Route plan

Route planning allows users (or their manager) to use Mobile CRM app to create a daily route. It is similar to the global map in that it displays a map and a list of entities, for example contacts or accounts. However, it also allows you to tap any subject and create appointments. It can also suggest an optimal route for you that you can follow to visit all your today's appointments with least overhead.

Using route plan in mobile CRM

See Resco Mobile CRM#Map and route planner.

Configuring in Woodford

Route plans are configured for each app project in Woodford. Select Route Plan from the Project menu of Woodford to display a list of route plans. You can design multiple different route plans. After you're done designing a route plan, add it to the home screen of the app.

The configuration of a route plan is divided into three tabs.

• Activity: Use it to configure created appointments
• Filter Fields: Filter which appointments are shown on the map.
• Source Views: Select entities that should be displayed on the map. User can click the map pins to add an appointment with the entity to their daily route.

Set up the route plan, then click Save & Close.

Activity tab

Activity

Defines which entity should be shown/edited on the route plan. Often, this is the Appointment entity.

Start Field

Choose the entity field that defines the start time of the appointment.

End Field

Choose the entity field that defines the end time of the appointment.

Related Entity Lookup

Defines related entity or entities that will be shown on the map. Creating an appointment on the route plan will associate the entity record to the appointment using this lookup field.

View-only Mode

Enable to make the route plan ready only for app user. User won't be able to modify route items.

Filter user-owned records

Check if the route plan should explicitly filter records owned by the current user of the app. Similar functionality can also be achieved by setting a proper Sync Filter for the route plan entity.

Enable completion

Check to allow users to complete appointments directly from the map annotation. When this field is enabled, you also need to define the Completion Status below.

Status field

Choose the entity field that is used as status field.

Completion Status

Choose the status code that's set when a user marks an appointment as complete on the map. Appointments with this status code are not shown on the route.

Excluded Status Values

Choose additional status codes that should also be not shown on the route.

Workday Start Hour

Enter the hour which should be used as the start for every route. Format: HH:MM.

Default Duration

Enter the default appointment duration in minutes.

Default Work Location

Enter the altitude and longitude of the default work location.

Start/end route at work

Check if work is used as the default starting and ending location. Clear if you want to use the current location instead.

Filter Fields tab

This tab displays a list of entity fields of the entity selected on the Activity tab. Select which fields should be used for filtering. App users will be able to set the filter to display only the relevant appointments.

A good example of such a field is the field Owner. A manager can select a person in the owner field, add appointments for that person, and save the route; then proceed to the next team member.

Source Views tab

List of entities

Select entities that should be displayed on the map. You can select one or more views for each entity. This list displays entities that have GPS coordinates latitude and longitude enabled. Also, the Regarding field of the entity selected in the Activity tab must have the entities among its lookup targets.

Initial Entity

Choose an entity that should be displayed by default.

Rules

You can use rules to customize the behavior of your route plan. The following actions trigger rule execution on a route plan:

On Item Added

Executed when a user adds a new appointment on the map. Often used for initialization, if you need to set some properties for the newly created appointment.

On Item Completed

Executed when a user marks an appointment as completed. This can be used to perform some finishing touches on the appointment about to be closed.

Few sample rules are described in a webinar. Webinar