General settings

Here you find out which general settings you can make.

Requirements

Under Specifications you define the measurement system. You can also restore all factory settings here.

Note: Changes in the specifications only apply after restarting the program.

 

  • In the navigation tree, select the entry General > Specifications.

  • Make the desired settings:

    Section Element and description
    Measurement system Here you can choose if you wish to use a metric or Anglo-Saxon system when calculating and displaying distances.
    Icon size This is where you specify the size which routing parameter symbols are displayed.
    Default settings

    The button can be used to restore all details in the Settings window to factory settings.

    Note: This action cannot be undone!

Currencies

Here you determine the currency in which the calculated costs are shown. In addition, the exchange rates stored in the system are displayed. You can edit the exchange rates as required.

Note: Changes made to the currency or the exchange rates only apply after restarting PTV Map&Guide intranet.

 

  • In the navigation tree, select the entry General > Currencies.

  • Make the desired settings:

Section Element and description
Currency

Use the drop-down list to specify the currency for calculating and displaying costs.

The currency selected here is the reference currency for the exchange rates shown.

Exchange rates

The exchange rates for the selected reference currency are displayed in the table.

Setting Use up-to-date exchange rates

If the option is enabled, the current exchange rates are displayed. The exchange rates are largely based on information from the ECB (European Central Bank) and are regularly updated.

Option Use customised exchange rates

If the option is enabled, you can edit the displayed exchange rates in the table.

Note: The customised exchange rates are valid until you change the reference currency or enable the Use default exchange rates option.

Tip: If you wish to restore this window to factory settings, click Restore default.

Minimum wage

Minimum wage shows the countries in which the national minimum wage also applies to transports which are driven by drivers from overseas into that country (see Effects of the European minimum wage act on forwarding and logistics).

Note: If you wish to take the minimum wage into account when calculating costs, you must enable the corresponding option in the wage profile and select the wage profile when route planning (see Include minimum wage).

 

  • Select the entry General > Minimum Wage in the navigation tree.

  • Make the desired settings.

  • Countries in which minimum wage for foreign transports applies
    Column Description
    Active

    If the option is enabled, the minimum wage for the country will be taken into account.

    Note: The option is enabled by default and cannot be changed.
    If you wish to deactivate the minimum wage for a few countries, please contact your administrator. They can assign you the relevant rights in the administration tool.

    Name Country names
    Driver The current valid minimum wage for the driver in that country is entered in the Driver column. You can change the amount.
    Delivery/Pickup If this option is enabled, the minimum wage will be taken into account for a delivery/pickup in the country.
    Cabotage If this option is enabled, the minimum wage will be taken into account for cabotage in the country.
    Prior notification Shows whether prior notification of the transport is required in the country.
    Valid from Set the point in time from which the settings should be taken into account in cost calculation.

     

    Pickup/delivery/cabotage check

    In seven European countries, the national minimum wage also applies to transports which are being driven into that country by drivers from overseas. Depending on the country, the national minimum wage must be paid in case of cabotage and/or for pickups/deliveries.

    Element Description
    If two stop-off points are in the same country, this is a cabotage If the option is enabled, a cabotage is assumed as soon as there are two stop-off points in one country.

    Help

    Under Help you define if and which information you wish to see on the user interface.

     

    • In the navigation tree, select the entry General > Help.

    • Make the desired settings:

      Section Element and description
      Notes Here you unhide help window and dialogues that you previously switched off.
      Short introduction If you are using a program function for the first time, a short tutorial is shown. To show the tutorial again, click on the button and log in to PTV Map&Guide intranet again.

    My profile

    You can specify how the program's interface should look after starting. Here you have the possibility of saving your current settings in your profile, such as the opened use cases, selected routing options or visible columns. Your profile is loaded each time that the program is opened.

    Under My Profile Under Profile you determine which settings are automatically saved when you leave the program.

    Note: Your profile is only saved automatically if you have highlighted the appropriate option under My account.

    • In the navigation tree, select the entry General > My Profile.

    • Make the desired settings:

    Section Element and description
    View

     Opened use cases

    If the option is enabled, the currently open use cases are saved.

          

    Additional information

    If the option is enabled, the names in the route planning tab and the selected vehicles are saved.

     Program area management

    If the option is enabled, the current program view is saved. This includes, for example, the size of the map, the size of the list of stop-off points or visible/hidden routing parameters.

     Column formats

    If the option is enabled, the configuration of lists is saved.

    Map

     Current map section

    If the option is enabled, the current map section is saved.

     Visible/selectable address types

    If the option is enabled, the next time the program starts up, the map objects that you checked in the map toolbar under Visibility will be shown again (see Map functions).

     Coordinates format used

    If the option is enabled, the currently selected coordinates format is saved (see Changing coordinate format).

    Route planning

     Address search country

    If the option is enabled, the countries that are currently selected for the city search are saved.

     Address types search town

    If the option is enabled, the currently selected address types under are saved.

     Freight search settings

    If the option is enabled, the currently selected options are saved during the freight search.

     Optimisation settings

    If the option is enabled, the defined optimisation settings are saved (see Customising sequence optimisation settings).

    Routing parameter

    The current status of the selected routing options is saved through the routing parameter.

     

    Tip: If you wish to restore this window to factory settings, click Restore default.