General Task Assignment

Once you create a task, you can assign it to a driver in the following ways:

Drag it down in the sidebar, from Unassigned to the driver you wish to assign it to. You can either drag it on top of the driver’s name to add it to the end of their route or directly into a position in the driver’s route (the list in the sidebar is the same order as the driver sees it in the Onfleet mobile app).

While creating the task, you can assign it to a driver at the bottom of the task creation view. This adds the task to the end of the driver’s route.

Drag from another task marker on the map to the new task in order to add it to the route immediately after that task.

Drag from the driver on the map to the new task to add it to the beginning of the driver’s route (or immediately after the current task if the driver is en route to a task).

Select Multiple/ All Tasks

You can select tasks in the dashboard several ways:

One by one

Mac: CMD + Mouse Left Click
Win: CTL + Mouse Left Click

In a range

Mac/Win: SHIFT + Mouse Left Click

Within a map region

Mac/Win: SHIFT + Mouse Left Click and Drag

In addition, you can Select All tasks using the CMD + A (or CTL + A on Windows) shortcut on your keyboard.

Much like Zoom-to-fit and right-click options, the select all function is contextually aware. That is, it will select all tasks based on the current list you are using. For example, clicking a driver and using the command will select all tasks in a driver's queue. Pressing it again will move up one step and select all tasks in that driver's team. Pressing it a third time will select all tasks currently visible in the dashboard.

Pressing CMD + A (CTL + A) again adds tasks in the team to the selection:

Right-click Task Assignment

As a dispatcher, you can assign multiple tasks to a driver's queue with one right-click action. This can save you time and eliminate mistakes when handling a high volume of tasks within your dashboard.

Simply highlight all of the tasks that you want to assign to a particular driver (by selecting multiple / all tasks), right-click on the driver's name in the sidebar and select "Assign Tasks to (driver name)".

Here's a full video that will walk you through how to use right-click task assignment:

Assign to a Team via drag-and-drop

To assign via drag-and-drop, simply select the desired task(s) and drag them to the desired team. As you drag over a team name, it will highlight white to indicate selection. Drop the tasks into the highlighted team name and they will be assigned to the team. Similarly, you can assign to another team or return to the global Unassigned section by drag-and-drop.

Assign to a Team via Task Modal

To assign on manual creation or edit, select your desired team in the Assigned to section at the bottom of the modal. You can return a task to the global Unassigned section by choosing "None" in the drop-down.

Assign Tasks via Right-Click

Once tasks have been assigned to a driver, you can assign back to the current team or return to the global Unassigned section by choosing "Assign Tasks to {Team Name}" or "Unassign Tasks to {Your Organization Name}" from the right-click context menu.

Modify a Route

You can drag tasks around in the sidebar to reorder them for drivers. This updates the route in real-time.

You can also modify routes by dragging links between tasks and drivers in the map view.

Note: if a driver is en route to a task, you cannot place another task ahead of the task in progress.

Re-order Tasks Using the Route Line Tool

As a dispatcher, you can use the quickly reorder tasks within your dashboard map by dragging from one to the other to "draw" the route. This can allow you to shift the order of the tasks within a driver's queue while visualizing the route on the map within your dashboard.

Here's a full video that will walk you through this feature:

Next Steps

Continue to learn about setting up automatic task assignments!

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Manually Assigning Tasks to Your Driver(s)

General Task Assignment