The Scheduling Options section located towards the bottom of the Dumpster Management settings make arranging your drop-offs and pickups simpler.
Before You Start
Here are a few things to know before you continue:
- We recommend that only the Account Owner(s) or Admins(s) set up or change the settings covered in this article.
- Depending on how your permissions are set up you may not be able to access some or all of these settings. Please reach out to your Account Owner if additional access is needed.
Dumpster Management: Scheduling Options Directory
Confirmation Message
In this box, you can type a personalized message that will show up once you add a new dumpster job. You can use it for different purposes, like listing items not allowed or terms of service to customers, or to remind your team about what to do next.
Default Charges
Here, you can choose standard fees for a rental, which include charges for:
- When a rental is successfully completed.
- When something goes wrong.
- For live loading.
- For moving a rental within the site.
- For moving a rental to a different site.
Default Driver
Here, you can pick a default driver to give new tasks to.
Default Driver Notes
Here you can input standard driver notes that will be auto-filled whenever you schedule a dumpster task.
Default Office Notes
Here you can input standard office notes, which will automatically populate the office notes section whenever you schedule a dumpster task.
Rental Length
Turning this feature on will show options for rental duration when you schedule a task. You can set a default rental period, choose a default period based on client type, and decide if the drop-off day is counted in the rental time.
Onsite Duration
This section allows you to specify how long the driver will be on-site, measured in minutes.
Notes
This area lets you switch on or off the client notes, dispatch notes, and office notes.
Required Items
This setting allows you to switch on or off the requirement for certain items to be completed when you schedule a task.
Show Asset Availability
When enabled, this shows the availability of assets while scheduling a task.
Show Driver Task Duration
If you turn this on, it will give you the option to enter how long the driver's task will take.
Show Priorities
Enabling this feature will show the option to set task priorities.
Task Types
You can switch these options on or off:
Show Dump and Return:
This will give you the option to schedule dump and return tasks.
Show Live Load:
This will allow you to schedule live load tasks.
Show Relocate:
This will enable you to schedule tasks that involve relocating.
Time Windows
This is the section where you can control your scheduling time frames and limit your resources. You have the option to enable or disable this feature.
If you have any questions, please reach out to our Support team through the blue chat widget on the bottom right of this page or by sending an email to support@yourdocket.com!