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      Vehicle & Station module settings

      There are several vehicle & station settings can be adjusted in your platform to match your agency's preferences.

      The following settings can currently only be modified by the PSTrax team. To change, please contact us.

      Change the number of days alerts display on the Station Home page

      VS alert days

      Vehicle & Station alerts are displayed on the Station Home page in the alerts panel, so you can quickly see the most recent updates whenever you log into a station.

      In the screenshot above, alerts that have been set or updated within the last 30 days will display. After that time, they will drop off the V/S Alerts panel, but will still be available in the Open Alerts and Alert Archive pages. This time range can be adjusted to any number of days you prefer.

      Note that alerts tagged as "Urgent" will display on the panel indefinitely until they are manually closed. 

      Separate vs. combine multiple alerts

      When setting alerts on multiple tasks, users have the option to set separate alerts for each task or to combine all tasks into one alert. This setting can be adjusted to separate alerts by default, combine alerts by default, or remove the option of combining alerts altogether. 

      Option Description When to use
      Separate alerts Opens one alert for each item, which are updated and closed separately Mechanical, operational, and equipment checks (e.g. low tire pressure alert and a missing pick axe alert would need to be tracked separately)
      Combine alerts Combines all items into one alert, which are updated and closed at the same time Supplies alerts (e.g. supply closet is low on 3 items, which are going to be ordered and restocked at the same time) 

      Checklist view options

      Vehicle and station checklists show all tasks expanded by default. Depending on how many tasks you have due, this can be a lot to scroll through - especially if you have multiple users checking off different parts of the truck at the same time. In that case, some agencies prefer to collapse the tasks and/or task groups when viewing the vehicle & station checklists. There are three options to choose from:

      1. Show all tasks (default view)
      2. Collapse all tasks
      3. Collapse all tasks and task groups

      Show/hide inspection notes

      Inspection notes allow users to add details about their truck checks that an subsequent users can see. This can be handy to let other crew members know about things to keep an eye on, but which may not yet warrant an alert. The option to display inspection notes on the vehicle and station checklists is defaulted to yes, but that can be changed if your agency prefers not to use it.