Yard Management Properties

These properties affect the appearance and behavior of Yard Management screens and functions.

Table 1. Yard Management Properties
Property Description
OPS > Yard Management > Auto Assignment > Advanced Specifies how the system automatically assigns vehicles to blocks.
OPS > Yard Management > Auto Assignment > Assign Tripped Vehicles If selected, the Automated Vehicle Assignment process assigns vehicles with a tripped status.
OPS > Yard Management > Auto Assignment > Check Maintenance Conflict If selected, the Automated Vehicle Assignment process unassigns any previously-assigned vehicles that have maintenance time conflicts.
OPS > Yard Management > Auto Assignment > Restrict Blocks If selected, the Automated Vehicle Assignment process only considers blocks that pull out from the Context garage.
OPS > Yard Management > Color-coding > Block is not covered Specifies the color used in the Yard Management screen for blocks that are not covered. To specify a color that does not appear in the Value pull-down menu, click Other in the pull-down menu and choose a color from the Color dialog.
OPS > Yard Management > Color-coding > Vehicle is currently In-Service Specifies the color used in the Yard Management screen for vehicles that are currently in service. To specify a color that does not appear in the Value dropdown list, click Other in the dropdown list and choose a color from the Color dialog.
OPS > Yard Management > Color-coding > Vehicles Available Specifies the color used in the Yard Management screen for vehicles that are available. To specify a color that does not appear in the Value pull-down menu, click Other in the pull-down menu and choose a color from the Color dialog.
OPS > Yard Management > Color-coding > Vehicles Required Specifies the color used in the Yard Management screen for vehicles that are required. To specify a color that does not appear in the Value pull-down menu, click Other in the pull-down menu and choose a color from the Color dialog.
OPS > Yard Management > Color-coding > Vehicle was In-Service Specifies the color used in the Yard Management screen for vehicles that were in service. To specify a color that does not appear in the Value pull-down menu, click Other in the pull-down menu and choose a color from the Color dialog.
OPS > Yard Management > Color-coding > Vehicle will be In-Service Specifies the color used in the Yard Management screen for vehicles that are assigned and will be in service. To specify a color that does not appear in the Value pull-down menu, click Other in the pull-down menu and choose a color from the Color dialog.
OPS > Yard Management > Consist > Married Pairs If enabled, Rail Cars assigned will represent a pair of vehicles. For example, an 8 car train would require the assignment of 4 vehicles (married pairs).
OPS > Yard Management > Consist > Max Cars Specifies the maximum number of cars in a train consist.
OPS > Yard Management > Consist > Min Cars Specifies the minimum number of cars in a train consist.
OPS > Yard Management > Consist > Rail Transport Type Specifies the rail transport type mode.
OPS > Yard Management > Consist > RFind Vehicle Color Specifies the color used in the Yard Management screen for a car in the RFindConsist list that is not assigned to a consist. To specify a color that does not appear in the Value dropdown list, click Other and choose a color from the Color dialog. (This is used with Yard Manager real-time vehicle location tracking system.)
OPS > Yard Management > Consist > Vehicle Type Consist Specifies the vehicle type group used to indicate a train consist.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Allow Mandatory Requirement Conflicts If selected, users can override mandatory requirement checking during manual vehicle assignment.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Allow Parking at Non-Home Garage If selected, vehicles belonging to another garage can be loaded into a parking grid and assigned.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Allow Selection of Multiple Divisions If selected, multiple divisions can be selected in the Vehicle Assignment Screen Context.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Assignment Grid > Refresh Rate (seconds) Specifies the auto-refresh rate in seconds for the Vehicle Assignment screen (minimum 30 seconds). If the value is zero (0), the screen does not refresh automatically.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Assign Vehicles from Context Garage Only If selected, the Vehicle Assignment process only considers blocks that pull out from the Context garage.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Average Pull-In Time Interval Specifies the time buffer added to the block's to time (vehicle service time). This is used to determine vehicle availability when automatically assigning vehicles.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Average Pull-Out Time Interval Specifies the time buffer subtracted from the block's from time (vehicle prep time). This is used to determine vehicle availability when automatically assigning vehicles.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Check BusType If selected, the system checks recommended bus types against assigned bus types during vehicle assignment.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Check Capacity Type If selected, the system checks recommended Capacity Type against assigned Capacity Type during vehicle assignment.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Check VehicleType If selected, the system checks recommended vehicle types against assigned vehicle types during vehicle assignment.