Settings to display the dispatch status and the dispatch history
- Display the Dispatch Status in the Toolbox: Go to the Toolbox Objects Tab, select an object and right mouse click > Display > Dispatch Status.
Double click on the Object name and click on the button: Dispatch Status to see the Dispatch history for that Object.
- Enable the Dispatch Status for the Object Tree: Go to the settings tab of the Toolbox > select Display in the dropdown menu > Dispatch Status: Yes.
This will show the Dispatch Status Arrows next to the Objects in the Object Tree. Click on the arrow to access the Dispatch Status history.
* To sort the Objects by their current Dispatched Division enable the setting: Always Sort Objects By Their Current Dispatched Division in the Long Form > Objects Tree > Options. It will sort by Dispatched Division and puts the User’s Division first.
Check the Equipment Status and History:
- Click on the arrow in the Objects Tree to access the Dispatch history:
- Go to the Objects tab of the Toolbox and Double click on the Object > Click on the Dispatch Status button on the new window to access the Dispatch history:
- Check the Dispatch Status in Object Manager: Highlight and object and go to the drop down menu or right mouse click > Dispatch Status.
* From 6.5 The Booking history will show additional information if the changes to the Booking have been made from the Dispatch indicating"(Dispatch)" in the Booking history line.
The Booking history line will always start with the date dd-mm-yyyy / hh:mm (thumbnail icon).
Actions that will generate a Booking history line when changing something in the corresponding Dispatch:
- Hitting OK the first time you create the Dispatch of the Booking: Time (Dispatch): Time
- Changing the Out or Return Date or Time of a Dispatch: Date And . Time (Dispatch): Date / Time
- Swapping an Object with another Object of the same Object Class: Removed (Dispatch): Object Class / Object Name/ Inventory Number and Added (Dispatch) Object Class / Object Name / Inventory Number
- Swapping an Object Class with a real Object from that Object Class: Added (Dispatch):Object Class / Object Name / Inventory Number
- Removing an Object from the Dispatch: Removed (Dispatch): Object Class / Object Name / Inventory Number
- Adding an Object from the Dispatch: Added (Dispatch): Object Class / Object Name / Inventory Number
Actions that are not listed in the Booking history:
- Adding notes to Objects
- Adding notes and Inventory Numbers to Object Classes or External Objects
- Verifying Objects
- Using the option to "Move To New Dispatch"
- Unlinking a Booking from its Dispatch
- Changing the Dispatch Status
You can also see in the booking history when you have swapped an Object with another, or swapped an Object Class with one of it's members. The Booking History will state:
Swapping an Object class with Object Class member:
- "Removed (Dispatch): Object Class Name
- Added (Dispatch): Object Class / Object Name / Inventory Number"
Swapping one allocated member of an Object Class with another:
- "Removed (Dispatch): Object Class / Object Name / Inventory Number
- Added (Dispatch): Object Class / Object Name / Inventory Number"