Looking At Vans In RG

Vehicle Overview
First things first lets get started by taking a look at the Vehicle interface. In this log you will see a list of all the vehicles we currently have available to us at lakeshore. Unlike a lot of the other logs we take use in RG this one will for the most part stay the same, as in you wont be adding and removing things to it regularly. 
Careful Adding Vehicles
One of the more important take aways from this article should be that adding a vehicle will cost the company money! Unlike other objects in RG its not something we can play around with, we cant add test vehicles for practice and in fact we should not be adding a vehicle PERIOD unless you have been specifically tasked to do so. 
Vehicle Log Entries
Each vehicle in the list represents a digital version of a vehicle we actually own.
The information provided on the line is all pretty self explanatory, app version is a little out of place unless your drivers are using the same van every day. We do try to keep ours on the same van but that does not always work. App version just refers to the version of the driver app in use. 
Expanding A Vehicle
Clicking on any given vehicle will open up a detailed menu that includes a wealth of information. 
If you need to make any changes to a vehicle it is generally here where you will do it. Along the top of the expansion you will see a set of tabs you can click on (shown below). 
Capacity
Allows you to view and edit the capacity of a vehicle.
Service
Has to do with controlling the application service to the vehicle. If all properly setup it can be remotely locked as well as other actions but we do not currently utilize this here at Lakeshore and the Driver app is simply installed by the drivers on their phone.
Zones
Meant to group a geographical zone, vehicles can then be assigned to specific zones but again this is not something we use at Lakeshore.
Files
A place to upload and store any needed paperwork of files for any given vehicle. 
Notes
Add any notes about a vehicle.
History
Like the history menu on anything else this allows you to view the history for all actions taken on the vehicle within the RouteGenie system ... all actions will be tied to a user or internal user. 
Deactivation and Maintenance
At the bottom of the expanded vehicle view we also have these options. We wont worry about Archive because the RG website does not even list what it does, but from what I personally remember it is a way to keep a vehicle activated (without paying for it?) when you still have it but wont be using it. 
Temporarily Out Of Service
This will allow you to check a vehicle out of maintenance.
Deactivate
This is used to Deactivate a vehicle and take it out of use. It should not be assumed that simply doing this will mean billing will stop or change based on that vehicle being removed. Make sure to call RG as well and speak with someone to ensure we are being charged correctly.