Yard Management

Release notes for vehicle and parking features.

Version Type Description ID
21.1.0.0 CORR An issue in Vehicle Statistics where vehicles were counted more than once if they had overlapping maintenance records has been fixed. OPS-24046
21.1.0.0 CORR An issue where hovering on the Vehicle Assignment parking grid for parking spaces close to the right-side boundary (less than six squares) failed to show the vehicle details pop-up window has been fixed. OPS-24053
21.1.0.0 ENH Additional validation was added to prevent duplicate vehicle characteristics from being imported when using the Vehicle Import screen. OPS-24263
21.1.0.0 ENH In the OPS Block Requirements screen, Characteristic Requirement records can now be deleted using right-click and then Delete. OPS-24306
21.1.0.0 CORR An issue where the system only checked for the first vehicle characteristic requirement listed has been fixed. OPS-24307
21.1.0.0 CORR An issue where the vehicle change out feature did not check the date (it only checked the time) has been fixed. OPS-24455
21.1.0.0 ENH A new property was added: OPS > Interfaces > Import > Vehicles > Maintenance Monitor > Vehicle Maintenance Import Ignore Open Block Action.

If selected, the system does not initiate the Open Block action for vehicle maintenance when performing automatic vehicle maintenance imports.

If cleared, related blocks are opened on import.

 OPS-24169
21.1.0.0 ENH An issue where one of the parking grid columns was cut off has been fixed. OPS-24050
21.2.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where a vehicle could not be deleted if it was the only one in the Parking Grid has been fixed. OPS-25074
21.3.1.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where, in a parking grid with a row the same name as a vehicle number, creating an empty cell with the same name as a vehicle name resulted in a duplicated key violation has been fixed. OPS-25350
21.8.0.0 CORR Fixed an issue where the Maintenance Type did not list the maintenance types defined in the ancillary table when attempting to create a maintenance record for a vehicle. OPS-26606
21.10.0.0 CORR Fixed an issue where the Vehicle Requirements chart would not display the desired vehicle types, list, and data after choosing new Context settings and selecting Show Vehicle Chart. OPS-26937
21.11.0.0 CORR Fixed an issue that caused timestamps under the From Date Time and To Date Time columns in Vehicle Assignmentto be sorted alphanumerically instead of by actual time after applying a sort order. This caused the system to ignore AM and PM when sorting timestamps, resulting in incorrect sort order. OPS-27129
21.14.0.0 CORR Fixed an issue where links between vehicles in the Parking Grid in Vehicle Assignment would not display correctly. OPS-27820
21.21.0.0 ENH Updates were made to the Vehicle Assignment parking grid:
  • When selecting a vehicle in Vehicle Assignment, the right-click menu now includes Remove Vehicle.
  • A confirmation message is shown when users try to delete multiple vehicles from the parking grid.

Related tasks: OPS-28754, OPS-28859.

 OPS-28859
21.21.0.0 CORR Critical: An issue where an SqlException error occurred when generating an employee list if the OPS > Supervisory Groups > Enable property was selected but no supervisory groups were defined was fixed. OPS-28733
21.21.0.0 CORR An issue where users denied the Vehicle OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assign > View permission saw an Exception error instead of a Security Notice message when opening the Vehicle Assignment screen was fixed. OPS-23037
21.23.0.0 CORR An issue in the parking grid where dragging and dropping vehicles to occupied spaces resulted in an error when manually making the change did not was fixed. Now, a confirmation message is shown. OPS-28972
21.23.0.0 ENH Yard Walker was removed. OPS-29139
21.23.0.0 CORR An issue in the parking grid where Vehicle Daily Attributes for a vehicle that was removed and then reparked did not show vehicle information was fixed. OPS-29216
21.24.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen when the OPS > Dispatch > Daily Activity > Enable Smart Filter property was selected where entering a time in the Split Block dialog caused the Client Shell to crash was fixed. OPS-29241
21.24.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where a rowset error referencing SourceId appeared when changing a vehicle's Maintenance Type was fixed. OPS-29560
21.25.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where a rowset error referencing SourceId appeared when changing a vehicle's Maintenance Type was fixed. OPS-29560
21.25.0.0 CORR Critical: An extra check was added to address an issue where overlapping open-ended vehicle status records were created during import. OPS-29146
21.25.0.0 CORR An issue where using the Customize option in the Vehicle Maintenance dialog showed options for the Vehicle Assignment screen was fixed. OPS-29599
21.26.0.0 CORR Critical: An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where open-ended vehicle maintenance records caused Assert errors was fixed. Now, To Dates can be left blank as needed. OPS-29577
21.26.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen when processing HASTUS data that resulted in blank work names attached to blocks was fixed. OPS-29711
21.27.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen, in the Assignment Time Range dialog, where an assert error appeared if no FromTime was entered was fixed. Now, a Please setup the From Time error message appears. OPS-29726
21.28.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen, where not selecting Hide Parking Grid option in the Context (F3) and assigning a vehicle resulted in a message indicating vehicles could only be assigned to their home garage (even though the assignment was being made to the home garage) was fixed. OPS-29927
21.28.0.0 CORR In the Vehicle Assignment screen, in the Assign Vehicle dialog, when there are no vehicles in the parking grid, the system now filters the vehicle number list by date, garage Id, and bus type. (Previously, all vehicles were shown.) OPS-29720
21.30.0.0 ENH When creating an incident for a specific vehicle, the Vehicle Manufacturing Year is now automatically populated in the Incident Details screen when a Year is defined for the vehicle in the OPS Vehicle Profile screen. OPS-30227
21.32.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen when the OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Parking Grid > Automatically Copy Previous Parking Map property was selected and all vehicles were removed from the parking grid, and then the No parking grid information was found for this day. Do you want to automatically copy the parking map from the previous day? message appeared and No was selected, where closing and reopening the Vehicle Assignment screen resulted in the parking map being automatically copied from the previous day was fixed. OPS-30498
21.32.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where applying advanced filtering and then leaving a Time Filter value blank in the Context (F3) resulted in an Assert error was fixed. OPS-30510
21.34.0.0 CORR An issue in the Activate Day screen where an assert error occurred if default vehicles were previously assigned and then the day was activated was fixed. OPS-30611
21.34.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen on the Vehicle Maintenance tab where the Vehicle Number was not populated as expected was fixed. OPS-30615
21.36.0.0 CORR Critical: An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where an Encountered an improper argument. message appeared was fixed. OPS-31032
21.36.0.0 CORR In the Vehicle Assignment screen, messaging was updated to help resolve an issue where train consists are not assigned when the wrong Transport Type is applied.

