Field Activity Query Page

The query page shows individual field activities for the selected operations area, dispatch group and schedule date.

A special facility exists on this page that allows you to create and dispatch field orders for the activities. Refer to the Description of Page information below for the details.

Description of Page

You can use the Field Activity Filter to restrict the field activities that appear in the grid. The following options are available:

  • All. This option shows all field activities for the selected dispatch group, operations area, and schedule date.

  • FA Type. This options shows all field activities for the chosen Activity Type. Activity Type is required when choosing the FA Type filter.

  • Geo Type. This option shows all field activities whose premise has a given Geographic Type and Geographic Value. If you leave Geographic Value blank, all fields activities whose premise has a given Geographic Type will be displayed (i.e., all geographic values are displayed).

Each row in the query shows an individual field activity. Clicking the go to button adjacent to the activity transfers you to the Field Activity Maintenance page with the selected field activity displayed.

When you're ready to dispatch field activities,

  • Turn on the Dispatch? switch on every activity to be dispatched.
    • If you want to dispatch all activities in the grid, click the Select All button. This causes the Dispatch? switch to be turned on for every field activity in the grid.
    • If you want to dispatch specific activities, turn on the Dispatch? switch on the desired activities.
    • If you want to turn off the Dispatch? switch on all activities in the grid, click the Clear All button.
  • Enter the Representative who will do the work.
  • Enter the on Date / Time on which the work will be performed (time is optional).
  • Save the page.

When you save the page, the system:

  • Creates a new field order for every unique combination of dispatch group and premise on the selected field activities. The new field order(s) are assigned to the selected representative and scheduled on the selected date and time.
  • Links the appropriate field activities to each field order
  • Sets the status of the field order to Dispatched.