Route Planner On-demand

Route Planner On-demand 26.07


Route Planner On-demand 26.07 is available as of July 27, 2026. This release includes new features, enhancements, and resolved issues. Reference the ticket number in parentheses if you have any questions about the respective items to the support team.

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Highlights

Drag-and-Drop Routing for Unscheduled Orders

Users can now drag and drop unscheduled orders directly onto existing routes or use them to create new routes without needing to update the order date first. This enhancement simplifies route planning by eliminating unnecessary steps, enabling dispatchers to schedule orders faster and more efficiently while improving overall routing productivity. (1509420)

Start Day Offset for Fixed Routes

Fixed Routes now support a Start Day Offset setting, allowing routes to start Yesterday, Today, or Tomorrow relative to the delivery day. This enhancement provides more flexibility when configuring route schedules and is available in both the Fixed Routes UI and fixed route imports. Existing routes continue to default to Today, ensuring backward compatibility. (1503835)

Improved Exception Management

The Exceptions tab in Map View has been improved to make exception management easier and more efficient. The tab now displays only routes with active exceptions, making it easier to identify impacted routes. Stop-level exception details have been moved to the Selected Route tab, and navigation and performance improvements deliver faster loading and a more responsive user experience. (1494213)

Retained Filters and Search Criteria

Applied filters and search criteria are now retained on configuration pages after saving or cancelling changes. This enhancement allows users to continue working in the same filtered view without having to reapply filters, making it faster and more efficient to update multiple records. (1492320)

Load Priority for Routes

A new Load Priority field has been added to Route Templates, Fixed Routes, and Routes. This enhancement helps warehouse teams better organize picking and loading activities by defining the order in which routes should be loaded. Load Priority can be configured during setup and adjusted as needed during planning, providing greater flexibility and improving overall loading efficiency. (1486778)

Lock Stops During Route Sorting

The Lock Stop feature now supports Sort by Distance and Sort by Time Window. Locked stops remain in place when sorting is applied, while only unlocked stops are reordered. This enhancement helps maintain route plans and reduces the need for manual adjustments. (1481286)

Helper Assignments in Fixed Routes

The Fixed Routes module now supports assigning helpers directly to fixed routes. Helper assignments can also be imported and are automatically carried over during daily planning, reducing manual effort and helping ensure consistent route execution. (1444276)

Modernized Assignment Windows

The Assign Helpers, Change Driver, Change Trailer, Change Vehicle, and Change/Choose Route windows now feature a modernized layout with improved readability, search capabilities and a more consistent user experience. (1441645), (1441644), (1441643), (1441642), (1441641)

Flexible Time Window Evaluation

A new Time Window Evaluation Method setting allows administrators to choose how % in Time Window is calculated. Organizations can now measure on-time performance based on Arrival Only or Arrival + Completion, providing greater flexibility in tracking service performance and operational goals. (1429941)

Improved Main Menu Configuration

The Main Menu Configuration page has been updated with a cleaner, more organized layout. Grouped categories and collapsible sections make it easier to find and manage settings, helping users navigate configuration options more efficiently. (1372276)

Modernized Optimize Delivery Day

The Optimize Delivery Day interface has been refreshed with a cleaner design and improved vehicle selection tools, making it easier to choose the right vehicles and plan routes efficiently. (1372275)

Modernized Compartment Profiles

The Compartment Profiles pages now feature a modernized interface with improved search, navigation and configuration management. (1372268)


26.07.01

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Corrected route duration calculations for optimization scenarios involving Keep Existing Routes and Insert Shipments. Negative duration values could occur when many routes referenced the same vehicle, especially for existing or already started routes. (1576318)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Updated optimization execution behavior to correctly honor the configured default strategy Assign By Minimum Regret for affected optimization profiles. Previously, execution could use Default Hybrid Plan even when Assign By Minimum Regret was selected in the UI. Optimization runs now consistently use the configured default strategy. (1576264)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Resolved issues affecting delivery day processing, route optimization, and shipment visibility, including delays in Shipment Webservice message processing, optimization failures caused by empty routes, incomplete route creation when a single route fails optimization, and incorrect shipment status display in Map View where assigned shipments were shown as missed until the cache was refreshed. (1570158)


