How to create a new hub and assign tasks to it?

Overview :

1. Hub creation
2. Hub assignation

1. Hub creation

The hub is located at the heart of your operations. To define the hub(s) go to  Administration > Platform > Hubs.

To add a hub, click on the 'Add'-button.

When defining a new hub, you will need to add the following information.

1. Name of the hub
2. Address or latitude/longitude (format = lat,long - this will help to find the address which needs to be selected from the dropdown)
3. Start time (click on the tab “rounds”): defines when the drivers for this hub have to start their rounds.
   

         There are 4 ways to define time constraints:

• No constraints on time
• Start in x minutes from now: the exact number of minutes from when the delivery person should start the round
• Set start earliest time: the round can't start before the scheduled time (a specific time)
• Start of time window: one slot, e.g., 14:00 - 18:00

Offline: Drivers will work offline in this hub. If activated, drivers will have the possibility to use the mobile app even with no internet connection at the hub.

Round numbering: Selecting this option allows the definition of a specific round numbering for a hub.

❗The time slots feature, previously found as an extra slot in the hub options, is now located in a separate tab. To access and configure time slots, please click this link: Time slots Configuration.

2. Hub assignation

You can use multiple hubs. Be sure to include them in your Flow via the menu Administration > Flows  > Hub. Once you created the hub, you can define rules to assign tasks to the hub.

There are 6 choices to assign tasks to a hub.

• Specific hub: enables you to choose a specific hub to assign tasks to.
• Closest hub: will assign the ideal hub, based on the tasks' final destination.
• It will not assign a hub during the announcement: tasks won't have a hub assigned until the optimization is launched, where the best hub will be assigned. This should be configured in the optimization. 
• Rule-based hub assignation: allows the user to use simple hub assignation rules. See more information below.

- Field: The field that you wish to assign to the hub.

- Value: The inserted value linked to the initial Field.

- Mapped hub: The hub to which you wish to assign to.

In this example, all tasks with the postal code '1020' will be assigned to the hub “Urbantz Base”.

• Simple rule-based hub assignation: allows you to map the value of the selected field to the hub name.
• Script-based Hub assignation: Use scripts for more complex assignment scenarios.