Changelog

We've added a new activity feed to the EasyRoutes Dashboard and individual route pages, providing at-a-glance access to events and updates related to your routes, stops, and drivers. Use the Dashboard activity feed to monitor overall progress across all of your routes and stops, or access activity feeds for individual routes and route groups to pinpoint specific details about currently active or historical routes.

Individual activities can be expanded to access details about the user or collaborator who initiated an activity, including their Shopify user ID or email address, IP address, and device details, when available.

For full details on the types of activities contained in the feed and how to interact with them, see the support article for this new feature.

We've added a new view option to the Routes page, allowing users to visualize routes on a calendar based on their scheduled start/end dates and durations. Users can toggle between the existing table view and the new calendar view using the buttons in the upper right-hand corner of the Routes page (highlighted above). Click any route's calendar entry to jump directly to that route's page; filter controls can also be applied to the calendar view to fine-tune which routes are displayed based on route status, route tags, or assigned driver/vehicle.

Version 1.0.68 of the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app is now available to download for iOS and Android devices. This release features a new "waiting" dialog when background driver task updates are processing prior to uploading proof of delivery or marking a stop as complete, as well as minor bug fixes & UI improvements.

Note: Drivers will need to update to the latest version of the app (v1.0.68 or above) in order to take advantage of these improvements within the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app.

We've released EasyRoutes' new driver profiles feature, allowing users to assign custom aliases or nicknames for each of their drivers, configure and retain drivers' preferred start or end locations, and quickly review recent delivery ratings and comments received for each driver. Click any driver's name from your EasyRoutes Drivers & Vehicles navigation tab to update their profile details.

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

Version 1.0.66 of the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app is now available to download for iOS and Android devices. This release features support for the recently announced mobile stop re-ordering feature, as well as improved handling and responsiveness when completing Driver Tasks and scanning barcodes from the mobile app.

Note: Drivers will need to update to the latest version of the app (v1.0.66 or above) in order to take advantage of mobile stop re-ordering and improved Driver Tasks & barcode scanning functionality within the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app.

We've added a new feature to the EasyRoutes Delivery Driver mobile app, allowing drivers to manually re-order stops on routes dispatched to them. This feature is disabled by default, but can be enabled from your EasyRoutes Settings > Driver settings tab, by enabling the Allow driver to reorder stops checkbox within the Driver app settings card.

Review this support article for full details on how stop re-ordering works from a driver's perspective within the mobile app. For additional context on all existing options for re-ordering stops on a route, see this support article.

We've added a new Route color selection panel, allowing users to apply a custom color palette to the route lines and stop pins representing any generated routes. New routes will be generated using EasyRoutes' default set of route line/pin colors; users can update the route line/pin colors for any existing route from the same modal used to edit the name of the route (shown above), by either inputting a custom color hex code, or clicking the existing color tile and selecting a new color from the palette that appears.

We've added a new type of order automation rule that automatically parses the value of a specified order attribute, and applies that attribute's value as the stop note for any order containing a matching attribute. Stop notes parsed in this manner will display like any other notes for quick reference on any Route page, and for driver reference in the mobile app. Route planners can customize which order attribute to automate from, providing full flexibility for parsing delivery dates, special instructions, or any other attribute data requiring greater visibility for route planners and drivers.

Enable and configure order automation rules from your EasyRoutes Settings > General tab, within the Advanced automation section.

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.