Glossary¶

Applies to v1.7+ · ~4 min read · Getting started

Use this glossary when a term in Scheduled Routes or this Help Center is unfamiliar.

Planning terms¶

Term	Meaning
Job	A delivery or pickup assignment imported for a route date.
Task	One pickup or delivery action within a job.
Route plan	The optimized result for a route date.
Route	The ordered work assigned to one vehicle.
Stop	A location visited on a route.
ETA	The estimated arrival time at a stop.
Unassigned job	A job the optimizer could not place in a route. Select View reasons to see why.
Strategy	The goal used to optimize: Minimize Travel Time, Minimize Vehicles Used, or Balanced Workload Among Vehicles.

Term	Meaning
Vehicle	A fleet record with a name, capacity, shift, skills, and locations.
Start location	The depot or address where a vehicle begins.
Capacity	The amount a vehicle can carry, such as packages.
Skill	A requirement used to match a job with a suitable vehicle.
Saved mapping	A remembered connection between columns in your file and fields in Scheduled Routes. The app screen calls these import profiles.
Export profile	A saved mapping that controls the fields and layout of an exported manifest.
Manifest	The PDF, Excel, or CSV output used by drivers or dispatch.

Term	Meaning
Planning	Route Planner mode used to import, optimize, review, and export.
Dispatch	The route-day mode shown beside Planning.
Route Plan History	Saved route-plan and exported-manifest records.
Onboarding	The four-step first-use guide for setup, route planning, export profile, and finish.