Setting Up Overnight Stay Policies
Overnight stay policies must be configured and associated with the territory or technician for Schedule Optimization to schedule overnight stays.
To create an overnight stay policy:
1. Navigate to > > .
The Overnight Stay Policies page is displayed. Existing overnight stay policies are displayed on this page.
2. Click New.
3. Provide the following information on the New Overnight Stay Policy page.
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Description
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Name
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Enter a name for the overnight stay policy you are creating.
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Active
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Select this check box to set the overnight stay policy in active state. If you do not check this box, the overnight stay policy you are creating will not be available for associating with territories and technicians.
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Allow Sunday Overnight Stay
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Check the box to allow overnight stay on Sundays.
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Allow Monday Overnight Stay
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Check the box to allow overnight stay on Mondays.
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Allow Tuesday Overnight Stay
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Check the box to allow overnight stay on Tuesdays.
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Allow Wednesday Overnight Stay
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Check the box to allow overnight stay on Wednesdays.
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Allow Thursday Overnight Stay
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Check the box to allow overnight stay on Thursdays.
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Allow Friday Overnight Stay
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Check the box to allow overnight stay on Fridays.
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Allow Saturday Overnight Stay
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Check the box to allow overnight stay on Saturdays.
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Total Overnight Stays
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Enter the number of overnight stays a technician can take up in a week.
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Max Consecutive Overnight Stays
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Enter the number of consecutive overnight stays a technician can take up in a week.
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Drive Time Threshold (in minutes)
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Enter the drive time (to the technician’s home location) threshold upon meeting which the optimizer must trigger overnight stay.
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Drive Distance Threshold (miles or kms)
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Enter the distance (to the technician’s home location) threshold upon meeting which the optimizer must trigger overnight stay.
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Policy Override
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Check the box if you want the optimizer to prioritize the overnight stay policy over cost/efficiency. If you leave this box unchecked, cost/efficiency will be given priority over the overnight stay policy.
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Min Gap Between Consecutive ONS
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Enter the gap (in number of days) between consecutive overnight stays
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4. Click Save.
After creating the overnight stay policy, associate it with territories or technicians.
• You can associate a territory or a technician with only one overnight stay policy.
• If a technician is not associated with an overnight stay policy, the policy associated with the territory they belong to is considered for them.
• If a technician is associated with an overnight stay policy, the association is given priority over the overnight policy associated with the territory they belong to.