Copying profile notes to orders

When you make changes to a note for a company, commodity, driver, tractor, trailer, or carrier associated with an order, you are updating that entity’s profile, not the order. Changes made to movement notes apply to all stops on a trip, not just billable stops for an order.

You can set up TMW Operations to allow notes to be copied from a company, commodity, or resource to an order in Order Maintenance and the Trip Folder. When these notes are attached to an order, any changes that you make to the notes appear only for the order. They do not affect the company, commodity, or resource profiles. This is helpful if you want to customize a note for a specific order, but do not want to change the note for the profile.

Setting up the system to copy profile notes to orders

Use the [Order]EnableCopyNotesToOrder setting in your TTS50 to allow copying of master file notes to orders in Order Maintenance and the Trip Folder. This setting determines whether the Copy to Order link is displayed on the Notes tab and Notes window.

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Copying profile notes in Order Maintenance and the Trip Folder

If you want, you can copy a company, commodity, driver, tractor, trailer, carrier, or movement note on an order and customize it for that order. The original note in the profile or movement will not be changed.

To create a customized note, follow these steps:

  1. Look up the trip in Order Maintenance or Trip Folder.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • In Order Maintenance, click image2 Notes or the Notes tab.

    • On the Trip Folder, click the Notes tab.

  3. Click the Notes tab.

  4. Select the profile note that you want to copy.

  5. Click Copy to Order.
    A copy of the note is added at the bottom of the notes list.

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  6. Review the information for the note and make any necessary changes.

    Field Definition

    Text

    Text of the original note

    If necessary, modify the note text.

    Note: Trimble recommends that you enter the profile ID at the beginning of the note, as illustrated above. If the notes list is long, this will help you to identify the source of the note.

    Type

    Defaults to the note type listed for the original note

    Select the note’s primary subject matter.

    Note: Options are created in the NoteRe label in the Edit User Definable Fields window.

    Alert/Note

    Status of the original note

    If the note contains critical information, select Alert.

    Expires

    Expiration date for the original note

    If you want, select a different date.

    Table

    Database table where the record is saved

    Note: The manpowerprofile table contains driver records.

    TableKey

    In the original note, the field displays the profile ID

    In the copy, the field displays the order number because the note will be attached to the order header

    TableCopiedFrom

    In the original note, this field is blank

    In the copied note, the table to which the original note was attached is shown

    LastUpdatedBy

    ID of the person who copied the note

    LastUpdated

    Date and time the note was copied

  7. Save the note.