A Descartes representative must enable the functionality to configure hazardous materials. Once enabled, users can set rules by using Attributes (shipment and item) and supplied related data and associating them with different standard hazardous material classes. In addition, the user can define the different hazardous material classes for a vehicle, which will serve the following purposes:
Ensures that shipments are only placed on vehicles where the hazardous material class of the shipment is the same as the class defined on the vehicle.
Ensures that the vehicle's calculated path does not use roads restricted due to the hazardous material being onboard (e.g., vehicles containing certain hazardous materials cannot use roads near a school).
To configure hazardous material rules:
From the Home page, select Configuration.
Click the Hazardous Materials link.
From the Configuration - Configure Hazardous Materials page, click Add.
Select an applicable option for Attribute from the dropdown. The list includes all the active Attributes configured for the respective location.
Select an Operator. Selecting "Exact" will apply the Hazardous Material chosen only if the exact Value entered matches the supplied data. Selecting "Like" will apply the Hazardous Material selected if the Value like the one entered matches that of the provided data.
In Value, enter the data value that will be supplied via integration.
Select the Hazardous Material applicable class from the dropdown.
Repeat steps 3 – 7 to add more rules.
Check I have verified this information to be correct and click the Add button.
To define hazardous material classes for a vehicle:
From the Home page, select Configuration.
Click the Vehicles link.
From the Configuration - View Vehicles page, click Add Vehicle.
Enter the information for the vehicle. See Configuring Vehicles to learn more.
For the Hazardous Materials, you can click Select All to include all classes for the vehicle, or you can click the individual classes associated with the vehicle.
Check to verify the information.
Click the Add Vehicle button.
Hazardous materials can also be configured for Vehicle Profiles. See Configuring Vehicle Profiles to learn more.