Well, as you may know we offer different alternative mechanisms to activate the handling of breaks / rests:How do we deal with driver breaks:
Can we set manual preset breaks in conjunction with break parameters for PTV to consider both?
- Standard Rules : com.ptvgroup.xserver.tourplanning.WorkingHours (Defines the rules regarding drivers' working hours. Drivers' working hours are only active if this member is set.)
- Break Periods within given time intervals : com.ptvgroup.xserver.xtour.BreakInterval (List of intervals within which the driver wants or needs to take a break. Intervals must be pairwise disjoint. The list must be empty if working hours are set. If any break interval contains a GDF time domain, a planning horizon is required.)
- Custom rules com.ptvgroup.xserver.tourplanning.ConfigurableWorkingHours (Defines configurable rules regarding drivers' working hours. This value may only be set if working hours, maximum travel time per tour, maximum driving time per tour are not set.)
- Typical presets for “custom rules” : com.ptvgroup.xserver.tourplanning.ConfigurableWorkingHoursPreset (For the user's convenience, a preset can be chosen for the configurable working hours. Every preset stands for a pre-defined parameterization of the included rules and total time limits. Using a preset means that conversely, the configurable working hours must not be set additionally.)
If you deal with Custom Rules you do not need StandardRules or Presets. Within a single request you can not activate more than one of those parameters. Which also means that you can't combine Custom Rules with Break Periods.Thanks to Christian for the summary!
Bernd
