Adjust Segment Duration

Although activity segments are generated automatically, you can change their parameters manually. Such manual changes are preserved during further automatic recalculations. Also, if you change a segment manually in a route that contains other segments of the same segmentable activity, such other segments will also be protected against automatic recalculations.

1. Select the segment started in an activity and click the Adjust Time link.

   The Duration and Time to Complete fields appear.

2. Adjust the Time to complete value under these conditions:

   Option	Description
   Start a segment	If the route contains pending segments of the same segmentable activity, they are not adjusted automatically with the time adjusted to the started segment. This action causes recalculation of the activity segments in the routes of next days. The routes may be adjusted so that the total duration of the segmentable activity is preserved. If all remaining segments of the segmentable activity are located in today's route, and the started segment adjustment causes their total duration to exceed the total duration of the activity, you must increase the duration of the activity accordingly.
   Cancel a segment	If you cancel one of the segments of a segmentable activity, no other segment in the same route is affected. You can change the total duration of the segmentable activity (the Time to complete), though.
   Mark the segment as cancel/not done	You can adjust the duration of a specific canceled /not done segment. The duration adjusted for a segment does not modify the duration of other segments.
   Reorder segment within a route	You can adjust the duration of the reordered segment. No other activities and/or segments in the same route are affected.
   External events	These external events cause recalculation of all segments of the existing activities of such type: Adding an activity to the route Canceling an activity in the route Starting and completing an activity before the segmentable activity segment in the route Changing the time slot, duration, or other parameters affecting the ETA Calendar changes such as working and non-working hours, shifts, and so on The duration is adjusted according to the new settings and, consequently, may change the total number of segments. However, any changes made to the segments manually are preserved even if the activity type parameters change.

   The segment duration is adjusted. If you change the basic parameters of the activity type such as the Minimal duration of a single segment and Maximal total duration of segments created for a particular day, the segments of the existing activities of such type are recalculated. The duration of such activities is adjusted according to the new settings, and this in turn may change the total number of segments. However, any changes made to the segments manually are preserved even if the activity type parameters change.