Ninety percent of information transmitted to the human brain is visual. Understanding this factor we have improved our color scheme on the Trips page. With a single glance, you as a dispatcher or administrator, can quickly be informed about the status of your loads.
Trips Interface
Beyond the textual information, color options have been added to enhance the usability experience. Each status now has its own color and can be configured in the Settings -> General section. The following colors are set as default:
Trip # Cell Status Colors
- Pending : Trips that are scheduled and are not active are in a grey box.
- Active : Trips that are currently in an active state are colored yellow.
- Delivered : Trips which have al completed appointments are green.
- Completed : The color changes to blue once the trip is marked as completed. This state indicates that all documents have been received and processed and the trip is considered closed.
- Canceled : Trips which are canceled are marked red.
Appointment Cell Colors
- Active : Green cell color indicates that the current scheduled appointment is on-time.
- Alert : Red cell color indicates that there is a potential concern with the appointment. Possible causes are late arrival, unacknowledged timestamp or potential late arrival based on ELD data and distance.
- Pending or Complete: No color coding is used for future or completed trips.
Appointment Text Colors
- On-Time : Green date and time text indicates an on-time appointment that was either registered automatically based on location or acknowledged by dispatch.
- Late Arrival : Red text indicates that the set appointment time has been missed, not acknowledged or has been estimated by the ELD and location data to be late.
Document Colors
The boxes for documents are set to change color according to the rules and color options found in Settings.
- CON : Confirmation documents checkbox
- BOL : Bill of Lading document checkbox
- INV : Invoice checkbox
Did You Know About the DOC column?
The default Trips view has a number of hidden columns that some may find useful. One such column is DOC. Enabling this column reveals a red icon which is associated with the uploaded confirmation file. Clicking the icon displays the document in a pop-up view allowing the user quick reference.
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