Blocking

Release notes on tasks that apply to the Blocking screen.

Version Type Description ID

21.1.0

CORR The following features have been added for the use of Google Maps on the Deadheads tab in the Blocking screen:
  1. The origin and destination stops can now be seen on the map.
  2. Users can now create and edit a deadhead trace.
  3. Deadhead traces can be shared among sign-up periods and copied when edited.
FX-8096

21.3.0

CORR The issue of a garage that has been removed from the list of garages being incorrectly assigned to the blocked trips when users clicked Assigned All in the Garage Assignment dialog has been fixed. FX-11136

21.3.0

CORR The issue of users sometimes not being able to select multiple records in the Garage Assignment dialog at once using CTRL + select has been fixed. FX-11170

21.3.0

CORR The issue of the implied deadheads in the Supplementary data grid appearing differently from the blocks on the Blocking grid has been fixed. (The color of the deadhead records on the right section of the Blocking screen now match the color of the blocks on the left section.) FX-11391

21.3.0

CORR The issue of the number of a block being changed to the next available number when users applied the Move Blocks feature has been fixed. The issue occurred when users moved the block to another line that had a block with the same Block Number. Also, a message now appears advising users that the Move Blocks feature is not available when they attempt to use it in Driver Blocks mode. FX-11423
21.4.1.0 CORR The issue of the Blocking screen scrolling back to the top of the grid after some tasks were performed has been fixed. The issue occurred after users: edited non-implied deadheads, generated exception deadheads, unhooked non-implied deadheads, and assigned garages. FX-11604

The task is related to FX-11135.

21.4.1.0 CORR The issue of the scroll bar in the Garage Assignment dialog not being responsive when the selected context has a large number of blocks has been fixed. FX-11609
21.4.1.0 CORR The issue of the Garage Assignment screen scrolling back to the top of the grid after users apply any of the Assign, Assign All, and Remove options has been fixed. FX-11721

The task is related to FX-11120.

21.6.0.0 CORR The issue of the From and To fields on the Blocking screen showing incorrect Node Abbreviations has been fixed. FX-11632
21.6.0.0 CORR The issue of Automatic Blocking inserting trips with incorrect block IDs into existing blocks when the Maintain Hooks option is selected has been fixed. (This issue only occurred when the last block on the screen was frozen.) FX-11665
21.6.0.0 CORR The issue of the Garage Assignments dialog scrolling back to the top of the records after users assigned or removed garage assignments or changed the Exception Combo has been fixed. FX-11775

This is related to FX-11721.

21.6.0.0 CORR The issue of an error message, 'Invalid row number" appearing when users changed the Exception Combination in the Garage Assignment dialog has been fixed. FX-11838

This is related to FX-11775.

21.7.0.0 CORR The issue of the Garage deadheads not being shown on the Deadheads tab after users selected a garage node as the From node has been fixed. FX-11905
21.9.0.0 ENH When users click the Print button on the Peak Vehicle Requirements dialog, they can select the Use Excel option in the Select Grid Columns dialog that appears to be able to copy the data into a spreadsheet. FX-11705
21.9.0.0 ENH The issue of the data not being displayed in full in some columns of the Automatic and Manual tabs in the Blocking dialog has been fixed. The issue occurred when high resolution monitors that have display scaling set were used. FX-12022

This task is related to FX-11673.

21.10.0.0 CORR The issue of the GetTrip2 option in the Test Hook dialog not being applied correctly in the Blocking screen has been fixed. FX-12036
21.12.0.0 CORR The issue of duplicate deadhead trace IDs being created when users retraced a section of deadheads that appeared to have fragmented traces has been fixed. The duplicate IDs appeared when users ran the Fragmented Deadhead Trace in Used Deadheads check in the FX Data Integrity Check tool again after they retraced a section of the deadhead traces. FX-12340
21.18.0.0 CORR The issue of the comments not being displayed in the Garage Assignment dialog although the Display Comments option was selected has been fixed. Previously, users had to clear the option and select it again in order for the comments to be displayed. FX-12748
21.18.0.0 ENH Added a Custom option to the Batch Block Renumber tool in the Extended FX Data Tool dialog. After selecting the option, users are prompted to select the lines whose vehicle blocks they want renumbered. FX-12717

This is related to FX-12117.

