Changelog

EasyRoutes' vehicle profiles allow users to save details about the vehicles used to complete routes, including vehicle types, makes, models, and fuel economy. Once saved, users can assign specific vehicles to individual routes, and track key route metrics on a per-vehicle basis, or filter Analytics reports to break down data by vehicle profiles.

For full details on working with vehicle profiles, see the support article for this new feature.

We've added a new way to visualize your Route Groups, with all route locations, stops, breaks, and stop durations displayed across the actual time they're scheduled to take place. Bars representing stops and breaks will expand horizontally to represent how much time they will take. For example, in the purple coloured route shown above, stop times have been set to 10 minutes - these stops display over a longer time period than those on the blue coloured route, where stop times have been set to 5 minutes.

To view the timeline for any Route Group, access the All Routes view of a Route Group, and scroll down below the map and route list; click the timeline toggle (clock icon) in the upper left-hand corner to switch from static route lines to the new dynamic timeline view, as shown above. Note that individual routes within the group must contain a scheduled start time in order for EasyRoutes to calculate and generate a timeline view for that route.

We've added a new Route Option, allowing EasyRoutes users to configure the Speed factor that's applied to generated routes. Use this new tool to scale up or down the assumed speed at which drivers generally complete routes. This Route Option defaults to "normal" speed, but can scale down to 90% slower than normal, or scale up to 90% faster than normal.

For example, users who deliver routes via bicycle, where orders may be delivered consistently behind schedule, will see improved route duration and stop ETA values by using the Speed factor to scale the route's assumed speed to 10% slower, as shown above. This approach effectively includes 10% more drive time than "normal" between all stops.

For full details on increasing or decreasing your routes' drive times using EasyRoutes' Speed factor, see the support article for this new feature. Note that this feature is currently in beta release and may not always behave as expected - please let us know if you have any feedback on this new feature.

We've made some customization improvements to the Orders page, allowing EasyRoutes users to fine-tune which data is displayed in a more accessible manner.

From your EasyRoutes Orders page, access the Configure table columns button found on the right-hand side of the page, above your list of orders. Use the checkboxes to configure which data to display as columns within the orders table below.

Note that order attributes can be configured in two ways: to display all applicable order attributes as a single column for full visibility, enable the Attributes checkbox within the Items & Other Info section. To display specific, frequently accessed order attributes as standalone columns, enable individual checkboxes for any desired attributes within the Attribute Columns section.

We've added another new type of Analytics report, displaying the number of deliveries per route over a selected time period.

Access all Analytics reports from the EasyRoutes navigation menu, or see the Analytics support article for full details on reviewing and customizing how your Analytics data is displayed.

Version 1.0.65 of the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app is now available to download for iOS and Android devices. This release features improved display flags when drivers are viewing a stop that is not currently scheduled next within their delivery route, as well as a Go to stop link that drivers can tap to quickly jump to the correct stop that is next up in their route, as shown above. A more prominent Next stop: indicator will also display on any route summary pages within the mobile app for improved at-a-glance reference.

Note: Drivers will need to update to the latest version of the app (v1.0.65 or above) in order to take advantage of these enhanced next stop indicators within the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app.

We've added a new way to filter and organize your Routes page: Route Views. Similar to how Saved Views function on the EasyRoutes Orders page, Route Views allow users to apply any combination of filters and pinpoint specific routes, then save these filter combinations to quickly reference at any point in the future.

For example, a Route View can be created containing just unstarted routes; two separate Route Views can be created to display routes with a scheduled start date of today and tomorrow for easy access to routes that may require more immediate attention on a rolling basis; Route Views could also be created to organize routes by which driver they're assigned to.

To create a new Route View, first apply any desired filters on your Routes page, then click the Create view button (plus icon) above your list of routes to permanently save it as a Route View tab. For full details on working with Route Views, see the support article for this new feature.

We've applied a read-only status to routes that have been archived, making it easier for route planners to "lock" routes and prevent any further edits or updates once they have been archived. When accessing individual routes that have been archived, a unique banner now displays indicating that the route has been archived and will need to be unarchived in order to make any further edits, as shown above.

For full details on archiving, unarchiving, and working with read-only archived routes, see the support article for this feature.

We've added "Shift-click" support for selecting multiple line items on tables throughout EasyRoutes. Users can now select the first line item in a series, hold the Shift key, then select the last line item in a series to quickly select all line items in between, as shown above. Users can also un-select line items using the same "Shift-click" workflow for line items that have already been selected.

Shift-click to select multiple line items is currently supported on the Drivers, Routes, and Orders Pages, as well as for individual stops on an existing route, and individual routes or stops contained within a Route Group.

We've added a new feature allowing users to sync key EasyRoutes details for an order (including route/stop, driver, and ETA specifics), back to that order's attributes within the Shopify Admin. Attributes synced in this manner can be accessed from your Shopify Orders page, within the Additional details panel of any order, making it easier than ever to track and reference order-level delivery information in one convenient location.

Enable this new feature from your EasyRoutes Settings > General tab, within the Advanced options section, by checking the box for Write route and stop information to order attributes on dispatch (shown above), and selecting which of the available variables to write.

Once enabled, attributes will automatically sync back to their corresponding Shopify orders once the route they're included in is dispatched. Attribute syncs can also be triggered manually when viewing any route, by accessing the additional actions menu (three dots icon) below the map, and selecting Sync route order attributes.

Find full details on working with order attribute syncing in the support article for this new feature.

Version 1.0.64 of the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app is now available to download for iOS and Android devices. This release features minor UI improvements, as well as a bug fix for saving driver notes containing a large number of line segments.

We've made some adjustments to improve driver location tracking through a route's end stop and/or end location, where applicable:

• Live driver GPS tracking now remains active through a route's last stop, and up until a route's end location is also marked as complete (including Loop back to start).
• For routes that do not contain an end location, live driver GPS tracking now remains active through a route's last stop, and up until the route itself is marked as complete.
• Routes where all stops have been marked as attempted or completed, but the end stop location has not yet been marked as complete, will display with a half-filled Completed badge and associated tooltip (shown above, left).
• Once a route's end location is also marked as complete, the Completed badge will update to indicate the entire route is complete (shown above, right).

Drivers will need to update to the latest version of the Delivery Driver mobile app (v1.0.63 or above) in order to take advantage of these tracking improvements. For full details on enabling and accessing real-time driver location tracking, see the support article for this feature.

Version 1.0.63 of the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app is now available to download for iOS and Android devices. This release features improved support for driver location tracking through a route's end stop and end location.

Note: Drivers will need to update to the latest version of the app (v1.0.63 or above) in order to take advantage of end stop location tracking within the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app.

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Version 1.0.62 of the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app is now available to download for iOS and Android devices. This release features driver-side support for the recently announced route tags & route notes features, as well as minor bug fixes.

Note: Drivers will need to update to the latest version of the app (v1.0.62) in order to take advantage of route tags and route notes within the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app.

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Building on our recently announced route tags feature, we've added another new way to quickly communicate and store key information applying to entire routes: route notes.

Use route notes to flag priority routes for drivers, indicate unique delivery instructions for specialized routes, or communicate any other information that applies to specific routes. Route notes can be added or edited from the Routes page or All routes view of any route group in batches, or added/edited directly when viewing individual routes. Applied notes are accessible from the same pages, as well as within the Delivery Driver mobile app (shown above) for quick driver reference.

For full details on adding, editing, and viewing route notes, see the support article for this new feature. Note that drivers will need to update to the latest version (1.0.62 or above) in order to access notes from within the mobile app.