26.07.00

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Fixed an issue where using Optimize Selected with Keep Existing Routes and Insert Shipments enabled could result in routes exceeding the configured Maximum Route Minutes limit when additional shipments were added to existing routes in multiple optimisation stages. This issue did not occur when all shipments were optimised in a single run. (1564824)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Resolved an issue in the Shipment History tab where item description changes were displayed in reverse order. History entries now correctly show the description change from the previous (old) value to the updated (new) value, ensuring an accurate audit trail of item description updates. (1558494)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Fixed an issue on the Add A Route page where the Launch Time field did not correctly reflect the configured default value and user-selected changes were not retained. Newly created routes now display the correct default Launch Time and save the Launch Time selected by the user. (1554235)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Fixed an issue where the From/Start Date field was automatically populated when creating Manual and Scheduled assessments. The field now remains blank until a date is selected. Also restored the ability in Manual assessments to navigate to previous months and select past dates from the calendar. (1553810)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Updated the display of Piece Count values to ensure consistency across Order Management screens. The Search Orders grid and Edit Order form now show the same value formatting, providing a consistent view of order data throughout the application. (1552464)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Addressed an issue where dragging the Start Depot Stop onto the End Depot Stop could cause all routes for the delivery day to be incorrectly merged into a single route. The action is now handled correctly, ensuring only the intended route is affected. (1550513)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Fixed an issue where the End Depot service time from the Fixed Route profile was not being applied when a route contained a Break Stop. The system now correctly uses and displays the configured End Depot service time in the Map View route detail-stop table. (1550501)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Improved the Request 3rd Party experience by adding a confirmation toast message when a request is submitted and reducing the delay before the request window opens. This provides immediate feedback to users and improves overall responsiveness. (1550397)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Resolved an issue where the Icon Display setting from Map View was incorrectly applied to Fixed Routes, causing unsupported shipment attributes to display incorrect icon labels and values. Fixed Routes now display the correct icon information based on supported attributes. (1549367)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Fixed an issue where break stops could not be added to routes from the Scheduling Board. Users received an incorrect success notification containing an error message, and the break stop was not added to the route. Break stops can now be added successfully, and the correct notification is displayed. (1548789)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Due Date violations were not highlighted for overdue shipments in the Map View, making them difficult to identify in the Shipments quadrant. The system now highlights overdue shipments with Due Date values set in the past in red, making Due Date violations clearly visible. (1545985)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Planned times were not calculated when a route was assigned to a driver with 0 minutes of available time according to the Driver Hours feature. The system now calculates planned times for all stops after the route is assigned, even when the assigned driver has no remaining available time. (1543315)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Users without permission to manage language translations were able to modify or delete existing translations from the View Languages page. The system now restricts editing and deleting language translations to users with the appropriate Configuration permissions. (1535783)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Request 3rd Party feature now includes vehicle type selection as part of the booking workflow. The system uses the selected vehicle type to help assign the appropriate courier and vehicle based on delivery requirements, improving fulfillment quality and operational efficiency. (1534782)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Generic JSON exports for multiple delivery days or locations generated an invalid JSON by creating separate top-level arrays for each delivery day. The system now combines all exported records into a single valid JSON array, allowing the exported file to be parsed correctly. (1534616)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Configured language translations for attributes and field data items were not displayed throughout the application user interface, causing default values to appear instead. The system now displays translated attribute and field data values correctly on the relevant pages based on the selected language. (1534534)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Changing an order's Depot Association between locations reset the existing time window to the destination depot's default time window, which could result in an incorrect time window applied when no default is found configured. The system now preserves the order's existing time window when changing the depot association between locations. (1534369)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Unsupported configuration options were displayed for the Generic JSON export type, allowing users to select settings that do not apply. The system now hides the Is Visible as a Report? and Include Header? options when the Generic JSON export type is selected, displaying only applicable configuration settings. (1531500)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Driver dropdown did not display the list of available drivers when a dispatch administrator user added a new vehicle in the Add A Vehicle page. The system now populates the Driver dropdown correctly when creating a new vehicle, allowing users to select from the full list of available drivers. (1530194)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Long profile names caused the page layout to expand horizontally when displayed in a profiles dropdown on the Add/Edit A Vehicle and Add/Edit A Trailer pages. The system now displays long profile names without expanding the page layout, preserving