Dispatch
Send a node to a destination and track the job.
Create a dispatch
- Under Dispatch, click New dispatch.
- In Destinations, enter a Dispatch name, search for an address, and click Add destination for each stop.
- If you need them, set Tags, a Final status, a Pre-flight status, a Post-flight status, and Allow field cancellation.
- Click Next: choose node.
- In Choose a node, filter if you need to, and pick a node. Nodes are ranked by drive time.
- Click Create dispatch.
A node in a status that isn't dispatchable shows “Can't dispatch”. See Status board to change which statuses allow it.
Track a job
The list has Active and Past tabs. A job shows as Sent, Acknowledged, Modified, Completed or Cancelled.
Open a job to see Event flow and Route progress. From there you can:
- Click Message to chat with the node.
- Click Share link to let someone outside Orbit follow the job.
- Click Edit to change the Title, Stops, Tags or Final status. The node is asked to acknowledge the change.
- Click Recall to pull the job. The node is told, and this can't be undone.
What the person sees
See Dispatches in the Node guide.
Tags
To manage tags, go to Organization, then Dispatch tags, and click New tag. The form is the same as for node tags: a Label, an optional Icon and a Color.