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Consider Vehicle Ranking If selected, allow assignment of all bus types that share the same rank as the DailyBlocks.BusTypeID's rank. Otherwise, during the vehicle assignment process, the bus type must match. Default is cleared.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Enable Smart Filter If selected, the Smart Filter feature is available when right-clicking on work in the Vehicle Assignment screen. Users can then filter records by matching fields in the currently selected record.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > ExtraWork Block Numbers > From Specifies the lowest block number automatically assigned for ExtraWork blocks.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > ExtraWork Block Numbers > To Specifies the highest block number automatically assigned for ExtraWork blocks.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Ignore Transportation Mode Checking If selected, the system does not check recommended vehicle types against assigned vehicle types during vehicle assignment.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Keep Assignment Dialog Open If selected, the Assign Vehicle dialog remains open and can be used multiple times.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Maintenance Indication is Time-sensitive If selected, the maintenance indicator (wrench) is only displayed during the time when the vehicle is unavailable.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Parking Grid > Automatically Copy Previous Parking Map If selected, the Vehicle Assignment screen copies the parking map from the last map.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Parking Grid > Refresh Rate (seconds) Specifies the auto-refresh rate in seconds for the parking screen (minimum 30 seconds). If the value is zero (0), the screen does not refresh automatically.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Pass Block Numbers > From Specifies the lowest block number automatically assigned for Demand Response runs.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Pass Block Numbers > To Specifies the highest block number automatically assigned for Demand Response runs.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Populate Block Comment If selected, the system determines block comments during the build block process.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Show Available Vehicles Only If selected, only show available vehicles in the selection box whenever a vehicle assignment is required.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Show Trips Dead Head time If selected, will display trips deadhead time in Split Block, Split Work and Vehicle Change Out dialogue.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Change Out > After Actual To Time Specifies the maximum amount of time after a block's Actual To Time when users can create vehicle change outs for the block.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Change Out > Before Actual From Time Specifies the maximum amount of time before a block's Actual From Time when users can create vehicle change outs for the block.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Change Out > Enable If selected, users can create vehicle change outs.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Accident Type Group Specifies the Accident Types group to use when filtering accidents.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Characteristics > Expiration Notification Method Specifies whether to generate messages of pending expirations. If None, the system will not generate any message. If Activate Day, the system will check and generate a message when the day is activated.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Check Garage Capacities If selected, the system validates vehicle garage assignments against the OpsGarageCapacity table.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Default Record Selection Specifies the default record display for the Vehicle Profile screen. You can show no record, the first record or the last record automatically in the detail view of the Employee Profile screen.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Employee History Timeframe Specifies a value, in days, for an Employee History time span.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Force Vehicle ID to Match Vehicle Number If selected, the Vehicle ID equals the Vehicle number.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Incident Type Group Specifies the Incident Types group to use when filtering incidents.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Picture Directory Default folder from which vehicle pictures are retrieved. (Vehicle pictures in this folder must be labeled vehiclenumber.xxx. For example, 011.jpg)

If the path is not specified, the system looks for vehicle pictures in the directory specified by the Hiwire\RootDir system property. This property is not visible in TP6. The default root path is path\HW\Apps\FixedRoute\Operations\VehiclePictures folder where path is the Trapeze OPS installation directory.

OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Picture Display In Vehicle Card If selected, the vehicle picture appears in the Vehicle Card. If not selected, the vehicle picture appears in a separate pane in the OPS Vehicle Profile screen.
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Picture Format Specifies the vehicle picture file format (for example, JPG).
OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Profile > Vehicle Capacity Type is Mandatory If selected, the Vehicle Capacity Type is required.