By default, portatour® uses a traffic forecast based on historical traffic flow data for route planning.
If desired, the current traffic situation can also be included in the schedule calculation for the first trip, provided that it starts within the next 15 minutes.
Update schedule considering current traffic situation
- Open the Schedule.
- Click Update Schedule. A pop-up window opens.
- Check Remember decision in the scheduling parameters to save your decision for future schedule updates. This can be changed at any time in the scheduling parameters (see Scheduling parameters).
- Click Current traffic to confirm that the current traffic situation should be taken into account for the first trip.
You can see that current traffic has been taken into account in the schedule by the additional text in the line of the first trip:
Hint: Updating a schedule takes longer when taking current traffic into account due to the increased calculation effort. Depending on the number of customers, up to 5 seconds more may be required.
Hint: Taking the current traffic situation into account also affects the automatic selection of the first customer in the schedule. Customers for whom there is a loss of time on the driving route, despite the consideration of alternative routes, are less likely to be scheduled as the first customer call.
Further information
- To display the effect of the current traffic situation on the already calculated schedule without updating it, see Check schedule with current traffic.
- To learn how to display the current traffic situation on the map, see Show current traffic on map.