the intended user interface. (1530113)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Users were unable to create Vehicle or Driver unavailability records because the Add button did not become active after entering the required information. The system now enables the Add button when all required fields are completed, allowing users to save unavailability records. (1518418)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Corrected an issue where the View Shipment window showed the wrong province name for some Canadian shipments. Saskatchewan (SK) is now displayed correctly when opening a shipment from Map View or the Scheduling Board. (1518377)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Improved the behavior of the Pickup Time date/time picker in the Request 3rd Party window. The picker now opens correctly below the input field, providing a more consistent experience with other date/time fields throughout the application. (1518150)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Automatic activation copied plan values to original plan even when configured to ignore them for Copy Plan Values To Original Plan Values On Request Route And Set Launch Time and Copy Plan Values To Original Plan Values On Stop Action. The system now honors these settings and skips copying plan values when either option is enabled. (1518144)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Selected category colors were not applied to stops on the Scheduling Board, leaving stops unhighlighted after a category was assigned. The system now applies the selected category color immediately when users assign a category to a stop. (1515605)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Resolved an issue where updates made through Edit Route > Edit Attribute were not reflected in the user interface, even when the attribute was configured to be visible as a route-level column. Updated attribute values now display correctly after the route is modified. (1512495)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Auto-sequence notifications displayed "null" instead of the route value during route creation and/or updates. The system now displays the correct route information in Response History and notification messages. (1512486)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Resolved an issue where unassigned shipment remained visually marked as customer-assigned when using Shipment Display with "Is Customer Assigned" coloring, even after being unrouted from a route. The display now updates immediately to reflect the correct assignment status without requiring a manual page refresh. (1512482)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Ungeocoded shipments were not highlighted in the Unrouted and All Shipments tabs in Map View, and configured shipment display styles took precedence over the ungeocoded highlight. The system now highlights ungeocoded shipments correctly and prioritizes the ungeocoded highlight over configured shipment display styles. (1512448)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Filter By Role dropdown on the Users page displayed an incomplete list of roles when used with other filters, such as Search Status. The filter now correctly shows all applicable roles assigned to users, ensuring accurate filtering results. (1512442)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The View All Images feature did not display stop information and image timestamps for route field data images. The system now displays the stop name and image timestamp for each image using the user's regional date and time format. (1511899)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: An incorrect context menu was displayed when right-clicking on the map in the Geocode Address window after launching a geocode action from the Ungeocoded Customers tab in Map View. The system now displays only the actions that are applicable in this context. (1509956)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Users can now drag and drop unscheduled orders directly into existing routes or use them to create new routes without first updating the order date. This enhancement streamlines the routing process, reduces manual steps, and improves efficiency when planning and managing unscheduled orders. (1509420)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Resolved an issue where the map could unexpectedly move while resizing a rectangle in the Territories section. This occurred when creating or editing the first territory on the map. The map now remains stable during rectangle resizing. (1509284)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Unscheduled Orders tab was not created automatically when a shipment is marked as unscheduled for the first time, without requiring a page refresh. Additionally, the correct icon is now displayed for unscheduled shipments on the currently loaded date, and the Hide Unscheduled Shipments option is now available in the Track mode map context menu. (1508934)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Map View now includes performance improvements that optimize how map data is loaded, rendered and updated. These optimizations improve responsiveness and reduce load times when working with large numbers of stops, routes and assets. (1507807)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Vehicle and Trailer Profile dimension values (Height, Width, and Length) were displayed incorrectly in the Dimensions & Capacity quick tab. Values entered in metric units on the Edit Profile page are now shown consistently across both views, ensuring accurate dimension information. (1507020)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Shipments selected with extended multi-selection, Shift-select, were not highlighted on the map when the selection began from a shipment on a hidden route. The system now highlights all visible selected shipments on the map regardless of the starting selection. (1506357)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Route-level exports now include a calculated total number of trips value for each route, allowing users to view the number of planned trips directly within the export. This eliminates the need to include stops and manually calculate trip counts, making route-level reporting more efficient. (1506038)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Map View now correctly displays Trailer details in both the Exceptions and Selected Route tabs. In addition, capacity exception alerts have been updated to accurately calculate and display resource capacity values when capacity is configured on the trailer only and not on the vehicle. This ensures capacity exceptions reflect the correct vehicle/trailer configuration and improves visibility during route planning. (1505722)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Cloning a route now also copies any