ElasticRoute allows you to manually sort your stops in a run to achieve your desired planning for your vehicles.
Below is an example showing the use of the manual sort feature to re-order the stops in a run.
Screenshot After Planning (Before Manual Sorting)
How To Use
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- After planning, click on the Map tab.
- Select the run that you wish to sort manually.
- A panel will appear on the right hand side.
- Click the Sort button.
- The Sort button will turn Yellow.
There are 2 ways to sort the jobs.- Click-and-Drag.
- Enter the new job sequence value in the text box besides it, and click the Tick button.
- Click-and-Drag.
- Click Confirm when done to save the manually sorted run.Screenshot Of Sorted Run
- Notes:
- The newly sorted stops will have a Sorted status besides them.
- If you wish to revert the run back to the originally planned results, there is a Restore button that you can use at the bottom of the Panel.
- If you wish to alter the Start Time of the run, refer to How To Change The Start Time Of Your Run After Planning
- If the resorted run were to contain a violation of the initial planned constraints, an icon will appear. For example:
- After planning, click on the Map tab.
Violation | Description |
Max Time | The total time for performing the run has exceeded the Max. Run Time defined in Settings > General. Refer to How To Customize Your Runs. |
Max Stops | The total stops for the run has exceeded the Max. Stops defined in Settings > General. Refer to How To Customize Your Runs. |
Max Distance | The total distance for the run has exceeded the Max. Distance defined in Settings > General. Refer to How To Customize Your Runs. |
Weight Capacity | The total weight load for the run has exceeded the Weight Capacity defined in Settings > Vehicles. Refer to How To Set Vehicle Capacity. |
Volume Capacity | The total volume load for the run has exceeded the Volume Capacity defined under in Settings > Vehicles. Refer to How To Set Vehicle Capacity. |
Seating Capacity | The total seating load for the run has exceeded the Seating Capacity defined in Settings > Vehicles. Refer to How To Set Vehicle Capacity. |
Vehicle Available Till | The time taken to complete the run has exceeded the working hours defined in Settings > Vehicles. Refer to How To Set Driver Working Hours. |
Time Window | The time taken to complete the run has exceeded the Time Window defined in Settings > Time Windows. Refer to How To Set Time Windows. |
Note:
If you were to click on the Stops tab, the manually sorted stops would be in yellow; and the stops that were out of the defined constraints for your runs would be in red, with the error displayed under the Violations column.