Opening Hours

Under Settings › Opening Hours, you define the default settings for the availability of new master data. Here, administrators store the weekly default opening hours and availabilities that are automatically applied when new locations, depots, vehicles as well as users and drivers are created. This way, recurring availabilities do not have to be entered again for every new record. The page is intended for users with administration rights.

All settings on this page are loaded together and saved together: only when you click «Save» are all changes on the page applied.

1. Navigation

The opening hours settings can be reached via the main menu under Settings › Opening Hours. The settings apply to the currently selected group.

2. How the default availabilities work

Each of the following settings is displayed as a weekly grid. In it, the time intervals during which the respective master data type is available or open by default are defined per weekday (Monday to Sunday).

To enter a default availability:

1. Switch to the desired weekday.
2. Enter the time intervals (from/to) during which availability exists.
3. If required, add several intervals per day (e.g. represent a lunch break by means of two separate intervals).
4. Leave days that are not needed without an interval – on these days there is then no default availability.
5. Apply the settings for the group via «Save».

Note: The values defined here are purely default settings. They are applied exclusively to newly created records. Existing locations, depots, vehicles or users are not changed by a later modification of these settings. The applied values can be adjusted individually for each record at any time.

3. Default opening hours for locations

In this section, you define the weekly default opening hours that are automatically assigned to every newly created location.

The setting is entered as a weekly grid (see Section 2). When a new location is subsequently created, it adopts the stored opening hours as its initial value. The opening hours of a location control during which time windows pickups and deliveries are possible there, and thus feed into tour planning.

4. Default opening hours for depots

In this section, you define the weekly default opening hours that are automatically assigned to every newly created depot.

Entry is made as a weekly grid, analogous to the locations. Newly created depots adopt these opening hours as their initial value. The depot opening hours determine at which times a depot is available as the start or end point of a tour or for intermediate stops.

5. Default availability for vehicles

In this section, you define the weekly default availability schedule that is automatically assigned to every newly created vehicle.

The availability is entered as a weekly grid and indicates on which weekdays and during which time windows a vehicle can be deployed for planning by default. Newly created vehicles adopt this schedule as their initial value; it can be adjusted afterwards for the individual vehicle.

6. Default availability for users and drivers

In this section, you define the weekly default availability schedule that is automatically assigned to every newly created user or driver.

The availability is entered as a weekly grid and indicates on which weekdays and during which time windows a driver is available for dispatching by default. Newly created users/drivers adopt this schedule as their initial value; it can be overridden individually for each record.

7. Notes

• The default settings are managed per group. When the active group is changed, the values stored for that group apply.
• Changes only affect master data created in the future; existing records remain unchanged.
• All weekly grids on the page are applied together with a single click on «Save».
• These settings are available to users with the corresponding administration rights.