assigned trailer to the new route. Previously, the cloned route was created without the trailer assignment, requiring users to manually add it back. This update ensures route and trailer associations are preserved during the cloning process. (1505721)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Attribute filtering in the Shipment Display configuration has been improved in both Map View and Scheduling Board. Previously, entering a search value did not correctly filter the available attributes for an existing definition, making it difficult to find the desired option. Filtering now works as expected, displaying relevant results and providing a more consistent user experience. (1504614)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Routes failed to publish to Descartes wGLN when route data contained non-printable or invalid control characters. The system now removes unsupported control characters before generating the Route XML, allowing routes to publish successfully. (1504159)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Planned service times were not recalculated after users edited routed shipments through Order Entry, even when the Recalculate Service Time On Shipment Edit setting was enabled. The system now recalculates planned service times when eligible shipment updates are saved. (1503973)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Fixed Routes now support the Start Day Offset setting, allowing routes to start Yesterday, Today, or Tomorrow relative to the delivery day. This provides greater flexibility for operational scenarios where routes need to begin before or after the scheduled delivery date. The setting can be configured in the Fixed Routes user interface and is also supported through fixed route imports. Existing routes continue to default to Today, ensuring full backward compatibility. (1503835)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Fixed Routes now include performance optimizations that improve route management, maintenance and utilization workflows. These optimizations reduce processing time and improve responsiveness when working with large fixed route datasets. (1498708)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Shipment History page displayed timestamps in Eastern Time regardless of the user's configured location time zone. The system now displays shipment history timestamps using the user's configured location time zone. (1498478)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Bulk-related fields provided through the Shipment Webservice were not persisted for transfer order types. The system now stores and displays bulk and product type values for supported transfer shipments. (1497672)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Map View became unresponsive when users selected all shipments with the lasso tool and then clicked an individual shipment. The system now responds correctly when users interact with selected shipments after using the lasso tool. (1496537)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Exceptions tab in Map View has been improved to provide a clearer and more efficient experience. The tab now displays only routes with active exceptions, helping users quickly identify and focus on impacted routes. Stop-level exception details have been moved to the Selected Route tab, navigation has been streamlined for easier review of exceptions, and performance improvements provide faster loading and a more responsive user experience. (1494213)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Map View and Fixed Routes now support description tooltips for both vehicles and trailers, displaying asset key and description information to help users more easily identify resources. This enhancement provides a more consistent experience across both modules and improves visibility of vehicle and trailer details. (1494191)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Map View performance has been enhanced when loading tracked routes. Optimizations to truck location processing reduce loading times and improve responsiveness, providing a faster and smoother user experience. (1494177)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Map View now correctly displays exception information in truck tooltips. Previously, tooltips could show exception data from trucks on other routes, leading to inaccurate information and user confusion. This update ensures that each truck tooltip displays only the exceptions associated with its own route. (1494118)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Service Time Prediction requests were sent for shipments that have not been geocoded, resulting in unnecessary errors from the machine learning service. The system now prevents service time prediction requests for shipments without geocoded locations. (1493006)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Applied filters and search criteria are now retained in configuration pages after saving or cancelling changes. This allows users to continue working within the same filtered view without needing to reapply filters, improving efficiency when updating multiple records. (1492320)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Shift-select feature in the All Shipments tab of Map View has been improved to reliably select all shipments between the first and last selected items. This fix provides more consistent multi-selection behavior and makes working with large shipment lists easier. (1492281)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Export Grid and Print actions on the Optimization Audit page did not respond when selected. Both actions now function correctly. (1491966)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Map View has been improved to ensure routes and break stops are displayed accurately and consistently. Previously, random straight lines could appear on the map and break stops could occasionally be shown in incorrect locations. (1491879)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Track My Order page now correctly displays translated field values when a regional settings location-specific language is applied. Previously, some fields continued to show the default page language instead of the selected regional language. (1491047)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Choose Columns feature in the Route Summary grid on the View Route Detail page has been improved to function correctly. Previously, the option did not respond and the column header context menu was not available. (1490657)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: A new Enable TimeCard Route Processing feature has been added to support mobile workflows where a RequestRoute message is not generated. When enabled, incoming TimeCard messages can automatically assign drivers and vehicles to existing routes and mark those routes as ready for