You can customize the start and end locations of each agent’s routes to better adapt route planning to your field operations.
Depending on your needs, several options are available:
- 🏭 Use the warehouse or site address (default option)
- 🅿️ Set a vehicle parking location
- 📍 Define a specific address depending on the day of the week
- 🚫 Define no start or end location
Understanding the different types of start and end locations
Warehouse or site address
By default, routes start and end at the warehouse address configured in Settings > General information.
Vehicle parking location
You can define a fixed address for a vehicle. This address will be used every day of the week.
Example: company parking lot, secondary depot, driver’s home.
The vehicle parking location address is configured in Resources > Vehicles > … > Edit > Location of the vehicle > Custom.
Specific address
You can define a different address for each day of the week for every agent.
The specific address is configured in Resources > Agents > Working hours.
Example:
- departure from home on Monday;
- departure from a regional office on Tuesday.
No start or end location
You can also choose not to define any start or end location.
This option is configured in Resources > Agents > Working hours.
In this case, during route optimization:
- no trip will be added between the start location and the first stop;
- no trip will be added between the last stop and the end location.
Set a vehicle parking location
The parking location is the same for every day of the week.
Steps to follow:
- Go to the ‘Resources’ module.
- Click on the ‘Vehicles’ tab.
- Identify a vehicle and click on ‘...’ > ‘Edit’.
- In the ‘Location of the vehicle’ section, select ‘Custom’.
- Enter the desired address.
- Click on the ‘Save’ button.
Set custom start and end addresses
You can customize the start and end locations for each day of the week.
Steps to follow:
- Go to the ‘Resources’ module.
- Click on the ‘Drivers’ tab.
- Identify a driver and click on ‘...’ > ‘Edit’.
- Click on ‘Working hours, locations and skills’.
- Select a week in the calendar.
- Customise the departure address:
- Click on the warehouse icon.
- Click on ‘Add custom location’.
- Enter and select an address.
- Repeat these actions for the arrival location and for the other days of the week.
- Click on ‘Save’ to apply the changes for the selected week, or on ‘Save and set as default’ to apply the changes to all subsequent weeks.
Define no start or end location
You can choose not to define any start or end location for an agent.
Steps to follow:
- Go to the ‘Resources’ module.
- Click on the ‘Drivers’ tab.
- Identify a driver and click on ‘...’ > ‘Edit’.
- Click on ‘Working hours, locations and skills’.
- Select a week in the calendar.
- Customise the departure address:
- Click on the warehouse icon.
- Click on ‘No departure location’.
- Repeat these actions for the arrival location and for the other days of the week.
- Click on ‘Save’ to apply the changes for the selected week, or on ‘Save and set as default’ to apply the changes to all subsequent weeks.
☝️ Good to know:
From the “Agenda” tab, you can quickly view agents’ start and end locations using the icon displayed inside the blue circle at the beginning and end of routes.
If no start or end location is defined, no blue circle will appear in the schedule.
🙋♀️ Need help?
If you encounter any difficulties when setting this option, please do not hesitate to contact AntsRoute Support by email or via the chat available from the web interface.