numbers, and power units.

image17 Generate Trips from Schedule

Opens the Generate Trips from Schedule window.

trip schedules icon Edit Trip Schedules

Opens the Trip Schedules window.

booking numbers icon Booking Numbers

Opens the Booking Numbers window.

image24 Match Bills to Scheduled Trips

Matches all freight bills created from LTL quotes to scheduled trips. A warning window will appear requesting confirmation.

image109 LTL Daily Quotes

Opens the Daily LTL Quotes for terminal window.

16 Show Reefer Alarms

Opens the Reefer Alarms window.

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Select Show Map to find the trailer with an alarm.

Select View Reefer Events in the shortcut menu to open the Reefer Events for Trailer window with all the event’s details.

image110 Schedule View

Opens the Schedule View window.

Trimble Map View

Opens Trimble Map View.

image112 Export to Direct Route

Exports current pickups and deliveries to Appian Direct Route.

An XML file is generated that can then be imported in Appian Direct Route. Once done, Direct Route returns the result in XML format to a TruckMate web service. TruckMate then translates the XML file by assigning freight bills to trips and legs as optimized by Direct Route.

Interactive Mileage

Opens the Interactive Mileage Lookup window.

Toolbar

toolbar

These are the only toolbar options that are not already described in the menu options.

Menu option Definition

image115 Reset Screen to Default

Resets the window layout to a default state.

image116 Trimble Dispatch Advisor

Opens Trimble Dispatch Advisor.