Manage Organizations
Locate Organizations list
- Navigate to Organizations > Organization List tab
- This tab lists all the organizations in which you belong or have the management rights over, if you are the administrator user


Organization Types and Hierarchy Chart
- In Freight transport - Road model, essentially there are two organization types needed: Manufacturer and Transporter
- The function of each organization is in the below table:
Organization Type | Direct Upper-level Organization type | Resources |
---|---|---|
Manufacturer | Manufacturer (Itself) | Have the management rights over all resources |
Transporter | Manufacturer | Directly manages the truck tractors, trailers, containers, drivers and customers |
Create Organizations
Organization information fields
- Below is the list of information fields of organizations of this model
Except for the information fields mentioned below, all other information fields can be left blank
Information field | Description & Input |
---|---|
Parent Organization (Web form); Parent Organization Code (Excel template) | 1. Description: |
Organization Code | 1. Description: |
Organization Name | 1. Description: |
Organization Categories (Web form); Organization Category Code (Excel template) | 1. Description: |
Latitude, Longitude | 1. Description: |
Open Time; Close Time | 1. Description: |
Phone Number | 1. Description: |
Address | 1. Description: |
- You will have 2 options to create organizations:
Option 1: Create single organization using Web form
- Please refer to the CRUD functions article to know the general steps about creating single object using web form
- When using Web form, information fields of an organization must be input in the sequence below to ensure no mistakes:
- Parent Organization
- Organization Categories
- Organization Code
- Organization Name
- Latitude, Longitude
- Phone Number; Address
- Other optional information fields


Option 2: Create multiple organizations using Excel template
- Please refer to the CRUD functions article to know the general steps about creating multiple objects using Excel template
Create the Manufacturer
- You have to create the top organization - The Manufacturer, using Web form
- For this organization, you would not be able to select its Organization type from the Organization Categories field right away, because the Parent Organization field is not yet set up


- In order to do so, input other necessary information (Organization Code; Organization Name; Address; Latitude; Longitude), click Save in order for Abivin vRoute to recognize the newly created Manufacturer in the database


- Next, click on Edit icon of the Manufacturer


- On the Organization Information screen, click on Parent Organization field and select itself as its own Parent Organization


- After that, click on the Organization Categories field, select Manufacture from the drop down menu


- Click Save to confirm the change
- Now the Manufacturer has been fully set up. You can move on to create other lower level organizations


Create lower level organizations
- After the Manufacturer has been created, you are able to create the lower level organizations either on Web form or by using Excel template
- When creating organizations directly under the Manufacturer, you must copy the exact Organization Code of the Manufacturer on Web app then paste into the Parent Organization Code cells of those direct lower level organizations in the Excel template


- For other organizations, as you write the Organization Code for them, copy their Organization Codes then paste into the Parent Organization Code cells of their direct lower level organizations


Update Organization
- Please refer to the CRUD functions article to know the general steps about updating objects in Abivin vRoute
Delete Organization
- Please refer to the CRUD functions article to know the general steps about deleting objects in Abivin vRoute
Search and Filter Organization
Search Organization
- Enter either the Organization Code or the Organization Name of the organization you want to search in the search box
- The system will filter and return result shortly


Filter Organization
- You can filter Organization that are the same Organization Type or share the same Parent Organization by clicking on the Organization Categories and Parent Organization columns then ticking on boxes in the drop down menus


- You can also search an organization quicker by typing the Organization Name or Organization Code of its upper level organization in the search bar of Parent Organization column; or the Organization Type in the search bar Organization Categories column


- You can combine these two filters for more accurate search results
Locate Organizations on the map
- To view locations of organizations on the map, click on View Map icon (Next to the Search field)


- On the map, each organization is marked by a symbol
- Click on each symbol to show the label of the organization
- Click on View data table icon to get back to the organization list screen


Updated over 2 years ago