Assigning a Booking to a Provider

Assigning a booking to a provider means that the provider is responsible for performing the trip.

Before you begin

Trip Booking must be open.

Procedure

  1. Select a client and create a trip.
    At minimum, a Date, Client, Req time, Origin, and Destination should be defined.
  2. Click the Detail tab.
  3. Click a Provider in the list.
  4. Continue adding information about the trip as needed.
  5. Do one of the following:
    ToDo this
    Save the booking for batch scheduling laterClick the Save button:
    Diskette.
    Schedule the booking immediatelyClick the Schedule button:
    Three times: 1:07, 1:10, and 1:40.
  6. If the Provider Required property (with Trip Booking open, click File > Properties, and check the Booking Screen tab) is set to Yes and no provider has been selected, when the booking is saved a No provider entered, continue with booking Y/N message appears.
  7. Click one of three options:
    • Yes
      Save the booking without it being assigned to a provider.
    • No
      Cancel the save activity.
    • Yes to All
      Save the booking ignoring this warning and subsequent warnings due to travel violations..

Results

Any additional warnings appear and the selected option is applied to the Trip Booking.