) is not support for the list portion of this screen.This screen presents resource assignments (that is, equipment) in a Gantt chart format.
This version of the chart will present a filtered set of resource assignments applicable to the source for the request. This chart can be accessed from the perspective of a single load or trip, or for a specific carrier, domicile, domicile equipment or domicile vehicle.
Individual sequences for a carrier / domicile / equipment type / vehicle combination are presented in the list portion of the screen (that is, on the left hand side). For each domicile vehicle sequence that meets selection criteria, the chart on the right hand side of the page will be loaded with resource assignments that partially or fully overlap the applicable date horizon.
This page will only present information associated with equipment types where the equipment category is "tractor" or "tractor/trailer".
Note: For each row on the chart, user can view resource commitments for the current date horizon in a conventional list format by clicking on the Vehicle ID hyperlink for the row in the list portion of the screen.
List
The list is presented on the left hand side of the context portion of the screen. By default, the list will present domicile vehicle sequences sorted in ascending order by Domicile ID, then in ascending order by Equipment Type, then in ascending order by Vehicle ID and finally in ascending order by Vehicle Sequence Number. Search and Customize View functionalities are available via the appropriate icons above the list on the left hand side of the page. "Saved Search" functionality is available for this list from the Search for Resource Utilization page and also by using the combo box of "Saved Searches" in the Search Results header on the Chart of Resource Utilization.
There are two Customize View icons on this page. The icon in the list header on the left hand side of the page is used to control list presentation (that is, column selection, column sequencing, page control, sorting control).
There are also two sets of Previous/Next functions (Left/Right Arrows, text box and Jump button) at the bottom of the screen. The controls under the list portion of the screen control paging for domicile vehicle sequences. These behave in a manner consistent with Previous/Next/Jump functionality on other list pages in Transportation Manager.
Column sorting on the list (using ) is not support for the list portion of this screen.
Chart
The benchmark date for the chart will vary based on the source of the request. For each user, the default date horizon can be offset from the benchmark date by a fixed number of days (forward or backward), or the page can be configured to always start on the most recent occurrence of a given day of the week (for example, previous Monday if benchmark date is not a Monday, else benchmark date if benchmark date is a Monday).
"Chart Customization (All)" can also be used to control the number of days that are displayed at a time (for example, 1 day, 7 days) and the duration of each vertical time bar (for example, 1 hour, 4 hours, 12 hours).
There are two Customize View icons on this page. The icon near the top right hand corner of the screen is used to control chart presentation.
The start time for the first (and possibly only) day that is presented on the chart is always 00:00 (midnight).
There are also two sets of Previous/Next functions (Left/Right Arrows, text box and Jump button) at the bottom of the screen. The controls under the chart portion of the screen will allow you to shift the current date horizon forward or backward:
Each row represents one domicile vehicle sequence (that is, unique sequence number for a carrier / domicile / equipment type / vehicle combination).
Each Tractor Utilization for a load or trip is represented by a colored bar. The colors used have the following meanings:
Information regarding a Resource Commitment (for example, Load ID, Trip ID, Start Date/Time, End Date/Time) can be displayed by moving the mouse to hover over the bar representing this commitment.
To execute an option for a specific resource commitment, you must first select the resource commitment by clicking on the bar representing the load or trip.
The resource commitment that is currently selected (i.e. for an operation like Manage Resources) will have a solid bold line around the bar. This focus will shift if the user selects a different bar.
Once a bar has been selected, the box is displayed in bold, as per example below:
This contrasts with unselected bars which will look like this:
Multiple bars can be selected by holding down the Ctrl button and clicking several bars in succession.
Bars on the chart represent the planned duration of the resource utilization. When a load or trip's routing/rating/scheduling (RR&S) results are invalidated, dates/time associated with the resource utilization may or may not be valid. When a load or trip's actual start or end date/time is changed, it may or may not impact other loads/trips using the same resource after it. Until RR&S is re-performed for the subsequent loads/trips, the resource data for those loads/trips may or may not be valid.
Vehicle ID can represent a single physical asset or a pool of vehicles. Unique identifiers will be established for each row by concatenating Vehicle ID with a sequence number. For example, if Vehicle ID is XYZ, Vehicle IDs on the chart will be XYZ-1, XYZ-2, XYZ-3, etc.
Utilization for a domicile / equipment type / vehicle combination can be overcommitted. This could occur during optimization if the penalty cost associated with over-commitment is less than costs associated with other solutions. It could also occur when user manually elects to use a domicile based carrier for a load or trip. A separate row is can be presented on the chart representing "overflow".
Start and Return Dates/Times are presented in the time zone of the domicile where the equipment is based. When multiple domiciles are selected and they are in different time zones, a warning message is presented at the top of the page alerting users that dates times on the page are not presented in normalized time zone context.
Access a chart for a carrier, domicile, domicile equipment, or domicile vehicle
When the Chart of Resource Utilization is accessed from the perspective of a carrier, domicile, domicile equipment or domicile vehicle, the current date will be the benchmark date. Also, the default filter criteria will be set so that the chart initially presents only the applicable resource utilization data.
Access a chart for a specific load or trip (excluding Rate Shop)
When a resource entry exists for the load or trip with vehicle ID and vehicle sequence, these values along with carrier, tractor domicile and tractor equipment type will be used as the default filters.
When resource entry does not exist for the load or trip (e. g. rating currently invalid), or exists but without vehicle ID and vehicle sequence (indicating that rating results not established based on optimization), the selected load or trip's carrier, tractor domicile and tractor equipment type will be used as default filters to identify the set of domicile vehicle sequences for which resource utilization is displayed. If no domicile vehicle sequences are identified, a message will be issued indicating that the vehicle resources are not managed for the carrier. When only carrier and domicile are available from the load or trip but not tractor equipment type, all domicile vehicle sequences are displayed for each equipment type for the applicable domicile where equipment category is "tractor" or "tractor/trailer".
If a resource entry exists for the load or trip, the resource Start Date will be used as the benchmark date. Otherwise, the Scheduled Date from the load or trip will be used as the benchmark date.
If multiple loads or trips were selected when the Tractor Utilization - Chart operation was triggered, the chart is displayed separately for each load or trip.
Access a chart for a specific load or trip from Rate Shop
If multiple domicile / tractor equipment type combinations were selected from the Rate Shop page for a load or trip when the Tractor Utilization - Chart operation was triggered, the chart will present resource utilization data for all related domicile vehicle sequences at the same time (that is, without looping). The distinct carrier, tractor domiciles, tractor equipment types for the selected rows on the rate shop page will be used to identify domicile vehicle sequences.
The Chart of Resource Utilization will be in view mode when accessed via Rate Shop.
The earliest equipment Start Date amongst the rate shop selections will be established as the benchmark date for the chart. If the load or trip currently resource entry with vehicle ID and vehicle sequence that matches one of the selected rate shop rows, the applicable bar representing is displayed as the "selected" resource assignment. Otherwise, none of the bars will be "selected". Note that the bar representing the "selected" resource assignment for the load or trip will be the pre-existing image and will not reflect any scheduling changes associated with the scheduling performed during rate shop.
Note: The Resource Utilization Chart is not accessible from Rate Shop pages in Smartbench.