Users can decide how to display dates and distances and manage data updates.
To set the options:
1 From the Descartes Routing and Scheduling main menu, select Data Filters > Options.
The Options page appears:
2 Set the date, time, and distance display options.
3 Select the Gantt chart size from the drop-down list.
4 Select the tree page size from the drop-down list.
5 Enter the amount of seconds the system should check for database updates.
Manual refreshes are performed via the refresh button on the top-right of the page. See Refreshing Data for details.
6 Select Show Before And After Results to enable the Before and After Results functionality.
7 When the Show Labels on Last Known Location option is enabled, the Line 1 and Line 2 dropdowns appear, allowing users to select two values to display on the Map quadrant in a popup box with the custom icon for the last known location of a truck. The values that can be displayed are ResourceKey, Name, DriverKey, DriverName and TruckKey. For more information on this feature please see the Show Last Known Location section.
8 Click Save to keep the current options.