Under certain circumstances it may be required to update the start/end, stop, school times of many routes or tasks for a given day.

To accomplish this task Bytecurve 360 has a Mass time shift feature.  This function can be found under Operations > Dispatch > Frequently Used > Mass time shift.



After selecting Mass time shift a pop-up appears.  This pop-up window is best described in three sections.

  1. In the top section you will find the selection criteria for the action you wish to perform.  Here you can select:
    1. Reason – Early-Out, Late-Start, Weather or Other can be selected.  This selection has no impact on the time shift itself and it more of a label for reporting purposes.
    2. Adjust start and/or end time by (min) – using this selection the user can move the start and/or end time earlier (negative number) or later (positive number).
    3. Set start time to a specific time – using the selection the user can set the start time to a specific time in HH:MM.
    4. Adjust yard depart/return times? Yes or No.  If Yes, the system will also adjust the yard depart and/or yard return time by the number of minutes set in the Start time (yard depart) and End time (yard return).  If no, the system will only adjust the start and/or end time of the tasks selected and not the yard depart and/or yard return time.
    5. Adjust stop/school times? Yes or No.  If Yes, the system will also adjust the scheduled times for stops/schools on the selected routes.  If No, the system will not adjust the scheduled times for stops/schools on the selected routes.
  2. The bottom left section displays a list of available routes/tasks with filters to assist the user in finding the routes/tasks to be shifted:
    1. Task group – the user can select tasks in one of the following groups (as determined by the task code assigned to the task) HTS, FT/CH, or Indirect.
    2. Shift – the user can select routes/tasks assigned to a specific shift like AM, MD, PM, FT or CH.
    3. Customer – the user can select routes/tasks assigned to a specific customer.
    4. School – the user can select routes that have runs that service a specific school.
  3. The bottom right section will display the routes/tasks selected by the user to shift.
    1. The user can select the routes/tasks on the left by checking the check box and then using the ‘Add’ button between the two boxes to move the selected routes/tasks to the ‘Selected Route’ (right side).


 

Follow these steps to perform a Mass time shift: 

  1. Complete the top section (1).  Make your desired selections for how you would like to shift the time.
  2. Use the ‘Route Selector’ to find the routes/tasks you would like to shift.  
  3. Once you have marked the routes/tasks by clicking the check box(es) next to each use the ‘Add’ button to move them to the ‘Selected Route’ box.
  4. Review all the selections to ensure correctness and then click Update at the bottom right corner of the pop-up box.

The system will move the times for the selected tasks according to the selections made.

**Note:  you may receive an error message if any of the following criteria are met:

  1. Your selections have caused the start time to be after the yard depart time or the end time to be before the yard return time.
  2. Your selections have caused the yard depart time to be after the first stop time or the yard return time to be before the last stop time.
  3. Your selections have caused the time of the shifted task to overlap for one or more employees.