In some rate tables, a row and column may intersect at a cell for which no rate applies. For example, suppose you are setting up an origin state to destination state rate schedule. Because Ohio is the origin state for some rates and the destination state for other rates, Ohio must be both a row entry and a column entry in the rate table.

However, the rate schedule does not provide a rate for loads that begin and end in Ohio. Because the system does not accept a null (blank) value in a cell, you must enter 0.0000 in the Ohio-to-Ohio cell.

When setting up a rate table, you can select the Ignore zero rates check box to specify that 0.0000 entries are just placeholders and not valid rates. Any zero-dollar rates that exist in the rate table will not be applied.