execution. (1489569)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The user access section on the Add A Location page has been improved for a more intuitive experience. The filter field is now correctly labeled to indicate that it filters users, and it is disabled when no users are available to select. (1489080)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Generated Report / Export History section displayed date fields in a format that did not match the Regional Settings configuration. The date fields now use the configured regional date format. (1488859)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Fixed Route Parser and Export have been enhanced with support for the Trailer Key field, allowing trailers to be uniquely identified and assigned through integrations. Additional optional export fields have also been added to provide more complete route, location, time window, and trailer details, improving data visibility and making exports more useful for reporting and integration purposes. (1488764)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Export configuration now support additional profile-related fields, including Vehicle Profile Name, Trailer Profile Name, and Compartment Profile Name. These new selectable fields provide greater visibility into equipment and load configuration details, enhancing reporting capabilities and improving the usefulness of exported data. (1487493)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: A new configuration option allows users with the dispatcher_admin role to manage Depot settings and entities. When enabled, dispatcher admins can create, edit, and delete depots, reducing reliance on higher-level administrators and improving operational efficiency. (1487471)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Trailer assignments are now displayed correctly in Fixed Routes and are properly carried over to routes when applying fixed routes in Map View. In addition, the lasso selection tool has been restored, making it easier to select multiple stops and manage routes more efficiently. (1487404)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Trailers configuration pages have been updated to align with the Vehicles configuration experience. Icons, styling, and page behavior are now consistent across both Add and Edit workflows, providing a more unified and intuitive user experience when managing vehicle and trailer resources. (1487402)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Add Properties icon on the Users page has been updated to match the styling used in the Vehicles page. This enhancement improves visual consistency across the application and provides a more seamless user experience when managing properties. (1486890)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: A new Load Priority field has been added to Route Templates, Fixed Routes, and Routes to support warehouse picking and loading operations. Load Priority can be configured on route templates, maintained through fixed routes, and overridden during daily planning. The field is also supported across configuration imports and APIs, exports, and integrations, including route data published to Descartes wGLN. Additional capabilities include bulk updating, sequential priority assignment, and validation options to help identify or manage duplicate priorities. This enhancement improves loading efficiency, reduces manual coordination, and provides greater control over route execution workflows. (1486778)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Special stops are now displayed at their correct configured locations when straight-line pathing is enabled and Driver Activity is configured to use Geocode data. Previously, special stops could appear in incorrect positions on the map in certain Dispatch and Track scenarios. (1486570)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Introduced Shipment API v2 for shipment operations. This release adds new synchronous, asynchronous, and batch processing endpoints, along with improved error handling, status tracking, and reliability enhancements to support scalable, high-volume integrations. (1485505)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The "Violation if total drive time exceeds specified amount" exception now evaluates routes correctly and displays alerts only when a valid violation exists. Previously, some routes could be incorrectly flagged in the Exceptions tab even when no Maximum Route Driving Minutes was configured for the route. (1482875)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The View All Images feature on routes has been corrected to include images attached to follow-up (child) field data items. Previously, only images associated with primary fields were displayed. (1482536)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: OAuth authentication is now available for inbound integrations. The system supports secure token-based authentication for inbound API and interface requests, improving security and access management. (1481410)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Several General Display map settings previously available only in Map View are now available in Fixed Routes & Territories. Users can now choose to hide route elements until a route is selected, automatically show hidden routes when selected, and recenter the map when routes are shown or hidden. This enhancement provides a more consistent map experience and greater control over route visibility across planning modules. (1481370)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Two new export fields, Total Customer Stops and Total Completed Customer Stops, are now available in Export configuration. These fields count only customer stops and exclude depot stops, providing clearer visibility into customer delivery performance and more accurate reporting. (1481346)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Lock Stop feature now supports Sort by Distance and Sort by Time Window operations. When sorting is applied, locked stops remain in their assigned positions while only unlocked stops are reordered. This enhancement helps maintain route constraints, reduces manual adjustments, and provides a more consistent route planning experience. (1481286)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: The Add/Edit A User page did not provide depot filtering in the Specify Depot Access section. The page now includes a lookup filter for easier depot selection. (1479662)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: When a vehicle is marked as Inactive, the system now displays a warning if the vehicle is assigned to one or more Optimization Schedules. Users are informed of the affected schedules and must confirm the action before proceeding, helping prevent optimization failures and ensuring greater awareness of scheduling impacts. (1475463)