21.19.0.0 ENH
The logic behind applying comments to line dependent deadheads has been improved. Users are prompted when performing the following:
  1. Applying a line-dependent comment to a global deadhead (when line-dependent deadheads are off)
  2. Applying a comment to a line-dependent deadhead with neither a From or To line selected, a From line selected, or no From line but has a To line assigned (when line-dependent deadheads are on)

FX-12744
21.19.0.0 CORR The issue of users having to select all blocks in the Garage Assignment dialog again after clicking the Remove All button has been fixed. All the blocks now remain highlighted after Remove All is applied. FX-12760
21.19.0.0 ENH
The following changes have been made to the behavior of the Update Vehicle Type option on the Renumber tab of the Edit dialog in the Blocking screen:
  1. If the option is selected, users can select a vehicle type in the Veh Type dropdown list and click Apply.

  2. If the option is not selected, the Veh Type dropdown list is not shown and users are unable to change the vehicle type assigned to a block.
  3. The status of the option is saved and remains until users decide to make a change: select or clear the option.

FX-12761
21.20.0.0 ENH The logic behind applying comments to line dependent deadheads has been improved. Users are prompted when performing the following:
  1. Applying a line-dependent comment to a global deadhead (when line-dependent deadheads are off)
  2. Applying a comment to a line-dependent deadhead with neither a From or To line selected, a From line selected, or no From line but has a To line assigned (when line-dependent deadheads are on)
FX-12744
21.20.0.0 CORR The issue of users having to select all blocks in the Garage Assignment dialog again after clicking the Remove All button has been fixed. All the blocks now remain highlighted after Remove All is applied. FX-12760
21.20.0.0 CORR The issue of trips that have been unhooked from a block, and then hooked again to a block and assigned a garage sometimes still appearing in bold type in the Blocking grid has been fixed. FX-12755
21.20.0.0 CORR When a comment is added to a line dependent deadhead, the line selected by default in the Comments dialog is based on the selected From line or To line. If the deadhead is not line dependent, no line is set by default. FX-12870
21.22.0.0 CORR The following issues have been fixed on the Renumber tab of the Edit dialog in the Blocking screen:
  1. Users were unable to manually edit the values in the Blockid column.
  2. The message that appeared when users created duplicate blocks numbers while manually renumbering blocks was not being shown.
FX-13108
21.22.0.0 CORR FX now saves statistics data in the FxReportsFilesPath directory from where they are printed. Previously, the output directory for the data had not been specified. An error sometimes occurred when users attempted to print the statistics data in the Line Statistics dialog in the Trip Building screen and the Block Statistics dialog in the Blocking screen. FX-12987
21.24.0.0 CORR The issue of random trip times being generated in the Trips screen after users shifted trips in the Blocking screen has been fixed. FX-13245
21.29.0.0 CORR An issue in Garage Assignment where the 'OnSave' functionality did not update the distance mileage properly if pre/post layover existed when applying Assign was fixed. FX-13613
21.29.0.0 CORR Now, on the Blocking screen, in the Edit dialog, on the Shift tab, when changes in Shift values are applied using the Enter key, the Close button becomes active. FX-13474
21.30.0.0 CORR Now, on the Blocking screen, when unhooked trips are shifted, the grid is refreshed. FX-13616
21.31.0.0 CORR The issue of the BLOCKSTOUPDATE error message that occurred on the Blocking screen, in the Edit dialog, on the Renumber tab, when changes in vehicle type dropdown values were applied or the Update vehicle check box was selected was fixed. FX-13776
21.32.0.0 CORR The issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where the system did not respect the 'No' option when saving or canceling changes was fixed. FX-13844
21.33.0.0 CORR In the Blocking screen and in the Trip Building screen, the issue of the signup being read-only (frozen), making it impossible to use the filter option because nothing could be typed on the grid, was fixed. FX-13974
21.33.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where Pullin comments disappeared when performing "Assign" or "Assign All" was fixed. FX-14018
21.33.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where PO or PI records were not removed when the "Remove" or "Remove All" option was used while the mode was set to PO or PI only was fixed. FX-14010
21.33.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where an SQL error appeared if opening Edit UI when All Blocks were Frozen was fixed. FX-13991
21.33.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where PO or PI comments did not populate when selecting only the "PO" option and then using the "PO to PI" option was fixed. FX-13976
21.33.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where changes were not saved when using "PO to PI" or "PI to PI" after assigning PO or PI records were assigned was fixed. FX-13975
21.34.0.0 CORR An issue in the Automatic Blocking screen where some trips were left unblocked after applying Auto Blocking was fixed. FX-13977
21.34.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where PO and PI comments did not appear together on the grid if only PO or only PI was applied was fixed. FX-14022
21.35.0.0 CORR An issue on the Deadhead tab where filter results were not loaded if selecting Display when either Garage or Interline and the In Use option were selected and additional column options (Blocks or Routing) were shown on the grid was fixed. FX-14067

