General

You can use this tab to plan the resources based on the employees or the installation group. The available settings:

Views

The Views section allows you to select the views that must be displayed in the workbench and also select the items based on the selected origins and the statuses specific for the origins.

You can specify a pattern to differentiate between different objects on the Gantt chart.

Location

Map Zoom Level: You can specify the default zoom level of the map for the Workbench.

Pushpin Size: You can specify the default pushpin size to be displayed on the map.

Enable Zoom: You can use this option to zoom in and zoom out on the map.

GPS Latitude (WGS84), GPS Longitude (WGS84): You can specify the exact location to zoom on the map when the workbench is started.

Others

  • Auto Save: When the Auto Save Option is set to ON, all the actions executed are immediately saved in the LN backend server. Note: This action cannot be reverted.
  • Auto Refresh: When the Auto Refresh check box is selected, the changes in the application are periodically updated to the workbench, based on the specified time interval.
  • Exclude Employees: The selected Service employees are excluded from the workbench.
Note: You can specify the refresh time interval only if the Auto Refresh check box is selected.
  • Apply Filter to Gantt: Based on this parameter, the filter from the Activity grid is applied to the Gantt chart.
    • Show in-context employees: All the activities assigned to the employees in the grid are displayed on the Gantt chart.
    • Show grid content only: All the activities that are currently visible in the grid, are displayed on the Gantt chart.

Planning Horizon

  • The Type field can be set to Fixed or Relative.

    When the Type field is set to Relative and the specified +/-Days range is set to a value beyond 90 days, a disclaimer message is displayed to indicate that performance issues can occur in the application. The specified value is accepted only when you accept the disclaimer message.

    Note: You can specify the -Days up to 180 days and +Days up to 450 days.
  • If the Type field is set to Fixed, the data is retrieved for the date specified in the From field.
  • If the Type field is set to Relative, the data is retrieved for the current date.
  • The Days field can be set to the number of days for which data must be fetched from LN.

Distance Calculation Inputs

  • Distance Calculation (Closest Employee): This method is used to calculate the distance between two locations.
    • As The Crow Flies: The distance is calculated using a simple formula.
    • Bing Maps: Uses a dedicated web service. An internet connection is required wherein LN requests the Bing maps web service to calculate the distance.
  • Average Travel Speed: The average travel speed that must be used to the calculate the travel time when planning a route.
  • Travel Offset Time: The travel offset time that must be used to calculate the travel time when planning a route.

Activities (Grid)

Using this option, you can choose to display the assigned, or unassigned, or both types of activities in the Activities section.

Map Pushpins

Allows to defined color of assigned and unassigned pushpins. And also the border color of the pushpin.