Dock Commitment Gantt Chart (Carrier)

This page presents the commitments for all docks defined for a specific shipping location and dates in a Gantt chart format.

Standard list filtering establishes the docks that are displayed for the applicable shipping location. Individual docks for a location are displayed in the list portion of the screen. When docks are selected, the chart on the page is loaded with dock commitments that partially or fully overlap the applicable date horizon for each dock.

You can change the date horizon by specifying a new date in the Jump field or by using the Next/Previous buttons below the dock schedule portion (rightmost set of controls) of the page.

List

The list is displayed in the left side of the context portion of the screen. By default, the list is in ascending order by Dock ID. Search and Customize View functionalities are available via the icons above the list on the left hand side of the page. Saved Search functionality is available for this list from the Search for Docks for Gantt Chart page and also by using the Saved Searches option in the Search Results header on the Dock Commitment Gantt Chart screen.

Two Customize View icons are displayed on this page. The icon in the list header on the left hand side of the page controls list presentation (column selection, column sequencing, page control, and sorting control) for the list of docks displayed on the left side of the screen.

There are also two sets of Previous/Next functions at the bottom of the screen. The controls under the list portion of the screen control paging for docks. These behave in a manner consistent with Previous/Next functionality on other list pages in Transportation Manager.

Column sorting is not supported for the list portion of this screen.

Chart

The benchmark date varies based on the source:

• If the chart is accessed for a specific shipping location from the List of Locations with Docks (Carrier), the benchmark date is the current date.
• If the chart is accessed for an existing dock commitment from the List of Dock Commitments (Carrier), the benchmark date is the date portion of the Start Date/Time for the selected dock commitment.
• If the chart is accessed for a specific load/stop from a list of stops:
  • If there is already a dock commitment for the load/stop, the benchmark date is the date portion of the Start Date/Time for the dock commitment.
  • If a dock commitment does not yet exist for the load/stop, the benchmark date is the Last Computed Scheduled Arrival Date/Time for the load/stop, if one exists.
  • Otherwise, the benchmark date is the current date.

For each user, the benchmark date can be offset 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 specific day of the week (for example, a previous Monday if benchmark date is not a Monday, else benchmark date if benchmark date is a Monday). See Chart Customization (All) for information on these controls.

Chart Customization can also be used to control the number of days that are displayed at a time, the duration of each vertical time bar (for example, 1, 4, or 12 hours), and the contents of the hover text that appears briefly when the cursor is positioned on a bar on the Gantt chart.

Two Customize View icons exist on this page. The icon in the upper-right corner of the screen controls chart presentation.

The start time for the first (and possibly only) day that is presented on the chart is always 00:00 (midnight).

Two sets of Previous/Next functions are displayed at the bottom of the screen. The controls under the chart (rightmost set of controls) allow you to shift the current date horizon forward or backward:

• The Previous button shifts the current date horizon back by the number of days currently displayed on the page. If the screen displays seven days starting with Monday April 13th and ending with Sunday April 19th, the Previous button adjusts the date horizon to display dock commitments week starting on Monday April 6th and ending Sunday April 12th.
• The Next button shifts the current date horizon forward by the number of days displayed on the page. For example, if the screen displays seven days starting with Monday April 13th and ending with Sunday April 19th, the Next button adjusts the date horizon to display dock commitments for the week starting on Monday April 20th and ending Sunday April 26th.
• The Jump field allows you to specify the start date of the horizon. This date must use the date format associated with the user. As always, the start time is 00:00 (midnight). The Date Picker can be used to identify the appropriate date.

Each row represents one dock.

