Omnitracs One 6.6 Release Notes

Active Alert/Mobile Manager

• Users can now login to their existing account on the web app and manage their subscriptions by service location. From the Home page, users can modify contact information, authenticate through Google and request Forgot Password and a reset password link will be sent.

• Mobile Manager now supports Android 12.

• Users can now view past and future orders on the Order Summary tab within the Web Application.

• Users now have the ability to search by keyword, order number and/or item description; sort by date and order number; and filter by status and date range.

• When setting a Recipient type for the region, there is an option now to "Enable New Subscriptions" which controls the "Add Service Location" button appearance in the Web Applications.

Dispatching

• The Historical Proximity report now references the City/Town Location that is within the Radius of 1.5 miles (kilometers) from the latitude/longitude of the Location or Address entered in the “Near…” field.
• You can edit actual stop and order details after the driver completes the stop.  This includes before the driver completes the route and after the driver completes the route.

Web Only

1.    Select FleetView.
2.    Open a route that is in progress (or a completed route).
3.    Select a ‘completed’ stop in the list, right-click and select ‘Adjust Actuals’.
4.    In the General window, you can edit stop specific details.
5.    In the Order Number window, use the drop-down arrow to edit specific orders on the stop. 

6.    Select the Quantities and Line Items tabs to edit actual order information.

7.    Click the Save button.

 

Drive Integrations

• In the OT1 Drive Workflow API a new property has been added to specify if custom data should be displayed in the OT1 Drive "trip Planner" at Level1 or Level2 so the driver does not need to click “more info” to be able to see certain critical pieces of information about the trip/stop.
• The OT1 REST events endpoint will contain co-driver ID and Name for any worker log events that have a co-driver associated with the logs.
• OT1 REST events endpoint for worker status now includes includeCompletedHosEvents that can be used to include completed HOS related events. There are also new properties being returned that can be found in the OT1 REST API documentation.
• OT1 REST events endpoint for worker status now includes new properties that are related to 'completed' events such as "Duration" and "Distance" for the particular event.
• The OT1 REST workercompliance endpoint now contains a new query parameter for specifying active or inactive workers.
• The OT1 REST webservice now includes a parameter to exclude equipment restrictions in the change locations endpoint.
• In the OT1 Drive API, the "all" parameter has been removed from the findLevel1Docs endpoint.
• The OT1 REST documentation page now has the option to download the “OpenAPI” spec file.  
• The updated Documentation page for Omnitracs Drive Workflow Integration API.  The page now has same look and feel as OT1 REST. All endpoint examples have been validated.
• New property "totalPlannedServiceTime" is now returned as part of "serviceableStopInfo" object when retrieving a route.

 

Hours of Service/ELD Changes

Region Administration Changes

In Administration/Region/HOS Settings/Rules and Options the “Default Rule” dropdown box has been replaced with separate dropdowns for USA and Canada.

If any US Rules are enabled for the Region, the ‘Default Rule (USA)’ dropdown will be present and required.

If any Canadian Rules are enabled for the Region, the ‘Default Rule (Canada)’ dropdown will be present and required.

If both US & Canadian Rules are enabled for the Region, both the ‘Default HOS Rule (USA)’ and the ‘Default Rule (Canada)’ drop downs will be present and required.

For Default Rule (Canada), once it has been saved for the Region it can only be changed to another Canadian Rule with the same Cycle.

 

Worker Maintenance Changes

In Maintenance/Worker/Compliance, when the Worker is NOT using the “HOS – Use Worker Settings”, the “Default Rule” dropdown box has been replaced with separate drop downs for USA and Canada.

If any US Rules are enabled for the Worker, the ‘Default Rule (USA)’ dropdown will be present and required.

If any Canadian Rules are enabled for the Worker, the ‘Default Rule (Canada)’ dropdown will be present and required.

If both US & Canadian Rules are enabled for the Worker, both the ‘Default HOS Rule (USA)’ and the ‘Default Rule (Canada)’ drop downs will be present and required.

For Default Rule (Canada), once it has been saved for the Worker it can only be changed to another Canadian Rule with the same Cycle.

