Run Block Optimizer

Release notes on tasks that apply to most Run Block Optimizer screens.

Version Type Description ID
19.0.3.0 ENH
The following items have been added to support Run Block Optimizer:
  1. Two new columns have been added to the Block Scenarios screen: Percent Layover and Min Block Length.

  2. New switch in the Trace Options dialog box: FX > BlockBuster > Trace Block Scenario Metrics

FX-8748
19.0.4.0 CORR

The issue of frozen blocked trips being unblocked or split when running Run Block Optimizer has been fixed. The frozen blocked trips now remain blocked and uncut in BlockBuster when RBO is run.

FX-11321
19.0.4.0 CORR

The issue of the Run Block Optimizer Constraint parameters being displayed as codes in the Signup Default column has been fixed. The parameters are now service group dependent so will no longer be loaded or imported into the sign-up level.

FX-11237
19.0.4.0 ENH

The following parameters have been added under Miscellaneous Globals: Minimum Recovery Time and Maximum Recovery Time to control layovers, that is, prevent 0 or high layovers. They can be set for global minimum and maximum recovery values. (If used, the values set for the parameters are displayed in the Min RBO Layover and MaxRBO Layover columns on the Patterns tab in the Route Definition screen in FX.)

FX-11471
19.0.5.0 ENH

To enable users to stop the Run Block Optimizer while runcutting, the Close button has been replaced with a Cancel button in the Block Optimizer Status dialog.

FX-11424
19.0.6.0 CORR The issue of pull-out and pull-in deadheads for a service group exception combo (SH) being removed when users ran RBO (Run Bloc Optimizer) under another exception combo (SD) has been fixed. FX-12560
19.0.6.0 CORR The query to compare original block scenarios and new block scenarios created in the Run Block Optimizer can now be run as a SQL report. FX-12049
19.0.7.0 CORR On the Block Optimizer Parameters by Situation tab, the names of the scenarios are now shown instead of their abbreviations. FX-13043
19.0.7.0 CORR The issue of all trips and blocks of routes with the "B" label being discarded when the Run Block Optimizer was run has been fixed. FX-12931