1 Introduction
Enable easier flight plan matching (for N-FP users only)
In this topic, Administrators learn how to implement less restrictive flight plan matching criteria.
We estimate that this will take 4 minutes to complete.
2 Detailed explanation
In this example, no destination airport nor
ETA displays in the Flight list for flight SEJ7133. In previous
N-Tracking versions, dispatchers could manually link the
flight plan of a planned (later) flight with the tracked
(active) flight to have a flight plan that can be displayed on
the map and monitored.
You, as an
N-Tracking administrator can make the matching criteria less
restrictive, allowing more flights to link with matching
flight plans automatically, leaving only more exceptional ones
for dispatchers to manually link. Follow the next steps to
learn how this works.
In the following scenario, you, as an
N-Tracking administrator learn how to set the "Easy matching" option to link more matching
flight plans automatically when for whatever reason, some
flight plan data is initially missing.
With the setting
enabled, there are fewer of the flights missing data that
dispatchers must match "manually" as described in the topic, Manually
link a the flight plan from a planned flight with an active
flight.
As necessary, scroll down in the PLANNED section of
the Flight list to find the later flight using the same
flight plan.
This flight must have the
same flight number,
departure and arrival airport, and the same registration to
match. All of this information comes from the N-FP flight
plan.
Click flight
number SEJ7133.
In previous N-Tracking versions, dispatchers clicked the Link Flight Plan button to copy the flight plan of the planned flight to the matching active flight.
Click anywhere
on the map.
Click anywhere on the map to close the Flight Details pane.
Next, enable a setting that makes flight matching
easier so that more flight plans link automatically.
This
demonstration scenario may give the impression that you, the
Administrator are doing this on a flight by flight basis. This
is not the case. You enable this option once -- and
flight plan matching happens automatically until you disable
the option.
Click the Admin
(Admin_TR_SJ) dropdown button.
Click the Administration menu button.
Click the Flight
Plan
menu item.
Click the Easy
matching
check box.
Click the Save button.
Click the Map tab.
SUCCESS
Congratulations! You have successfully made more automatic flight plan matching possible. It's that easy.
Next, view the automatic update in the Flight list that will happen without dispatchers needing to link flight plans "manually".
N-Tracking updates the destination airport for
the tracked flight in the Flight list. (There may be a
slight delay before the destination airport code displays.)
Dispatchers can
toggle the flight plan to display on the map following the
usual steps, which are outlined for demonstration purposes.
Click flight
number SEJ7133.
Click the Flight
Plan
slider.
Click anywhere
on the map.
The flight plan continues to display on the map after you close the Flight Details pane.
