The Descartes Route Planner On-demand application is driven by delivery dates. All shipments (orders) are associated with a specific delivery date.
To perform routing and scheduling activities:
From the Deliveries option on the main menu, select View Delivery Days.
The View Delivery Days page appears and is divided into two sections: a recent delivery dates section showing a rolling 7-day view of uploaded shipments, and a three-month calendar used to view imported data for specific days.-
Review the calendar indicators to understand shipment and route statuses:
Bold blue date: Shipments have been uploaded, and at least one route has been created.
Blue date: Shipments have been uploaded, but no routes have been created.
Black date: No shipments have been uploaded.
Activate icon next to a date: Indicates that shipments are executable (the active delivery day).
Select the desired delivery day to review.
The View Delivery Day page appears.-
On the View Delivery Day page, review the following information:
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Delivery day summary, including:
Assigned tracking numbers
Shipment statuses
Total shipments assigned to routes vs. total shipments imported
Number of routes
Total number of stops
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Route status summary, showing:
Route keys
Vehicles
Drivers
Route statuses
Export delivery day options, which allow exporting data for the selected day
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Uploaded files for the delivery day, displaying:
User who imported the file
Date and time of import
Filename and file size
Download icon (to retrieve the file)
Reverse arrow icon (to undo the upload if needed)
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