Directory of other setup options

Fuel Dispatch offers many setup options that allow you to configure the system to best meet your company’s needs. For some features, the setup is best explained in combination with information on how end users use them. This table lists those features and provides links to the topics that describe them.

Feature	Description
Layout security for windows, grids, and menus	Designing and modifying layouts for windows, data grids, and menus Assigning layouts to users Using layouts to add security and control user actions
Scroll windows	Enabling users' ability to use the scroll windows to edit and export data General setup for scroll windows
Options for logging in and out	Using the global logon feature Logging off without a confirmation message Setup options for logon and logoff
Dispatch View Setup	Setting up views, which control database column retrieval and restrictions for the grids in the Planning Worksheet and Card Planner Creating and managing views
Relationships setup	In Fuel Dispatch, relationships are links between companies that affect the order entry process in Call On Demand Order Entry. Establishing company or PIN code relationships Setting the company relationship enforcement level Managing company relationships Managing PIN code relationships Temporarily overriding relationship enforcement levels
Driver schedules for shift-based dispatch	Setting up and assigning schedules for drivers' shifts Note: Schedules apply only if you use the Trip Planner to do shift-based dispatch. Introduction to scheduling drivers Creating and maintaining schedule templates Generating and managing driver schedules
Load requirements	Setting up the feature that allows you to specify the accessories, characteristics, or qualifications that resources must have to haul specific loads Setting up the system to use load requirements Recording default load requirements
Expirations	Setting up the feature that allows you to record important activities and out-of-service dates for such things as driver vacations and equipment maintenance Setting up the system to use expirations
Trailer Autoloading	The Fuel Dispatch Trailer Autoloading feature helps dispatchers load trailers to maximum capacities, thereby increasing trailer revenue while helping avoid fines related to overweight loads and axle overloading. Trailer Autoloading

Feature

Description

Layout security for windows, grids, and menus

Designing and modifying layouts for windows, data grids, and menus
Assigning layouts to users

Using layouts to add security and control user actions

Scroll windows

Enabling users' ability to use the scroll windows to edit and export data

General setup for scroll windows

Options for logging in and out

Using the global logon feature
Logging off without a confirmation message

Setup options for logon and logoff

Dispatch View Setup

Setting up views, which control database column retrieval and restrictions for the grids in the Planning Worksheet and Card Planner

Creating and managing views

Relationships setup

In Fuel Dispatch, relationships are links between companies that affect the order entry process in Call On Demand Order Entry.

Driver schedules for shift-based dispatch

Setting up and assigning schedules for drivers' shifts

Note: Schedules apply only if you use the Trip Planner to do shift-based dispatch.

Load requirements

Setting up the feature that allows you to specify the accessories, characteristics, or qualifications that resources must have to haul specific loads

Expirations

Setting up the feature that allows you to record important activities and out-of-service dates for such things as driver vacations and equipment maintenance

Setting up the system to use expirations

Trailer Autoloading

The Fuel Dispatch Trailer Autoloading feature helps dispatchers load trailers to maximum capacities, thereby increasing trailer revenue while helping avoid fines related to overweight loads and axle overloading.

Trailer Autoloading