Start Travel

Explanation

Use this activity to indicate that the person allocated to the work assignment has started to travel to the location of fault or service and to automatically report travel time.

Once the work assignment is set as Start Travel a new record will be created in Work Task Clockings window to indicate the start time and the work assignment will be set to  OnRoute status. Next if the user select Clock In or Clock Out in the work assignment the previous clocking record will be updated with stop time and a work task transaction will be created for the travel time.

Prerequisites

• A work task should have been defined with a work assignment.

System Effects

When Start Travel option is selected on a work assignment,

• New clocking record will be created in Work Task Clockings window with the date and time updated as Start Time.
• Work Assignment will be set to  OnRoute status.

Window

Work Task
Work Assignments
Work Task Clockings
Prepare Work Order
Report In Work Order
Work Order Structure

Related Window Descriptions

Work Task
Work Assignments
Work Task Clockings
Work Task/Work Assignments
Prepare Work Order
Prepare Work Order/Work Tasks/Work Assignments
Report In Work Order
Report In Work Order/Work Tasks/Work Assignments
Work Order Structure
Work Order Structure/Work Tasks/Work Assignments

Procedure

1. Open the Work Task window, or alternatively select the Work Tasks tab in the Prepare Work Order , Report In Work Order or the Work Order Structure window.
2. Query the work order and then select the appropriate work task. (F3)
3. Click on the Work Assignments tab.
4. Select the appropriate record right click and then point to Start Travel.
5. Observer the clocking data in the Work Task Clockings window.