21.35.0.0

CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where Save and Remove options did not work as expected was fixed. FX-14124
21.35.0.0 CORR An issue in the Blocking and Trip Building screens where Distance format changes were not showing as expected in the bottom corner of the screen was fixed. FX-13695; FX-14088
21.36.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where, when manually updating a pull out or pull in time in garage assignment, the DivisionId, PullOutGarageId, PullInGarageId, PullOutTime and PullInTime on the Trips table was set to 0 / -1 for all trips in the database except for those in the Context that the user was working in was fixed. FX-14243
21.36.0.0 CORR The issue where saving caused the Garage Assignment dialog to hang was fixed. Now, the PO-only option clears and updates PO TripTimes records and the PI-only option clears and updates PI TripTimes records as expected. FX-14233
21.36.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where PO/PI column values disappeared when selecting the Save button while using PO-only or PI-only options was fixed. FX-14188
21.36.0.0 CORR The performance of the Go to Trip menu option was improved. It now takes less then 30 seconds to load the Trip Build screen. FX-14056
21.36.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog related to a problem identifying the last trip on a block that ends with exception trip(s) when those exception trips are not in the selected Context was fixed. FX-13926
21.36.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment dialog where an SQLExecdirect error message appeared in the logs after the Assign button was clicked was fixed. FX-14141
21.37.0.0 ENH Improvements were made in the Deadhead editing functionality used for FXBlockEvents and Triptimes. Garage Assignment is automatically updated after making changes to garage deadheads and warning messages were added in for situations where no Pulls are covered; updates were also made for different data configurations like Service Dependent/Independent deadheads and Line Dependent/Independent deadheads. FX-12868
21.38.0.0 CORR An issue where changes to dhd (deadhead) records did not update BlockEvents, TripTimes, and Trip Pullout/Pullin times as expected was fixed. FX-14344
21.38.0.0 ENH Updates were made to the Deadheads screen. Now, if a Dhd is removed and no other Dhd is available for the block events using it, then the block events are also removed. FX-14338
21.38.0.0 CORR An issue in the Garage Assignment screen where PI Comments did not populate as expected if the PI option or Assign option was used was fixed. FX-14248
21.43.0.0 CORR An issue where switching between Internline and Garage options caused the Deadhead screen to hang was fixed. FX-14661
21.45.0.0 CORR An issue where the Deadhead screen could freeze due to a large number of ServiceExcCombos for the selected Signup/ServiceGroup was fixed. A message now informs users “There are more than 10 Exc Combos and therefore we are only loading usage for the current Exc Combo” or that all exception usage is loaded. FX-14675
21.45.0.0 CORR An issue where the From Time and To Time appeared the same after clicking Assign in the Garage assignment screen when more than one line was associated with the same block/garage was fixed. FX-14682
21.45.0.0 CORR An issue where the Blocking screen could freeze due to a large number of ServiceExcCombos for the selected Signup/ServiceGroup was fixed. FX-14850
21.47.0.0 CORR An issue where the Linegroup filter under Blocking > Deadheads was returning no results was fixed. The Linegroup filter now returns the expected results and works reliably in all scenarios. FX-14975
21.48.0.0 ENH An issue where deadhead changes on deadheads with multiple entries were not retained when the block had the same From and To Node was fixed. Now, deadhead changes are correctly saved and retained, matching the behavior for single-entry deadheads. FX-15069