When a route has been created and pushed to Activity, you'll need to assign the route to a driver. Once the route has been assigned, the route will appear in the driver's DriverApp.
Criteria
The route must be approved in Planning
The Driver profile must have been created or shared in order to assign a route to the driver
How to assign a driver
Go to Activity by clicking on 'Activity' in the left-hand menu
Search for the route you want to assign to a driver
Under the column 'Driver', click on 'Assign driver' button and a modal will open
Scroll through the driver list or use the search field and search for the driver's name or phone number. Once you've found the driver you want to assign to the route in the list, click on 'Assign'.
Done!
How to change assigned driver
Go to Activity by clicking on 'Activity' in the left-hand menu
Search for the route you want to assign to a driver
Hover over the 'Actions' menu to the right (three dots) and a few icon will appear. Click on the car icon named 'Assign Driver.
Scroll through the driver list or use the search field and search for the driver's name or phone number. Once you've found the driver you want to assign to the route in the list, click on 'Assign'.
Changing the assigned driver will overwrite the previously assigned driver. You don't need to unassign the previous driver before.
Done!
How to unassign a driver
Go to Activity by clicking on 'Activity' in the left-hand menu
Search for the route you want to unassign a driver from
Hover over the 'Actions' menu to the right (three dots) and a few icon will appear. Click on the car icon named 'Assign Driver.
The assigned driver will appear in a different colour. Click on 'Unassign' to remove the driver from the route.
Done!
Note: You can change drivers as long as the route has not started or is yet to be approved from Planning (the route is yellow and states that you are not allowed to assign).