Driver Management

Manage Drivers #

The Driver module enables you to manage various driver role-related functions such as adding a driver to SCALAR, editing driver details, and viewing drivers list. The Driver role is considered as an ‘identity’ in the SCALAR platform.

NOTE:

A driver accesses the SCALAR mobile app to manage driver functions.

Add Driver #

You can add a driver to the SCALAR platform for tracking and monitoring their activities in the Map view.

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This functionality is subject to user rights. Only an administrator can access the Admin module.

In the Admin module > click Drivers . The Drivers page is displayed.
Click Add driver. The Add driver page is displayed.
Enter the required information in the following sections: Driver Details, Scalar mobile app access, Tacho card details, and Assigned to.

NOTE:
The fields that are marked with * are mandatory.
Click Save. The driver is added to the driver list.

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The SCALAR mobile app access status is pending at this stage. After the driver installs the SCALAR app on their device, they can log on with their existing account. The status is then set to active.

Edit Driver #

From the Drivers page, you can edit the following sections:

Driver details: On the driver details page, go to the Driver details section and click Name. The Name page is displayed.

NOTE:
The fields that are marked with * are mandatory.
Scalar mobile app access: Enable or disable the mobile app access checkbox or modify the Email and Language fields.
Tacho card details: Modify the unique identification number of the tacho card or the country that has issued the tacho card.

NOTE:
The fields that are marked with * are mandatory.
Assigned to: In the Access section, modify the Teams and users who can see this driver.

To understand how to assign access to specific users or teams, see Assigned teams and users.

View Driver List #

In the Admin module > click Drivers . The Drivers page is displayed.

NOTE:

Click the arrow keys in the column headers to sort the records in ascending or descending order.

Available fields

Column name	Description
Name	Full name of the driver
Email	Email address registered with ZF
Tacho card details	Unique identification number of the tacho card followed by the country that has issued it
Access	Users who are assigned access to track the driver in the Map view
App access	App status type: active, pending, or no app access.

Filter Drivers #

On the Drivers page, you can filter drivers to narrow search results based on status and access by using the Filters option.

In the Admin module > click Drivers . The Drivers page is displayed.
To open the filter pane, click Filters.
Select the required option in the App access and Access sections. To understand how to filter user or team-specific access details, see Filter Access Details Specific to a User or Team.

Filter Access Details Specific to a User or Team #

On the Drivers page > click Filters. The Filters pane is displayed.
In the Access section, select the Specific user or team option. The Enter a name, team or email list box is displayed.
Enter the user or team’s name for which the access details are required. The driver records that fulfil the criteria are listed.

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To close the Filter panel, click Close

To clear the selected filter criteria, click the Clear all link.

The numeric value displayed on the Filters button is a counter that indicates the number of filter criteria selected. For example, in this scenario, there are three filter criteria.

Search a Driver #

In the Admin module > click Drivers . The Drivers page is displayed.
In the Search box, enter a search criterion: name, email address, and Tacho card number.

NOTE:
Enter at least three characters to start a search operation.

Remove Driver #

The driver user account is permanently deleted from the SCALAR platform after the driver record is removed.

In the Admin module > click Drivers . The Drivers page is displayed.
Click the required driver record.
On the driver details page, click Remove <username>. A confirmation message is displayed.
To permanently remove the driver user account, click Remove account.
An acknowledgement message confirming deletion of the driver account is displayed.

Section	Field	Action
Driver Details	First Name Last Name	Enter the name of the driver.
Scalar mobile app access	Checkbox	The SCALAR mobile app can be enabled for the driver by the administrator. Select the Scalar mobile app access checkbox to display the Email and Language fields.
	Email	In the Email box, enter the email address of the driver.
	Language	From the Language list, select the language in which the Welcome email is to be composed. The Welcome email is sent to the driver. NOTE: The Welcome email contains an invitation link to the SCALAR mobile app that is valid only for 72 hours.
Tacho card details	Tacho card number	Enter the unique identification number of the tacho card. As a result, the driver will be linked to an asset when inserting the tacho card into the tachograph in the vehicle when reporting for duty.
Tacho card details	Country of issue	Select the country that has issued the tacho card.
Assigned to	Assigned teams and users	Specify whether the driver can be monitored by all users (default option: Everyone) or assign the driver to specified users or teams. In the Assigned to section, select the Specific users and/or teams only option. The Enter a name, team or email list box is displayed. Enter a user name, email address, or team name to specify who can track and monitor the driver. NOTE: You can select multiple users or teams consecutively. The users or teams selected to track the driver are displayed in the Assigned teams and users section. NOTE: Enter at least three characters to start a search operation.

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