How To Set Priority For Your Stops

ElasticRoute allows you to indicate the priority of your stops for planning.

By default, Stops with the highest priority number indicated would be considered for planning first.

For example, priority number 4 will be plan before priority number 1.

Image Of Run Without Priority

Image Of Run With Priority

This feature may be used when you wish for the systems to prioritize the stops in a particular order.

In this example, stops belonging to different regions were assigned different Priority values for planning.

How To Use

A list of stops with and without priority was prepared for planning.

    Note:

  • The default value for the stop priority is 10. If left blank, a value of 10 will automatically be assigned to the stop.

Manual Addition Or Edition Of Stop

For manual addition or editing of stops, enter the Priority value as per shown below.

Import Of CSV

For import of CSV, you may specify the value under the Priority column.

List Of Stops For Planning
Name Address Latitude Longitude Priority
S1 10 Serangoon North Ave 2, Singapore 555877 1.3648152 103.876943 1
S2 23 Serangoon Central, Singapore 556083 1.354182 103.87828 1
S3 8 Somapah Rd, Singapore 487372 1.3543501 103.954636 1
S4 1000 Upper Changi Rd N, Singapore 507707 1.3596581 103.928236 1
S5 10 Shenton Way, Singapore 079117 1.277267 103.84196 2
S6 Outram Rd, Singapore 169608 1.2839349 103.830073 2
S7 81 Redhill Ln, Singapore 150081 1.2853019 103.816734 2
S8 2 Malan Rd, Singapore 109433 1.2763043 103.801147 2
S9 50 Jurong Gateway Rd, Singapore 608549 1.3481503 103.738676 3
S10 2 Jurong Hill, Singapore 628925 1.3239854 103.698469 3
S11 10 Fourth Chin Bee Rd, Singapore 619821 1.3380823 103.712639 3
S12 80 Mandai Lake Rd, Singapore 729826 1.3585355 103.768287 3
S13 604 Sembawang Rd, Singapore 758459 1.4254871 103.796028 4
S14 90 Yishun Central, Singapore 768828 1.428208 103.84101 4
S15 46 Woodlands Terrace, Singapore 738459 1.4434737 103.809255 4
S16 345 Old Nelson Rd, Singapore 758692 1.41586912 103.8270235 4

Screenshot Of Stops Before Planning

After Planning

When no Priority is being indicated for the stops, the systems will plan all the stops primarily based on distance.

Table Of Planned Results Without Priority
Name Sequence Priority
S2 1
S1 2
S4 3
S3 4
S14 5
S16 6
S15 7
S13 8
S12 9
S9 10
S11 11
S10 12
S8 13
S7 14
S6 15
S5 16

Screenshot Of Results Without Priority

Screenshot Of Results Without Priority

When Priority is being indicated, the stops with the highest priority would be planned before those with a lower priority.

Table Of Planned Results With Priority
Name Sequence Priority
S14 1 4
S16 2 4
S15 3 4
S13 4 4
S12 5 3
S9 6 3
S11 7 3
S10 8 3
S8 9 2
S7 10 2
S6 11 2
S5 12 2
S3 13 1
S4 14 1
S1 15 1
S2 16 1

Screenshot Of Results With Priority

Screenshot Of Results With Priority

Refer to How To Reverse The Use Of Priority Values For Planning.

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