This feature allows a dispatcher to update the operator and vehicle assignment in Daily Dispatching and have those updates pushed to the Pullout Grid/Pullout Tab in Dispatch.
Here is some configuration and testing information that can be useful for support and engineers.
- Customer needs to first set up the following components in their system: Drivers, Pay codes, Routes, Stops, etc.
- On the AD Dispatch, the Operations department needs to be identified. The Department field on the Personnel page for the employee/driver should match the Operations department on the AD Dispatch.
- On the Personnel page, the Operator ID on the Position Settings tab must be populated.
- Misc Code (AD) (FNAD_EditMiscCodesForm)
- Module = AD
- Select Type 'MyAvail'
- Add information to the following Codes and Values
- InterfaceActive - True
- Password - Value from dbo.Config_Global ID 6001
- Url -'https://lextran-test-dispatch.availdevtest.cloud/OpenSilverMyAvailServer/notifications' (this will be different for each Customer that uses it. The important parts are that 'https' and 'dispatch' are included in the URL)
- UserName - Value from dbo.Config_Global ID 6002
When this data is set up the "CAD/AVL Interface Is Activated" message will appear in Red on the Dispatching form.
- Database
- dbo.config_global
- ID 6001 - no need to change
- ID 6002 - no need to change
- dbo.config_global
- Build Tomorrows Board (FNAD_BuildTomorrowsBoardForm)
- Select Signup
- Select Division
- Select Date (probably tomorrow's date and need to double click it)
- Click Run
- Select Ok
- CAD/AVL Transfer Board (FNAD_CadAvlTransferBoardForm)
- Select the following items
- Date
- Add Assignment (to assign all operators on “daily board” to runs)
- Cancel Assignment (to remove all operators on “daily board” from runs)
- Click on Start button
- Click on Log Button to see status or errors
- Select the following items
- Dispatching (FNAD_DispatchingForm)
- Select the following items
- Signup
- Division
- Existing Dates
- Run Assignment Date (double click)
- CAD/AVL Update Date (double click)
- Click on Modify Run
- Change items as needed and click elsewhere so that the changes are saved
- Click on CAD/AVL Log button to confirm a change has been successful.
- Select the following items
- Launch Dispatch
- View Pullout
- As things are changed on Dispatching, Operator and Vehicle changes should be seen
For Testing
- Operations > Automated Dispatch > CAD/AVL Transfer Board
- After building tomorrow’s board, select the Date and check box for Add Assignment and click on Start button.
- Pullout grid should be updated to match AD “modify runs” operator assignments.
- Pullout grid should be updated to match AD “modify runs” operator assignments.
- After building tomorrow’s board, select the Date and check box for Add Assignment and click on Start button.
- Operations > Automated Dispatch > Dispatching > "modify runs" should match the list of runs generated on Operations > Dispatching > Pullout Tab.
- Note: Special pay runs such as Sick, Training or Vacation will only be in AD Dispatching
- The scheduled Driver on both the Dispatching form and Pullout Grid should only match if the rostering has been filled out in both systems
- Pullout Grid is populated from Dispatch > Operator Assignment Tab
- AD Dispatching is populated from Operator Timekeeping > Rostering
- The integration is single direction, changes made in AD should update Pullout Grid, updates made in Pullout Grid have no effect on AD.
- Note: Customers using AD should use the Pullout grid for viewing and check in only.
- Changing the Actual driver in AD Dispatching should result in the Operator field of Pullout to update.
- Changing the Vehicle number in AD Dispatching should result in the Vehicle field of Pullout to update.