A script will be run on deployment night to convert the current ‘Default Rule’ to ‘Default Rule (USA)’ OR ‘Default Rule (Canada)’ and to populate the other dropdown if appropriate.

 

Updates to UVA Assignment

UVA Driving duration will no longer be truncated due to existing Duty Status changes in the driver’s logs.  The correct duration of Driving will be added to the driver’s logs and the Start time of the subsequent Duty Status change will be edited as well to reflect the true end of Driving (from UVA).

UVA will no longer be allowed to be assigned over already existing automatically recorded Driving on a driver’s log.

 

Driver Portal Changes

A ‘Logout’ option has been added to the Home dropdown on the Driver Portal.

 

Reporting Changes

Report links have been removed from the HOS E-Mail Alerts.  Users will need to navigate to the appropriate Report in order to see the details surrounding the Alert.  This only impacts HOS E-mail alerts.

The Driver Log Report (Canada) has been added to the Scheduled Reports.

 

Misc

Safety Performance Monitoring

Found in Omnitracs Web

It is important for you to be able to monitor the performance of your overall fleet - the number of vehicles on the road, their fuel usage, mileage, hours, etc. - and even be able to drill in and investigate individual pieces of equipment. The new Performance Monitoring component in Omnitracs Web allows you to gather information quickly and easily on your entire fleet on one screen, instead of needing to print reports or analyze KPIs.

The top of the Performance Monitoring screen shows key data for the entire region, such as the total number of vehicles, total distance, time, and fuel, and overspeeding. At the bottom of the screen you can see detailed information either by worker or by equipment. To choose whether you want to see worker or equipment data, click the Group By button and choose Equipment or Worker.

Note: The summary at the top displays time in decimal hours, while the details grid displays time in hours and minutes.

When you first enter Performance Monitoring, it automatically shows information for the current day. To change the date, click the arrow next to the date to move backward or forward. Or, click the Calendar icon to open a calendar; click on the date you want to view.

You can filter, sort, or export the Details grid.

To filter the Details grid to only show selected data, enter the filter information in the column you want to filter on. The ID and Description columns will filter on the text you enter; simply start typing in the filter row to filter on that column. The remaining columns let you enter a numeric value and choose a comparison (equal, not equal, greater than, etc.) that must be met. For example, if you want to see only equipment that has longer routes, enter a number like 200 in the Total Distance filter, then click the arrow and choose Greater Than.

Note: If you filter on more than one column, only items that meet all the criteria will be displayed.

To sort the grid on a particular column, click the column header and choose whether to Sort Ascending (ABC) or Sort Descending (CBA).

To export the visible content in the grid to a .csv file, click the [Export] button. The .csv is downloaded to your computer.

The following information is available in the Details grid. It is also included in the Performance Monitoring report, and is available as the KPI measures in Insight.

 

FIELD	DESCRIPTION
ID	The ID of the equipment or worker.
Description	The description or name of the equipment or worker.
Cruise Control Distance	The total distance the equipment was in cruise control.
Cruise Control Fuel	The total amount of fuel used while the equipment was in cruise control.
Cruise Control Time	The total time the equipment was in cruise control.
Driving Fuel	The total amount of fuel used while the engine was running but not idling for the day.
Driving Time	The total amount of time the engine is running and not idling for the day.
Excessive Overspeed Fuel	The total amount of fuel used while the equipment was the exceeding the Excessive Speed Threshold.
Excessive Overspeed Time	The total amount of time the equipment spent exceeding the Excessive Speed Threshold set on the equipment profile.
Fuel Distance	Distance used to calculate the MPG this would equate to the time the vehicle is moving (driving).
Fuel Economy	The average mileage the equipment had over the day, measured as either miles per hour (MPH) or kilometers per hour (KPH), depending on the selected Speed measurement unit.
Idle At Depot Fuel Used	Fuel used by the vehicle while idling at a depot (depot is defined by customer).
Idle At Depot Time	Time the vehicle is idling while at a depot (depot is defined by customer).
Idle Fuel	The total amount of fuel used while idling.
Idle Time	The total amount of time the vehicle was idling.
Moving Fuel	Fuel used while vehicle is moving (this would be the same as Driving Fuel).
Moving Time	Time while vehicle is moving (this would be the same as Drive Time).
Overspeed Fuel	The total amount of fuel used while the equipment was exceeding the Speed Threshold.
Overspeed Time	The total amount of time the equipment spent exceeding the Speed Threshold set on the equipment profile.
Park Fuel	The total amount of fuel used while the equipment was idling in park.
Park Time	The total amount of time the equipment was in park.
PTO Distance	Distance Traveled when Power Take Off (PTO) is engaged.
PTO Fuel	The amount of fuel used while the Power Take Off (PTO) unit was running.
PTO Moving Fuel Used	Fuel Used when Power Take Off (PTO) is engaged, and the vehicle is moving.
PTO Moving Time	Time when Power Take Off  (PTO) is engaged, and the vehicle is moving.
PTO Stationary Fuel Used	Fuel Used when Power Take Off (PTO) is engaged, and the vehicle is not moving.
PTO Stationary Time	Time when Power Take Off (PTO) is engaged, and the vehicle is not moving.
PTO Time	The amount of time the Power Take Off (PTO) unit was running.
Top Gear Time	The total amount of time the equipment was operating in its top gear.
Total Distance	The total distance traveled on that day, measured as miles or kilometers.
Total Fuel	The total amount of fuel used that day.
Total Time	The total time the equipment's engine is running.