To assign train consists (in the Vehicle Assignment tab in Daily Blocks) and rail config cells (in the Parking Grid) the Transport Type in the OPS Vehicle Types screen for the vehicle must match the type defined by the OPS > Yard Management > Consist > Vehicle Type Consist and OPS > Yard Management > Consist > Rail Transport Type properties.

 OPS-30936
21.36.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where consists did not populate as expected was fixed. During import, blocks can no longer be created when there is an overlapping trips time range and an error message will indicate why the block insertion was unsuccessful. OPS-30805
21.36.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen when all vehicle Type options were selected on the Parking Grid tab in the Context (F3) and the OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Parking Grid > Automatically Copy Previous Parking Map property was selected, where a message about copying the previous day's parking grid appeared multiple times instead of once was fixed. OPS-31097
21.37.0.0 CORR In the Vehicle Assignment screen, an invalid column error that occurred when editing vehicle maintenance records was fixed. OPS-31104
21.39.0.0 CORR A message was added to address an issue in the Vehicle Assignment screen where a new record could not be added for Vehicle Maintenance after clicking elsewhere during entry. The message says that the maintenance record for the vehicle was not saved and the user should re-enter the vehicle maintenance details. OPS-31292
21.39.0.0 CORR An issue in the OPS Vehicle Profile screen in the Context where the Not Specified options did not work as expected was fixed. OPS-31273
21.43.0.0 ENH Export Parking Grid was renamed to Import Parking Grid. This better reflects the fact that existing parking grid information is overwritten by information from the selected parking grid. OPS-31784
21.44.0.0 CORR An issue in the OPS Garages, OPS Nodes, OPS Roster Type, and OPS Run Types screens where selecting the Agency as Not Specified incorrectly showed records linked to the default Agency (the first agency of the first division for which the user had permissions) was fixed.

Now, when the Agency is defined as Not Specified only records that aren’t associated with any agency are shown.

 OPS-31838
21.44.0.0 CORR An issue in the Vehicle Maintenance screen where the Delete button was not always available was fixed. OPS-31765
21.48.0.0 ENH Vehicle auto-assignment features (Use Fuel Efficiency Rating and Use Lifetime Odometer) can now be used independently of EAM Integration status. The OPS > Yard Management > Auto Assignment > Advanced property was updated. It specifies how the system automatically assigns vehicles to blocks:
  • Use Parking Map Sequence: The system matches vehicles with blocks using the parking map sequence.
  • Use Fuel Efficiency Rating: The system assigns vehicles with higher fuel efficiency rating values to shorter blocks.
  • Use Lifetime Odometer: The system assigns vehicles with higher odometer readings to shorter blocks.

When there is no EAM integration, information is added manually in the Vehicle Profile screen using the Total Life Primary Meter field and the Fuel Efficiency field.

 OPS-29647
21.50.0.0 ENH In the OPS Vehicle Profile screen, in the Context (F3) dialog, a Vehicle option was added. When selected, the Vehicle lookup field lets users search for a specific Vehicle Number. If a partial vehicle number is entered, matching results are suggested; when a full vehicle number is entered, the Vehicle Id associated with the vehicle number is also shown. For example, "290 [52]". OPS-32519
21.50.0.0 ENH A new property was added: OPS > Yard Management > Vehicle Assignment > Unassign Vehicle > Create Maintenance. The property can be set on an agency-by-agency basis. If selected, the Create Maintenance dialog appears when a vehicle is unassigned from a block in the Vehicle Assignment screen. If cleared, the vehicle is unassigned without showing the dialog. Previously, the Create Maintenance dialog always appeared after unassigning a vehicle. OPS-32520