Attributes Tab

The Attributes tab allows you to record details about the solid waste collection pickups on this route. You can indicate the status, schedule, frequency, assigned crew, assigned vehicle, pertinent dates, and weekly collection schedule, among other details. The fields in this tab are described in the table below:

Field Name

Use/Purpose

Status

User-defined code/description field, usually used to indicate active or inactive.

Assigned Crew

User-defined code/description field, used to identify the crew assigned to this route.

Assigned Vehicle

User-defined code/description field, used to identify the vehicle assigned to this route.

Start/End Date

Used to indicate a specific time period for the pickup.

Special Instructions

This large text field may be used for any additional comments concerning this pickup route, containers, or customers.

Default WO Cat

The Default WO Category field allows you to set up a default category for the pickup route. Multiple categories are available in the pick list. To view the categories, press F9 or click on the Default WO Cat button. When a work order is created, the default category and related address information will be imported into the new work order record.

Schedule

Indicates the type of pickup program used on this route. For example, Garbage-Dumpsters, Garbage-Totes, Recycle-Regular Bins. Note that each type of pickup requires a different type of truck.

Frequency

Indicates if the pickup is conducted weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, etc.

Daily Pickup checkboxes

These checkboxes are used to indicate each day that requires a pickup.