Route Screen

The Route page allows for creating or changing information about a route. On this page are five main sections – Route, Crew, Property, Services, and Scheduling. 

Route 

Creating a New Route 

Select New Route from the Routes Search List page to create a new route. Initially, you will only see the Route page. After saving and reopening the route, the other three tabs become available. Allowing you to define the route further. 

Route tab options 

The page elements on the Route tab of the Route page are described in the following table.

Elements	Description
Route Name	Required. Specifies the name created to identify the route. It is displayed on the far-left column of the Schedule Board page.
Branch	Required. Company branch designated for the route. The drop-down list makes all active branches available for selection. The field automatically defaults to the first branch in the drop-down list, so you must select the correct branch from the list. The chosen branch determines which users can see the route based on the branches the logged-in user can access, as defined on the User page.
Manager	Required. Add the manager responsible for the route. The drop-down list makes all active employee contacts in the specified branch available for selection. The field automatically defaults to the first employee, so pick the right manager.  To display the route on the Schedule Board page, select the manager specified on this page.
Crew Leader	Required. Crew leader who oversees work for the route. The drop-down list makes all active employee contacts in the specified branch available for selection. The field automatically defaults to the first employee in the drop-down list, so choose the right crew leader.
Division	The division in the company with which the route should be associated. If the system is set to snow mode, users can choose snow mode for their mobile session, in which case Aspire will limit the routes available on the Schedule page to those whose division is set to Snow.
Percentage of Travel Time	This value allows you to build travel time into a route based on the percent of overall time spent to encourage crew leaders to properly account for travel time when planning their route for the day. Placing a percent value in this field will have the following effects within the Crew Mobile App: In the list on the Schedule page, if the route has a percent of travel time greater than 0%, we will subtract that from the hours it shows. (If the visit is scheduled for 10 hours, and the route has 15% travel time, then 8.5 hours will display in the list, indicating how much time the crew has available to perform the work.) On the start/stop button of the Work Ticket page, if the route has a percent of travel time greater than 0, we will subtract that from the hours displayed.
Hours per Man per Day	The expected hours per person per day that the crew can provide for performing work.
Active	The Active column displays a checkbox. A checkmark in the box indicates that the route will be available on the Schedule Board page. Once you create a route, you cannot delete it. Marking unwanted routes as inactive allows you to hide them on Schedule Board page. To change the Active flag, click the checkbox.
Show Daily Plan	This toggle determines whether the Daily Plan button on the Main page of Crew Mobile is available when a crew leader assigned to that route is logged in.
Allow Equipment Time Reporting	Aspire provides the ability in Crew Mobile for crew leaders to allocate usage time for equipment items defined in the item catalog and included in an estimate. When equipment usage time is logged, it is tied to employee work ticket time. The Allow Equipment Time Reporting toggle must be switched on to allow crew leaders to allocate equipment usage for the route.
Show New Ticket Button in Crew Mobile	Toggle Show New Ticket Button in Crew Mobile to allow crew leaders the option to create new tickets in Crew Mobile.
Color	Allows you to choose the color of tiles representing the visits on the Schedule Board page.
Route Size	Specifies the expected number of crew members on the route. The value is displayed next to the route name on the Schedule Board page.
Display Order	Determines the order in which routes are displayed in the weekly view on the Schedule Board page—defaults to zero (0). If the display order for all routes is left at the default, the display order is arbitrary. If the same value is specified for the display order for multiple routes with the same manager, the order of those routes relative to one another is arbitrary.
Route Address Line 1, Route Address Line 2, Route City, Route State, Route Zip	Use these boxes to specify the address of the route. When you select Optimize Route from the Visit tile pop-up menu, Aspire will use this Route Address to optimize the route. Important Note: When creating a new route, Aspire will automatically pull in the branch address as a default, but you can edit this route address at any point from the Route page.
Primary Vehicle	Aspire allows a primary vehicle to be tied to a route, supporting equipment GPS tracking for the route. The association between the primary vehicle and the route is defined by selecting the equipment item representing the vehicle in the Primary Vehicle field on the Route tab of the Route page. The combo box that displays the selection options displays all active equipment associated with the route’s branch that has not been assigned to another route. For each equipment item in the selection list, Aspire shows the following information: Asset Number, Model, and Equipment Description. If an equipment item defined as the primary vehicle is being moved from one route to another, removing it from the first route is necessary before assigning it to the second route. Suppose you designate an out-of-service equipment asset as a Primary Vehicle on a Route. The following message will remind you to switch out the vehicle before saving the change.: Caution: Do not confuse the association of the primary vehicle to a route with assigning equipment to a route from the Route field on the Equipment page. The primary vehicle assignment supports GPS tracking for the route, whereas the equipment assignment on the Equipment page supports logging equipment readings from Crew Mobile for a route. your content goes here
Save Icon	Confirms any route definition changes and saves them. This icon is available from all tabs.

Crew

The page elements on the Crew tab of the Route page are described in the following table.

Property

The page elements on the Property tab of the Route page are described in the following table.

Services

This section allows you to specify a list of services or service types that the crew for the route can provide. In the Crew Mobile App, when the crew leader drills into a property on the Schedule page, the list of services available for the property will be limited to services identified by this list. If no services or service types are listed here, all available property services will be displayed in the Crew Mobile App.

The page elements on the Services tab of the Route page are described in the following table.

Scheduling 

Use the Scheduling section to define the work days/hours of availability for a route. 

Time-Based Scheduling 

Set the working hours on a day-by-day basis. You must set working hours to utilize time-based scheduling. The Time-based Scheduling Getting Started Guide provides more information on how to use time-based scheduling. 

Sequenced Scheduling

Sequenced scheduling is based on the capacity available for the route. So, you are scheduling based on what can be completed, given the number of crew members available to work on the job. Use this section to mark available days for working on the route. An unavailable ribbon will appear on the days that are not selected. When working days are not set, all working days are assumed to be available.