Handler Availability

This page allows you to create a new profile for handler selection. This profile consists of rules that will help the planner identify handlers satisfying certain criteria from among all the available handlers during planning. You can search handlers based on the parameters listed and save the parameter against the profile ID along with a value to be used as filter criteria. Based on the parameters opted for, the system fetches a list of available handlers. The user can either click the Run Profile button to fetch the list of handlers based on the filter criteria, or the system will create this list via a batch job. You can also add more handlers to the profile output via a manual search.

Click “+Profile” button in the right hand side corner of Handler tab in the “Resource Availability” page to create a new profile.

The “Handler Availability” page appears.

Enter the following header details:

Handler Profile	A unique ID identifying the handler profile. This field can be a combination of alphabets and numbers, and cannot be left blank.
Make this Profile as Default	Select the checkbox to specify this handler profile as default profile. Only one profile can be defaulted. If a default profile is already present, on checking this box for some other profile, this other profile is marked the default.
Description	The description of the handler profile.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the handler profile. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page.

This vehicle profile page consists of the following tabs:

v Settings

v Handler Data

v Profile Output

Tab – Settings

Enter the following details in the multiline:

Parameter	Use the drop-down list box to select the parameter to be set for the handler profile. The combo is loaded with the values “Agency ID”, “Agency Name”, “Attached to Any Location”, “Attached to Vehicle”, “Attached to Location”, “Handler Id”, “Handler Name”, “Seniority”, “Handler Status”, “Home Location”, “Handler with Leg Preference”, “Max. Cont. drive hours per day”, “Owner Type”, “Preferred Leg”, “Preferred Shift End Time”, “Driver with Shift Preference”, “Preferred Shift Start Time” and “With Total Hours Limit in a day”.
Operator	Use the drop-down list box to select the operator used for the selected parameter. The combo is loaded with the values “Equal To” and “Between”. Mandatory. Note: You must select “Between” for Preferred Shift Start Time and Preferred Shift End Time parameter. You must select “Equal To” for remaining parameters.
Value 1	The first value of the selected handler parameter.
Value 2	The second value of the selected handler parameter. This is used when the operator selected is “Between” i.e. For parameter Preferred Shift Start Time (you can define between value 1 and value 2)
Result Sort Order	The order in which the output has to be sorted. With this, handlers filtered using the parameter with the lowest sort order value will show up on top of the output grid, followed by those with sequentially higher sort order values. Mandatory.

Enter the following details in the “Map Handler Skill Code to Vendor” multiline:

Driver Skill Code	Use the drop-down list box to select the skill code of the handler. The combo is loaded with user defined values for driver skill codes. The system displays “Blank” by default on the launch of the page.
Vendor	The vendor code to be mapped to the handler.
Capacity (Units)	The number of handlers mapped to the vendor.

Note: At least one row should be selected in the multiline.

Click “Save” button to save the handler profile settings.
Click “Run Profile” button to retrieve the handler profile details based on the parameter and display it in profile output tab.

Tab – Handler Data

Enter the following details:

Handler ID	The ID identifying the handler to be retrieved.
Handler Name	The name of the handler.
Vehicle Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the handler. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page.
Attached Location	The location to which the handler is attached.
Employment Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the employment type of the handler. The combo is loaded with the values “Owned” and any user defined values. Mandatory
Agency ID	The code identifying the agency which hired or leased the handler in case of a hired or leased handler.
Agency Name	The name of the agency which hired or leased the handler in case of a hired or leased handler.

Click “Search” button to retrieve the search results in the multiline

The system displays the following details in the multiline:

Handler ID	The ID identifying the handler who is added to the profile.
Handler Name	The first name of the handler.
Middle Name	The middle name of the handler.
Last Name	The last name of the handler.
Description	The description of the handler.
Status	The status of the handler.
Handler Type	The employment type of the handler.
Handler Group	The group to which the handler belongs.
Owner Type	The owner type of the handler.
Home Location	The native location of the handler.
Attached To Location	The location to which the handler is attached.
Attached To Vehicle	The vehicle to which the handler is attached.

Note: At least one row should be selected in the multiline.

Click “Update Profile Output” button to update the selected profile to the profile output.
Click “” in the multiline header to delete the selected profile.

Tab – Profile Output

The system displays the following details in the multiline:

Handler ID	The ID identifying the handler to which the profile is to be added.
Handler Name	The first name of the handler.
Middle Name	The middle name of the handler.
Last Name	The last name of the handler.
Description	The description of the handler.
Status	The status of the handler.
Handler Type	The employment type of the handler.
Handler Group	The group to which the handler belongs.
Owner Type	The owner type of the handler.
Home Location	The native location of the handler.
Attached To Location	The location to which the handler is attached.
Attached To Vehicle	The vehicle to which the handler is attached.

Click “Run Profile” button to create the profile for a driver.
Click “” in the multiline header to delete the selected profile.