๐ŸŸฉ Resolved Issue: Changes to General Display settings in the Fixed Routes & Territories module are now reflected immediately in the user interface. Previously, users had to refresh the page or reopen the module to see their changes. This correction provides a more responsive experience and aligns the behavior with Map View. (1472003)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Route API now supports additional route configuration fields, including driver, trailer, reloads, multi-depot loads, and route and trip limits. This enhancement improves data completeness and enables more accurate route configuration through integrations. (1471132)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Routes Parser now supports the Route Start Day Offset field, allowing customers to configure route start days during bulk imports. Supported values include -1 (Yesterday), 0 (Today), and 1 (Tomorrow), aligning with existing user interface and API functionality. This enhancement reduces manual configuration effort and ensures consistent route setup across imports, the user interface, and integrations. (1471131)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Fixed Routes module now supports assigning helpers directly to fixed routes. Helper assignments can also be imported through the Fixed Routes Parser and are automatically carry over when fixed routes are used as part of daily planning. This enhancement reduces manual effort, improves planning efficiency, and helps ensure consistent helper assignments across recurring routes. (1444276)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: A new system-level setting allows optimization on active delivery days to be limited to Optimize Unrouted Shipments Only mode. When enabled, only unrouted shipments are optimized using unused vehicles, while existing routes and routed shipments remain unchanged. This enhancement helps dispatchers efficiently manage last-minute orders without disrupting active routes or ongoing operations. (1441682)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: A new backend-controlled setting, Automatically Freeze Route On, has been added to automatically freeze routes when selected depot events occur. Available options include Arrive at Start Depot, Complete at Start Depot, Arrive at End Depot, and Complete at End Depot. This enhancement ensures routes are consistently frozen at key milestones, regardless of user-specific Map View settings, reducing manual effort and improving operational control. (1441667)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Bulk Edit feature in Map View now supports updating any shipment or order attribute across multiple selected shipments. Previously, bulk updates were limited to a predefined set of fields, requiring users to make changes individually. This enhancement streamlines data maintenance, simplifies bulk corrections, and improves efficiency when managing large groups of shipments. (1441647)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Assign Helpers, Change Driver, Change Trailer, Change Vehicle, and Change/Choose Route windows have been updated with a cleaner and more user-friendly design. Improved spacing, clearer labels, and a more organized layout make it easier to browse and select resource entities. A new search function has also been added, allowing users to quickly find the desired resource and complete assignments more efficiently. (1441645, 1441644, 1441643, 1441642, 1441641)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Freeze completed routes setting in Map View > General Display has been enhanced and renamed to Freeze Route On for improved clarity. The setting now includes additional trigger options, such as Arrive at Start Depot and Complete at Start Depot, providing greater flexibility in determining when routes are automatically frozen. The setting has also been repositioned within the General Display options to improve usability and make route management settings easier to locate. (1441637)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The configuration of "Violation if start time exceeds specific time" and "Violation if total duration exceeds specified amount" exceptions has been enhanced with a time picker control. This replaces the previous free-form text field, making it easier to enter valid time values, improving consistency, and reducing configuration errors. (1436967)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Power BI reports now include an Options menu, allowing users the ability to view reports in full-screen mode and exported to PDF directly from the application. These enhancements make it easier to analyze reports, reduce scrolling, and generate shareable PDF reports that reflect the user's current filters and selections. (1430345)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: A new Time Window Evaluation Method setting has been added for calculating % in Time Window. Descartes administrative users can now configure whether a shipment is considered on time based on Arrival Only (default0 or Arrival + Completion within the defined time window. This enhancement provides greater flexibility and allows organizations to align performance metrics with their operational requirements and service-level expectations. (1429941)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Selected Routes tab in Map View now includes an integrated image viewer, making it easier to view and navigate route images. Previously, images were displayed as individual list entries, which could become difficult to manage when a route contained many images. This enhancement provides a simpler and more efficient image viewing experience. (1427531)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Edit Planned Launch Time feature in Map View has been redesigned