 

RNA  - Improvements for CoPilot 6.5

The 6.6 RNA version includes an important new improvement!

• Omnitracs One vehicle entities (equipment and equipment type) now integrate with Trimble Fleet Portal.

 

Omnitracs One vehicle entities, integrate with Trimble Fleet Portal

• Now the equipment and equipment type entities are integrated into Trimble Fleet Portal.
• The Roadnet Admin portal can be configured with the Account ID to enable the integration of the vehicle entities (equipment and equipment type).
• From the Roadnet Admin portal, equipment integration can be enabled.
• When the Trimble integration is enabled, the Account ID becomes a required field needed to complete the setup for an Omnitracs Navigation 2.0 (CoPilot) Customer.
• When the integration is enabled, the equipment data is automatically synchronized to accept the changes made in Omnitracs One portal to add, delete, or update entities.
• When the integration is enabled, the import method of the Omnitracs One portal can be used to add, delete, or update equipment data.
• The equipment types are integrated into Trimble Fleet Portal as vehicle groups.

This means that when using equipment type "A" for equipment 1, 2, and 3, the vehicle group in Trimble Fleet Portal will be "A" and contain 1, 2, and 3, vehicle IDs.

• The last sync time is recorded when adding or updating an equipment entity.
• When facing server issues or crashes, the system can recover by re-enabling the integration, then the pending equipment data is synchronized.
• The system records the logs of the integration and when facing issues it alerts the Solera-Omnitracs team.

 

Rest API (Integrations)

• The existing REST - Route Template web service now includes stop details.
• There is a new REST web service method, Route Template Set.

 

Routing

Import Routed Solution-Category Sizes

You can import the Category Sizes as part of the Import Routed Solution.

Note:  For the Import Routed Solution process to successfully import category sizes, the import file must contain the category size values.  

Client
1.    Select Tools, then Import Routed Solution.
2.    Select Edit Layout.

3.    Search the Field Name list for the category fields.
4.    Map each field with the Category Size values in the import file.

5.    Click Save to save the layout change, then Click Import. 

Note: If you have multiple Data Transfer Layouts for Import Routed Solution, you need to edit each layout and map the Category Sizes with the data file. 

Note: If user does not map total Size 1,2,3 Category 1, size 1, Category 2, Size 1, Category 3, Size 1 are summed and written into Total size 1. The same happens for Size 2 and Size 3.

 

Web
Note: FleetView filter must be set to a single region.
1.    Select FleetView.
2.    Click Route Actions, then Import Routed Solution.
3.    Click the link, “Download Import Template File”.
4.    Edit the file, RoutedSolutionTemplate.xltx, found in your "Downloads" folder.
5.    Add the data to the appropriate columns.
6.    Save the file.
7.    Click the Browser button, select the file and click Open.
8.    Click Import.

 

Execute a Single Import Routed Solution

You can execute a single Import Routed Solution and add routes to multiple routing sessions.