Each commitment for the dock is represented by a colored bar:

• Green Bar: No problems with the dock commitment.
• Yellow Bar: Scheduling results are not currently valid for the applicable load or trip, suggesting that a potential problem exists. Applicable only for dock commitments that are associated with a load/stop. Also applicable only for load or trips where scheduling is active.
• Red Bar: A violation exists for the dock commitment. Most likely problem is that Start and End Date/Time range for the dock commitment overlaps with the date/time range for at least one other commitment for the same dock.
• Gray Bar: This bar is displayed when any one of the following is satisfied:
  • Dock commitment is assigned to another division, logistics group, carrier, or does not satisfy applied Highlight Dock Commitments criteria.
  • Dock commitment is of Pre-Loading or Post-Discharge activity types.
  • Chart is accessed by a carrier user.

  Note: Limited information is available for these dock commitments. Operations are not supported.

• A thin Red Line indicates when the dock is closed. Dock commitments can be manually adjusted by authorized users to refer to an interval when the dock is closed.
• A thin Dark Yellow Line indicates that the dock has no additional location throughput group capacity.
• When the chart is accessed from the context of a specific load/stop or dock commitment, the bar representing that dock commitment will be flashing.
• If the dock commitment is unassociated, a red triangle will appear in the upper right corner of the bar.
• If the dock commitment has Display the related dock commitments (Employee) for the same stop, a green triangle will be displayed in the upper right corner of the bar.
• The dock commitment that is currently selected (i.e. for an operation like Properties) will have a solid bold line around the bar. This focus will shift if the user selects a different bar.

Information regarding a dock commitment (for example, Load ID, Start Date/Time, End Date/Time) can be displayed by hovering the mouse over the bar representing this commitment. For some values, a corresponding row will appear in the hover text only when the value indicates that an exception scenario exists.

To execute an operation for a specific dock commitment, you must first click the bar representing the dock commitment. Once a bar has been selected, the box is displayed in bold. Multiple bars can be selected by holding down Ctrl and clicking several bars in succession.

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:

Bars on the chart represent the planned duration of the dock activity. When a load or trip's routing/rating/scheduling (RR&S) results are invalidated, dates/times associated with the dock commitment may or may not be valid. When a dock commitment for one stop on a load is modified, it may or may not impact other stops for the same load. Until RR&S is re-performed for the load or trip, the scheduling information for those other stops may or may not be valid.

Start and Return Dates/Times are presented in the time zone of the location for the applicable dock.

Double-clicking from the Dock Commitment Gantt chart can be used as an alternate method of creating a new dock commitment. When double-click is performed on a grid cell of the chart, the Dock Commitment Properties page is displayed in Create mode. Dock ID, Start Date and Start Time defaults based on the Gantt chart “context”. The default Start Time becomes the start time for the clicked cell. For example, if a user double-clicked while cursor was on the cell representing DOCK2 on October 15th, 2010 14:00 – 15:00, DOCK2, 10/15/2010 14:00 are the defaults for those fields on the Dock Commitment Properties page. Since the smallest Hour Interval for the chart is 1 hour (i.e. a cell’s start time is always on the hour), the “Dock Commitment Eligible Start Time” for the dock is not considered.

Representing Trailer Activities on Dock Commitment Gantt Chart

If Display Trailer Activity Icons on Dock Gantt Chart is selected in the Global Settings - Transaction Management - Load 3 tab fields.

• If duration of dock commitment is >= 26 minutes
  • If all 4 trailer activities have been performed, the bar will be loaded with “4”
  • If only the first 3 trailer activities have been performed, the bar will be loaded with “3”
  • If only the first 2 trailer activities have been performed, the bar will be loaded with “2”
  • If only the first trailer activity has been performed, the bar will be loaded with “1 ”
  • If none of the trailer activities have been performed, the bar will be loaded with “4 X ”
• If duration of dock commitment is >= 49 minutes and none of the five specific scenarios listed above are applicable
  • The bar will be loaded with four or X characters representing whether each of the trailer activities has been performed

No trailer activities will be represented in the bar when any of the following statements is True:

• Display Trailer Activity Icons on Dock Gantt Chart is not selected in the Global Settings
• Duration is less than 26 minutes
• Duration is between 26 and 48 minutes and none of the five specific scenarios listed above are applicable

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