Generating Transit Time Reports

Transit time reports show how long it takes for assets to move from one read point to another.

Generating Transit Time Reports

Setting Transit Time Report Options

To prepare a transit time report, specify values for the desired selection criteria, as follows.

You must specify both the source read point and the destination read point under Set Source and Distinction Read Point Options. Other than that, there are no specific dependencies among the other criteria. You can set criteria for none, one, several, or all of the remaining categories.

In some sections on this page, you can enter items (EPCs, GTINs, location URNs, etc.) directly in the field provided for that type of item. You can list multiple items by separating each one with a space or a carriage return.

Set Source and Destination Read Point Options

The transit time report shows how long it takes assets to move from one read point (the source read point) to another read point (the destination read point). You must enter both the source read point and the destination read point.

Set Asset Selection Criteria

Set options in this section to limit the report to assets of the specified types.If you set no options, the default criterion Select All Assets is used.

To specify a type of asset on which to report, select the type from the drop-down list. The choices are:

Select All Assets. Select this option to report on assets of all types.
Specify EPCs. After selecting this type, enter the Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) of the assets to report. You do not have to include the urn:epc:id/urn:epc:idpat portion of the EPC. For example:

sgtin:1234567.000001.600

sgtin:1234567.000001.780

sgtin:1234567.*.*

Specify GTINs. After selecting this type, enter one or more 14-digit Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) of assets to report. For example:

10054000217255 10037000308048

Specify Company Prefixes. After selecting this type, enter the GS1 Company Prefixes of assets to report. For example:

1234567 0037000

Specify EPC Classes. When you select this type, a second drop-down list appears. Do one of the following:

Choose List EPC Classes to enter EPC class patterns directly, as URIs. You do not have to include the urn:epc:idpat portion of the EPC class pattern. For example:

    sgtin:1234567.000001

    sgtin:1234567

The report will be limited to assets of the specified EPC classes, where the EPC class pattern exactly matches or includes the string entered here.

Choose Search EPC Classes to search for assets based on master data attributes defined for the EPC class to which the assets belong. (This option is available only when master data has been defined for EPC classes.)

When you choose this option, a table is displayed for specifying the search criteria. Enter criteria as follows:

Select an attribute from the Attribute column.
Enter a value for the selected attribute in the Value field. This field is case-sensitive, so enter the value using the correct upper- and lowercase letters. Only exact matches to this value will be returned.

To delete an attribute from the search criteria, click Delete in that row.

To add a row for entering a new attribute on which to search, click Add.

If master data exists for the EPC class of a reported asset, the master data value for the EPC class attribute is displayed in the report, whether you used the List EPC Classes option or the Search EPC Classes option. If master data does not exist, the URI that identifies the EPC class is displayed.

Set Departure and Arrival Time Range Options

Specify options in this section to limit the report to assets whose transits occurred during the period bounded by the specified departure and arrival time ranges. You can specify a departure time range only, an arrival time range only, both, or neither.

If you set no options in this section, departure and arrival times are ignored when the report is generated.

For departure times and arrival times, you can specify a single time or a range of times. If you want to set one of those times, you must at least enter a year. The other values are optional:

If you do not set a month, the default is January.
If you do not set a day, the default is 1 (the first of the month).
If you do not set a time, the default is as it appears in the Console, for example, 12:00 A.M.

Set Report Display Options

From the Rows per page drop-down list, select a number to set the number of results to be listed per page.
From the Sort By drop-down list, select the column on which you want to sort the results when the report is first displayed.

Note:

You can resort the report by clicking any column header label that is displayed as a hyperlink.

Contents of a Transit Time Report

The columns in a transit time report are described in Table 6-1, below. Each row in the table shows an asset (identified by an EPC) plus information to describe its transit from one read point to another, according to the options specified for this run of the report.

If master data has been defined for assets in the report, the master data values are shown in the appropriate fields in the report, in place of more technical (and less readable) identifiers. The fields where that can happen are identified by a Yes in the Display Master Data column.

Table 6-1 Transit Time Report Contents
Column Name	Description	Display Master Data?
EPC	The Electronic Product Code (EPC) that uniquely identifies the asset.	No
Asset Description	A description of the asset, specified as master data.	Yes If no master data exists for this asset, this field is blank.
Departure Time	The time this asset left the source read point. The time is locale-specific. That is, it reflects the time zone where the event took place.	No
Arrival Time	The time this asset arrived at the destination read point. The time is locale-specific.	No
Transit Time (in Days)	The number of days the asset took to arrive at the destination read point from the departure read point.	No

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Generating Transit Time Reports