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Import Job Status Enquiry

This screen allows you to search for import jobs using fields such as job status and milestone category. This screen is found in Enquiry Only > Job Tracking > Import Job Status Enquiry

Results

Fields

Field Name

Description

Validation

Default

Customer Code

Enter or select a valid customer code or a wildcard.

Optional

Blank

Department

Enter or select a valid department.

Optional

Blank

Job Status

Enter or select a valid job status (event code) or a wildcard.

Optional

Blank

Responsible For

Enter or select a valid user from the Zoom list.

Using this field to search will look for jobs for customers that this user is entered as the “responsible person” in the customer master file Debtors tab.

Optional

Blank

Broker Code

Enter or select a valid customer code (broker) or a wildcard.

Optional

Blank

Forwarder Code

Enter or select a valid customer code (forwarder) or a wildcard.

Optional

Blank

Consol No

Enter a valid consol number or wildcard.

Optional

Blank

Customer Group

Enter a valid customer group or wildcard.

Using this field to search will look for jobs for customers where this customer group matches the “Import Air Customer Group” or the “Import Sea Customer Group” in the customer master file Configuration tab.

Optional

Blank

ETA Date Range

Enter a valid date range

Optional

Blank

Exclude Completed Jobs

When this is checked, then completed jobs are excluded from the search results.

Optional

Checked

Some Helpful Hints

What is a completed job?

A job is completed when all the milestones are completed or marked as non-applicable.

A completed job has a status of “JOB COMPLETE” (JCOM).

 

 

Only Show Exceptions

When this is checked, then only jobs for which there is an outstanding exception condition or for which there are skipped events are shown in the search results.

Optional

Unchecked

Some Helpful Hints

What is an exception?

Exception conditions are set up in the job milestones set-up screen.

A job is in exception if a milestone has not been completed within a specified time frame.

 

 

Some Helpful Hints

What is a skipped event?

When you set up your milestones, you must enter the sequence in which you expect them to be completed for any given job. Although there is nothing precluding the milestones from being completed out of sequence, it may be useful for you to know this as it may indicate that steps are constantly being overlooked.

 

 

Order Jobs By

Select the order of the search results from the drop down list:

ETA DATE or Job Number

Mandatory

ETA Date

Filter For

Select a milestone category from the drop down list.

This option is best used with “Only Show Exceptions” checked.

When a “filter for” category is selected, only jobs with milestones of this category that are in exception are shown in the results.

Optional

Blank

Some Helpful Hints

What is the purpose of the “Filter For”?

 

 

Origin Port

Enter or select a valid origin port or wildcard.

Optional

Blank

Destination Port

Enter or select a valid destination port or wildcard.

Optional

Blank

Discharge Port

Enter or select a valid discharge port or wildcard.

Optional

Blank

Hide Criteria Button &

Show Criteria Button

After the search results have been displayed, use this button to hide the search criteria part of the screen, showing more of the results.

When the search criteria are hidden, the button is renamed to “Show Criteria” and has the opposite effect.

 

 

New Search Button

This button allows you enter new search criteria.

 

 

Refresh Button

This button will rerun the current search.

 

 

Output to CSV Button

This button will create a CSV file with the current results.

 

 

F5 Button In Search Results

When used in the search results screen, this button will pop-up a new screen with the jobs relating to the selected line in the results but will only show those jobs that have an exception or that have a skipped step.

 

 

 

Fields

Field

Description

Job Status

Job Status

#Jobs

A count of all the jobs currently at the displayed job status.

#Exceptions

A count of the total number of exceptions for the displayed jobs. Each job may have zero or more exceptions.

#Skipped Events

A count of the total number of skipped events for the displayed jobs. Each job may have zero or more skipped events.

Colours

Colour

Description

No Colour

These jobs have no exceptions and no skipped events

Yellow

These jobs have skipped events but no exceptions.

Red

These jobs have exceptions. They may also have skipped events.

Actions 

Action

Description

Double Click/Enter

Double Click the left mouse button or hit enter on a results line will open a new window with details of those jobs.

Double Click/Enter – Opens the import job registration screen for the selected job.

Sort Mode button – This button will put the screen into sort mode.

This will allow you to sort the results by any column by clicking on it and allow you to output the results to a CSV file.

When in Sort Mode, the “Browse Mode” button will take you back to the previous screen.

Milestones Button – This button will display the milestones for the highlighted job.

F5

Hitting the F5 button on any job with exceptions or skipped events will show you the exact exception conditions that exist.

Updated: February 7, 2016 — 11:44 pm
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