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Advanced searching in eCargo Premium

Thursday, 26 March 2009 by Lloyd Phillips

While the Quick Search boxes in the Summary screen are great for bringing up a specific job or manifest, often more general criteria is required, such as a date range or a common delivery point. This is where the 'Advanced Search' box comes in handy. 

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Delivery Number
If you know the actual delivery number of the job then enter this directly into the Delivery No. field (A). NOTE: It's often advisable to click the Clear button (D) before entering delivery number in case existing criteria excludes your job.

Pickup or Deliver To sites
You can define which sites the job(s) you are looking for came from or were being delivered to. Click on the Business Search button (E) to find the particular site or customer you're looking for.

Action (Status)
The Action options (B) represent the next action to be performed on the job. This is in fact the job status. Narrow your search down by selecting the specific status(es) the job is expected to be in.

Additional Options
To search for other items such as Purchase Order No, Sales Order No or Container No then select the 'More' button (H) to show these extra search fields.

Date Ranges
Narrow down your search criteria by selecting the dates the job was planned to be picked up and/or delivered (C). You can further refine your search by looking for the dates the jobs were actually pickup and/or delivered by specifying them as Actual dates (F).

Vehicle
Enter the name of the vehicle on the jobs you are searching for (G). You do not need to enter the full vehicle name, it will find partial matches. If you wish to narrow this down to the particular vessel for an export job, enter this here too.

Performance Search
You can quickly search for jobs that are either late for pickup or late for delivery by selecting either option in the Performance criteria (I).

Carrier or Sub-contractor
To view a list of jobs assigned to a particular carrier or sub-contractor. Click on the business search button and enter their name (J).