Client and Web

• When using the option, “Create new routing session from file”, you can import routes with different Session Dates.  If the routing session does not exist, it is added. 
• The option, “Import routes into an existing routing session”, only adds routes to the designated routing session. Records with a Session Date that does not match the designed routing session are ignored. Only available in the Desktop Client.

 

Template Stop Sequence

• You can see the Template Stop Sequence in the Stops grid window, Plot Info and Pick List.

Client

Stops Window
1.    Open Stops grid window.
2.    Edit the View Configuration.
3.    Select the field, Template Stop Sequence Number, in the Hidden Columns, and drag it to the Visible column list.
4.    Click Save.

Map – Picklist
1.    Select a route, right-click, then select "Fit on New Map".
2.    Click   to display the ‘Pick List’.
3.    Click "Stops" tab.
4.    Right-click on a column header, then select "Restore Columns".
5.    Select ‘Template Stop Sequence Number.

 

Map – Plot Info
1.    Select a route, right-click, then select "Fit on New Map".
2.    Click to display "Plot Info".
3.    Click Configure, then click Stops.

4.    Select the field, Template Stop Sequence Number, in the Hidden Fields list, and drag it to the Visible Fields list.
5.    Click Save.

 

Stop Quantity - Round to Next Whole Number 

You can enable an option in the regional settings to automatically round-up the stop quantity to a whole number.

Client

1.    Select Administration, then Regions.
2.    Edit the Region.
3.    Select the Routing Options tab.

4.    To automatically round-up the stop quantity to a whole number, check each size alias you want to be rounded. For example, if you check the Size 1 alias (pallets) and there is a stop with a pallet quantity of 15.2, it will be displayed as 16. The application retains the order record value of 15.2 in the database and uses it when making any calculations involving that Size 1 stop quantity.
5.    Click Save.

 

Adjust Workers' Service Time

You can adjust workers’ service time percent using a new service time calculation.

Client only

The Worker’s option, Service Time Percent, can be used to compensate for employees who have different skill levels. For instance, a driver trainee may need more time to perform activities than a senior driver; simply give the trainee driver a higher service time percentage and more time will be allotted for completion of the task when the routes are created. The total service time per stop is calculated by adding the location’s fixed service time and variable service time, plus the order/s’ additional service time, plus each SKUs fixed service time and variable service time. Then, the worker’s service time percentage is applied to the sum.

Notes: 
When you remove a worker from the route and the worker has a service time percentage, the total service time is recalculated using the location and/or order fixed and variable service time values.
If there are two workers assigned to a route and both workers have a service time percentage, the application uses the slowest percent of the two workers and adjusts the service time.

 

Restricting Service Time/Service Window Adjustments

• You can set a new permission that restricts users/user groups from changing locations’ service times/window and/or orders’ service times/windows ensuring route integrity is not compromised.
• The new user permissions to modify service times and service windows are enabled by default. To make changes to users/user groups’ permissions, you need ADMIN permissions.

Web

Client

Service Times

To Restrict Users from changing locations’ service times or to restrict users from changing orders’ service times:
1.    Select Administration, then Roles.
2.    Select the Role that you want to apply the restriction, then click the Edit icon.
3.    Select Permissions tab and disable the option, Can Modify Service Time.

Users are restricted from adding and editing the following Service Time items:

 

Service Windows

To Restrict Users from changing locations’ service windows or to restrict users from changing orders’ service windows:
1.    Select Administration, then Roles.
2.    Select the Role that you want to apply the restriction, then click the Edit icon.
3.    Select Permissions tab and disable the option, Can Modify Service Window.

Users are restricted from adding and editing the following Service Window items:

 

Map Options

• You can click the   Options icon in the Map windows to select the detail that you want to display on the map.
• This includes the Routing, the Route Template, and the route query map windows.

 

Strategic Planning

• Software performance improvements were made in the following areas: deleting routes, creating strategic routes, dragging recurring orders to a new territory, importing the planning solution, and exporting the planning solution.
• You can click the  Map Options icon in the Map windows to select the detail that you want to display on the map.

 

Client Only

1. Click the  Map Options icon in the Map window to set your map display.

2. After clicking on the icon, the Map Options window is displayed.

3. Select the Save button to save your changes.