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Create a Mission template

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Mission templates make it faster and more efficient to create Missions with the same alert rules, permissions, and Scan page settings. Mission templates offer the ability to automatically create appropriate mission names. Finally, Mission templates support the automation enabled by the Mass scan feature and Logmore Scanpoint for condition monitoring at scale.

Here you will be guided through creating a Mission template:

First steps
Template settings
Mission details
Scan page
Timeline, Alert rules, and Custom fields
Edit Mission templates

 

First steps

  1. From your Logmore Cloud account, click Settings (top navigation bar) —> Mission templates.
  2. A list of available Mission templates will appear. Click +Create new.

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Template settings

  1. Enter the Mission template's Name. Use the type of goods or alert rules as a name to easily identify the template.
    For example, "Below zero shipments", "Controlled room temperature shipments" or "Medicine cabinet temperature monitoring."
  2. Specify the details in the Description for the Operations team who will be starting the Missions from this template. It will help them to choose the right template.
  3. Give access to the teams that will use this Mission template. The same teams will have edit or read access to Missions created from this template. For example, you can give read access to the Operations team.
  4. Enable public read access to allow anyone without a Logmore account to see the details of the Missions created from this template. This is useful if your recipient does not have a Logmore account but needs to access the Mission's name and data.

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Mission details

The Mission detail fields are optional. However, they help you regulate the Mission naming and alert rules, so we recommend filling them in as well. 

  1. Set up the mission name format to be used for Missions created from this template. It can contain a title (e.g., Dry Ice Shipment or CRT Shipment) and custom fields that are automatically generated:
    {x} = User input. Ask a user who creates a Mission to add the name manually (e.g., shipment ID or destination).
    {t} = Timestamp. When a Mission is created, this variable is replaced with the user's current time.
    {i} = Incremental number. This variable is replaced by a running number. Every time a Mission is created from this template, this number goes up.
    If you leave the mission name format blank, you will need to create the Mission name manually every time.
  2. Check the box Ask for mission name to allow the user to add a mission name manually (corresponds to the {x} field).
  3. In the Mission naming guide, specify what information should be used as a Mission's name (in our case, enter the destination point).
  4. Add further details to a Mission note for all Missions created from this template. For example, you can send a message (Handle with care). You can also ask for additional input from the user creating a Mission, for example, the shift number of the person.
  5. Check the box Ask for "Mission note" if you need a user's input in the note when starting a Mission.

In our example, the input CRT Shipment {x} {i} {t} will result in a mission named CRT Shipment Helsinki 25 2021-11-01 08:15. The member of the Operations team will add the destination name to the Mission's name as well as their shift number to the notes.

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Scan page

The Scan page settings define what is displayed on the smartphone's screen after the logger has been scanned. Use this functionality to communicate with the recipient about the status of the shipment and other details. Check more details about the Scan page configuration here.

  1. Check the box Auto-end mission on first scan if you want this mission to end after the logger has been scanned for the first time since the mission had started.

    Use this function if the logger is scanned only on the recipient's end.

  2. Check the box Alert status to have status alerts displayed on the Scan page.

    Make these status alerts public if you want anyone without a Logmore account to see the status.

  3. In Infotext, add a text that is displayed on the Scan page. You can set different messages for the scan page with and without alerts.

    For example, provide instructions on what should be done and who should be contacted when the mission has alerts. You can add instructions on how to return the logger.

  4. Check the box “End monitoring” button to allow for the mission ending from the Scan page. The person scanning will see an "End monitoring" button displayed on the Scan page.

    Make this option public if you want anyone outside of your team to be able to end the mission.

  5. Check Show alert status after mission ended and set the period for which the alert status page will appear. The person scanning the logger can see the alert status page for a specific time after the mission has been ended.
    For a mission with several loggers, scanning one of the loggers when the auto-end on the first scan is on or pressing the “End monitoring” button will end this mission for other loggers attached to it as well. Enable Show alert status after mission ended for the receiver to see the alert status when scanning other loggers after the mission has ended.

  6. Allow comments if the person scanning the logger should add comments about the shipment.

    Make the commenting public to allow anyone to leave comments from the Scan page without logging in.

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Timeline, Alert rules, and Custom fields

  1. In Mission timeline settings, check the box to ask the user to input Mission start time when creating the mission.
  2. Click Alert new alert rule and create various for Temperature, Probe temperature, Light, Humidity, Shock, or Mission duration depending on your needs and the sensors available. 
    These rules define when an alert about violated conditions will be triggered. Alerts are generated when the Mission's measurements are outside your alert rule conditions once the logger has been scanned.
    Check these articles for more details on adding Alerts to Mission templates and various Alert types.
  3. Add Custom fields. Choose from available fields or create new ones (at the end of the list). Fill in the custom fields now or ask the end-user to fill it in on Mission start or end.
  4. Click Save mission template. Now you can create Missions with this template in a few clicks.

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Edit Mission templates

You can edit any Mission templates to which you have edit access.

  1. From your Logmore Cloud account, click Settings (top navigation bar) —> Mission templates.
  2. A list of available Mission templates will appear.
  3. Click on the Mission template you want to edit.
  4. You can edit all the parameters. Click Save mission templates to preserve the changes.

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