The Map lies at the center and the bottom part of the Planning screen. You can use the Map in your scheduling process.
The following objects can be displayed on the map:
Depots are displayed on the map by default.
Orders. All Orders are repeated on the Map. To see the unplanned order on the map, click the order card on the Unplanned order list on the right pane of the screen. The order's drop off point is displayed on the map. To display all the unplanned orders on the map click the
(Unplanned orders) button in the map actions menu (to open the menu, click
on the map). The drop off point of each unplanned order is displayed. The order label at each point displays the end time of the drop off window for that order. The selected order is marked with white label. If you click the order label on the map, its card is highlighted in blue onth Unplanned Order list:
As we have two types of orders - delivery and collection orders - they are displayed on the map by two different markers:
Delivery order markers
Collection order markers
In some cases the system may consider that the dispatcher has multiple orders to be delivered to different customers allocated in the same location. The dispatcher expects MaxOptra to consolidate these orders on the map in one point. Thus, multiple orders allocated to the same location, will be displayed on the map as a circle with the number of orders allocated to this “cluster”
You can expand or collapse a cluster to check the orders allocated to that cluster with a click of a mouse. If the cluster orders have any special vehicle requirements the cluster will be surrounded by red line color to notify the dispatcher of special requirement is attached to that particular order.
When you plan orders, it is possible to select several cluster orders at the same time and assign them to one vehicle by holding CTRL key and selecting the clusters with a mouse.
Hover a cursor over an order marker on the map to see the order information in the pop-up window
The Route scheduled for a particular vehicle. Using the Map you can monitor all orders and all routes. Each route has its own colour. To display the route on the map click the route displayed on the vehicle timeline bar. So, if you click labels on the map, the relevant route will be highlighted on the vehicle timeline bar. See an example below:
Note: The Route can be displayed on the map in two different modes:
The route drawn along the roads (using geo routing)
The route drawn as a schema
a) The route drawn as a schema means straight lines connecting the adjacent route points, without taking the roads into account. This mode is used by default.
b) The route drawn using geo routing means the route drawn along the roads. This mode is activated by clicking the
(Geo routing) button in the map actions menu.
The Vehicles. When the order details are sent to the driver and he starts off for the order, you can view the vehicle moving along the roads on the map.
