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The Planning section is the starting point for setting up and planning for all of your routes. This is where static route information, also known as the route shell, is created and maintained. The Planning section can be split up into 3 sections.

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  1. Highlight the route.

  2. Right-click and select Print Manifest.

  3. Click the Print button.

Right-Click Menu 

Option

Description

Expand

Expand the route to see all the route stops in the routes list.

Collapse

Collapse the route.

Plot in MapPoint

Plot the stops of the selected route in MapPoint. 

Note

CXT Software has limited support for using MapPoint with Cloud Client.

Plot in Microsoft Bing

Plot the stops of the selected route in Microsoft Bing. There can be no more than 15 stops and there is a char limit of 1884.

Adjust Time Windows

See Bulk Adjustments to Contract or Route Stop Time Windows

Print Manifest

Print the route manifest.

Open

Open the Route.

  • Route

  • Contract - Not applicable in this section.

  • Stop - Not applicable in this section.

  • Customer - Not applicable in this section.

Find

Select to find a specific:

  • Route

  • Stop

Disable

Disable the route.

Note

Disabling a route does not disable or deactivate associated contract stops. The route shell will be deactivated and all contract stops will be moved to unassigned.

Enable

Info

You must have Show All checked and only visible when the route is disabled.

Reenable the disabled route.

Clone Route

Clone the route. You can choose whether or not to clone all route stops.

Rename

Not applicable in this section.

Group Folders

Group folders are manually created to organize routes. It can be helpful to group routes geographically, by fleet, or customer. 

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  1. Highlight the group folder.

  2. Right-click and select Plot in Microsoft Bing.

Right-Click Menu 

Option

Description

Expand

Expand the folder to see the routes nested inside.

Collapse

Collapse the group folder.

Plot in MapPoint

Plot the stops of the routes in the selected folder in MapPoint. 

Note

CXT Software has limited support for using MapPoint with Cloud Client.

Plot in Microsoft Bing

Plot the stops of the routes in the selected folder in Microsoft Bing. There can be no more than 15 stops and there is a char limit of 1884.

Open

Not applicable in this section.

Find

Select to find a specific:

  • Route

  • Stop

Delete

Delete the group folder. This will not delete the routes in the folder. 

Rename

Rename the group folder.

NewUpdated

Select to create a new:

  • Group Folder

  • Route

Route Stops List

The Route Stops List section is used to organize static (preplanned) stops. Double click on a stop (or choose "Open" from "Right Click Menu") to show detailed stop information. 

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  • Red - The first stop out of sequence based on the preferred time. Stop sequence can be corrected manually by dragging and dropping stops into the correct sequence or by right-clicking and selecting Auto sequence by Preferred Time.

Right-Click Menu

Option

Description

Open

Open the selected stop

Auto sequence by Preferred Time

Re-sequences stop by preferred time.

Mark As "Load Stop" For Route

Marks stop as either global or customer load stop.  

Note
  • A stop can only be in one status at a time. For example, if the stop is a return stop and is marked as a load stop, the return stop setting will be automatically removed.

  • Each route can only have 1 return/load stop.

Remove as "Load Stop for Route"

Remove the load status from the stop.

Mark as "Return Stop" For Route

Marks stop as either global or customer return stop.  

Note
  • A stop can only be in one status at a time. For example, if the stop is a load stop and is marked as a return stop, the load stop setting is automatically removed.

  • Each route can only have 1 return/load stop.

Remove as "Return Stop" For Route

Removes the return status from the stop.

Adjust this and all preceding Contract Stop Time Windows

See Bulk Adjustments to Contract or Route Stop Time Windows.

Adjust this and all preceding Contract Stop Time Windows

See Bulk Adjustments to Contract or Route Stop Time Windows.

Clone Contract Stop

Clone the selected stop.

Find Stops List

The Find Stops List section is used to find stops within a specified proximity of other stops based upon distance radius, postal code, or city and state. This is useful for assigning unassigned stop(s) by finding routes with stops close to the unassigned stop(s).

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