Plan Release_24 Jan 2024 Plan Release_24 Jan 2024

Plan Release_24 Jan 2024

Software Upgrade release date: 01/24/2024

What’s new in your Optimal Dynamics platform?

Module(s): Bidding

Upload Your Bid File with 3 Digit Zip Code Values

What is the Impact and Benefit to you? 

Meet our 3-digit Zip Code Conversion Solution: Say goodbye to manual conversion! Save time by eliminating the need to convert your Origin and Destination 3-digit zip codes to 5-digit values. Our seamless solution automates the lookup, match, and conversion process, making it hassle-free. During the Review step, we keep you informed with highlighted cells in yellow and tooltip text, ensuring a smooth and time-efficient bidding process.

How to Use it:

  1. Navigate to the Bid Manager

  2. Select the Upload Button

  3. Complete all the required steps in the Bid File details

  4. Complete the Column matching step

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  5. Review the Converted Zip Cod values

    1. If find that the value was incorrectly matched then you can manually enter the correct zip code directly in the cell in the Review Step.

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  1. Click Continue to complete the Upload process.

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  2. View your Uploaded Bid File details.

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View Origin & Destination Data as City & State or by Zip Code

What is the Impact and Benefit to you? 

Enjoy the freedom to customize your Origin and Destination data. Easily switch between viewing Bid Lane data by city and state or by 3 or 5 digit zip code values. With our user-friendly settings, witness real-time updates that cater to your specific preferences.

Bid File- How to Use it:

  1. Navigate to the Bid Manager

  2. Open a Bid File

  3. Click the Settings icon in the top right corner.

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  4. Select Zip Code

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  1. Select your preferred Zip Code value - Option to view as 3 or 5 digit zip codes.

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  1. Navigate to the Network Manager

  2. Open a completed Bid Analysis File

  3. Select the Setting Gear Icon

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  1. Select Zip Code under Location Type

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  1. Select your preferred Zip Code value - Option to view as 3 or 5 digit zip codes

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View All of Your Uploaded Bid Data on your Bid Analysis Results

What is the Impact and Benefit to you? 

With this enhancement, we've bridged the gap between the data in your uploaded Bid File and its fully intelligently analyzed version. Now, al of your Bid File columns and data will be present and accessible on your Bid Analysis results file.

Bid File- How to Use it:

  1. Navigate to the Network Manager

  2. Open a completed Bid Analysis file

  3. Select the table settings icon

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  1. Open your table settings to view the complete list of column options.

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Good news! We Fixed the Below Bugs

What wasn’t working?

What has changed?

1

Historical Base Files were being displayed in the Network Manager

Now your historical Base Network files are all organized and located in the Historical files group. This provides an auto-organization solution for your Network Manager files. Allowing you to easily find the most relevant files.

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2

When in the process of applying Bid files to your Base Network, when clicking the view File button, users were not being directed to the Bid File of interest.

Now when you click the View File, you will be redirected to the Bid File of interest.

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