with a cleaner, more user-friendly interface and improved time selection controls. To improve clarity, the option has been renamed to Update Launch Time and repositioned within the Edit Route menu for easier access and a more intuitive workflow. (1427530)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Edit Route menu in Map View has been updated with clearer and more intuitive option names to improve usability. Change Route Template has been renamed to Change Route, Edit Route Label to Rename Route, and Change Route Color to Set Color. Additionally, Rename Route has been repositioned within the menu to better align with common route management workflows and provide a more streamlined user experience. (1427529)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Distance and time-based route exceptions now consider optimizer profile settings when evaluating configured route limits. This enhancement improves the accuracy of total distance, total duration, and total driving time exception alerts, ensuring they better reflect route planning and operational constraints. (1421807)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Introduced a beta version of an AI-powered search experience within the application, enabling users to ask natural-language questions and receive instant answers without leaving the platform. The feature leverages the Aha! Knowledge Base as its primary knowledge source and helps users quickly find information related to product configuration, setup, troubleshooting, workflows, and best practices. Participation in the beta program is optional, and customers can request inclusion if they wish to test the feature before general availability. (1420563)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The discontinued Show All Depots feature and its related components are no longer available. This simplifies the application and removes unused functionality. (1397725)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Main Menu Configuration page now features grouped categories, collapsible sections, and modern interface elements to improve usability and navigation. The updated layout makes it easier to find and manage configuration settings, providing a more organized, intuitive, and efficient configuration experience. (1372276)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Optimize Delivery Day interface has been updated with a cleaner, more modern design to improve usability and efficiency. New depot-based vehicle filtering, improved sorting, and improved resource recommendations help users quickly identify and select the most appropriate vehicles for optimization. (1372275)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Compartment Profile pages now feature a cleaner and more modern interface. The enhanced design makes it easier to view, search, create, and edit compartment profiles, improving usability, navigation, and overall efficiency when managing compartment configurations. (1372268)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: New time window configuration options have been added to Shipment Parser, Shipment Webservice, and Shipment API integrations. These settings allow incoming shipment data to update customer time windows and optionally use customer default time windows when shipment-specific time windows are not provided. This enhancement provides greater flexibility and ensures more consistent time window handling across all inbound shipment integrations. (1359266)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Find Users search results page has been enhanced to improve readability and performance when displaying assigned locations. The page now shows the default location and up to four additional locations, with an indicator displaying the total number of assigned locations when more are available. Additional improvement such as anew tooltip, provide a cleaner interface, and a better overall user experience. (1326755)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Map layer view and configuration settings for HERE and Google web maps have been enhanced with a more streamlined and user-friendly interface. The updated experience makes it easier to select, manage, and customize map layers, providing a simpler and more intuitive way to configure map displays. (1319197)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Optimization now supports configurable shipment reassignment across multiple depot types, beyond the traditional Location-to-Dispatch Center model. Intelligent depot selection helps identify the most appropriate fulfillment depot for each shipment, providing greater flexibility, improved resource utilization, and more efficient optimization outcomes. (1268702)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Manual routing now supports full truck load pickup and delivery orders, allowing users to manually build and manage routes using existing routing capabilities. Features such as independent stops, stop linkage, and drag-and-drop route creation are now available for pickup orders, providing a more flexible and consistent routing experience across all order types. (1266682)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: Route-level exports now support automatic totals for configured numeric attributes. This enhancement calculates and includes route-level sums in export data, improving reporting accuracy and eliminating the need for manual calculations when analyzing route performance and operational metrics. (1263476)

๐ŸŸช Enhancement: The Edit Time Window feature has been enhanced with a clearer, more user-friendly interface. Improvements to time entry controls, information display, and segment selection make it easier to review and update time windows. (1250022)


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