Upload PODs/Images

Upload PODs/Images



If required, you are able to view any POD images that have been uploaded into your account through the Search Image Batches page. This page is located under Transport > Administration > Upload PODs/ImagesThis article will detail how this page can be used.
This page can be used to see the status of an image batch and gain an understanding of what images require processing.
1. Arriving at this page, you will see a page similar to the below.

Create an Image Batch

1. To create an image batch, on image batch filter page, click on Create New, upload image page will display as shown below.

2. If you wish to upload the image, then click on the upload icon or drag and drop-down the images in upload file section.
3. Once the file has been successfully uploaded then click on the Process Images button, image information along with image will display as shown below.
4. Now, follow the steps as describe in Data Entry Wizard and Lodge/Save batch image to complete this process. 

Data Entry Wizard

1. You can edit/review the image, on Image Batch page, click on the Data Wizard Entry button, the Image Process page will display on screen as shown below.                  
2. On image process page, you can see the Search parameters, Batch Information, Available Actions and Image sections which are describe below.
      aSearch Parameters: On this section you can see and update the Customer Limited, Consignment Assign and delete image sub-sections. 
            i. Customer Limited: Limited the assignment to a consignment with this customer.
            ii. Number to Assign: You can type in the consignment number in this field and click the search box next to it. 
      b. Batch Information: On this section you can see progress, Batch number, Batch Comment and Status of the Image. 
           i. Batch Comment: A field you can store information about the batch you're working on, i.e. Driver, Agent or Customer.
            ii. Batch Number: Assign your own batch number or use the automatically generated batch number.
            iii. Status of Image: This will show the status of the image. 
      c. Available Actions: On this section you can see/update the consign Number, Date of Event, Receiver Name, Agent/Supplier Name, Time of Event and Comment (If any).
On Agent/Supplier column, you can change the type of image by clicking on the related checkbox (Proof of Delivery, Pickup Proof and Image Only).
      d. Image: On this section you can see the image, can Zoom in and Zoom Out the image by clicking on "+" or "-" icon and can download the image by clicking on the Download button.
      e. Delete Image: If you wish to delete the image then click on the delete image button, a confirmation pop-up will display here click on Yes i want to.

Lodge/Save Image Batch

1. Click on the Lodge/Save image, a confirmation popup will come, here if you want to save the changes then click on Yes, I Want to as below.

While doing Lodge/Save Image batch, make sure that all the information is correct, once you confirmed then you cannot update the Image Process.

View/Edit PODs/Images

1. To see the existing the PODs image, on Image Batch Filter page, click on the applicable batch number, the detail of selected image batch will display as shown below.


2. On the image batch information page, you can see the details as below.
  • Batch User: The user that created the batch

  • Batch Comment: A field you can store information about the batch you're working on, i.e., Driver, Agent or Customer

  • State: The current state of the batch. If it is Open that means you can add scanned images further but if it is in Close state, then you cannot add further images in the selected image batch. 

  • Supplier/Agent: Assign the Agent/Supplier if you know it comes from such. This helps refine the search to consignments delivered by this agent

  • Progress: How many of the batch images have been processed and assigned

  • Batch Number: Assign your own batch number or use the automatically generated batch number.

  • Batch Date: The date the batch was loaded into Transvirtual.

  • Customer Limited: Limited the assignment to a consignment with particular customer.

3. Now, to edit any of the detail, click on Data Entry Wizard, the batch image detail will open as shown below.


4. In the top right-hand corner of the page, there is a toggle button, "Skip Completed". If you enable it, you will see those images that need to be assigned.
4. At the top of this page, you can see the consignment information. Transvirtual will attempt to scan the page for a barcode and allocated the image where possible. If this is not possible you can type in the consignment number in the "Number To Assign" field and click the search box next to it. From here you can select the appropriate connote. Once the connote has been found, fill out the details for "Receiver Name", "Date of Event" and "Time of event".
5. On the right of the delivery details is the type of image you are allocating. Select the appropriate image type and then click on the next.
6. At the bottom of the screen is a preview of the image, you can put your mouse over this to zoom in or use the image manipulation tools in the top right to Zoom, Rotate etc. Once complete, click on the Next Button, you will be brought back to the Image Batch summary page.

Delete the Entire Batch

If you wish to delete the batch, on image batch page, click on Delete Entire Batch located at top right-hand side of the screen as shown below.

 
2. A confirmation pop-up will display, here click on Yes, I want to, the image batch will be deleted from the database.

Filter

If you have multiple image batch, then you can filter the image batch page. There are different ways to filter the Image Batch Filter page. 
1. The filters work in a similar fashion as consignment search page. Here, you can change the date you want to search for by using the date selector top-right of the page or you can use the in-line filters to narrow down the list as shown below.
 
2. If needed, you can also change the columns that are present in this grid by clicking on the Column Selector icon, the column selector screen will prompt, as shown below.
 
3. Now, select the columns you want from the ColumnsSelected field, once you have done then, click on the Update button to save the changes.
Refresh the page, the selected column will reflect on screen.

Additional Information

1. Any images that have been processed will flag green with a status of complete, as shown below.    
2. You can also view the status of the entire batch from the search filter.
3. If any batch has been completed, then no further action is required.
4. Any batches that are not yet complete and require further processing, will display as something other than complete, which will typically be closed.


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