WEB v4.6 - (TBD) Releasing on August 30th



FMCSA Mandate Release Preparation - CUSTOMER ACTION REQUIRED

This release includes changes which are required as we move forward with the new FMCSA Mandate in regard to Drivers and Managers First and Last Names. The names are currently being stored within a single field and therefore must be broken into individual First and Last name fields for Drivers and Managers. This cannot be done programmatically across our entire customer base due to the varied way in which Names have been entered, therefore, Customers will need to update their Driver and Manager Names manually.

FleetWatcher Portal - Customer Action Required

New Portal version >= 4.6 uses dedicated fields for First and Last Names of Drivers and Managers

Customers should update their Driver and Manager Names shortly after Portal v4.6 is released as the Names must be corrected before the next Portal Release (v4.8) to work with the HOS Changes

The old "Name" field will be read-only and original value maintained UNTIL the First and Last names are updated.

When updating the First and Last Name fields the Name field will automatically be populated with the values entered.

 

1) Select Edit on a Driver or Manger to update

 

2) Enter the First and Last name for the Driver. Middle initials or suffixes should be entered into the Last Name field.

 

3) REPEAT for all other Drivers and Managers

 

NOTE: The "Name" field will continue to be used in the Web Service API until such time as all integrations are able to move to the newer format and the older API can be removed.

 

FleetWatcher API (FWAPI) - Web Services Vendor and Integration Concerns

New service operations will be exposed to allow integrations to specify First and Last names for Drivers and Manages. The API will continue to use the "Name" field on the DriverBase type but this value will be derived from combining the First and Last name values.

Additionally:

1) Updating a Driver or Manager record in order to set the 'name' value will be ignored IFF the First Name and Last Name fields have values
2) Inserting a new Driver or Manager will result in the value supplied for the "Name" field being split into First and Last values based upon the following logic:

RuleExample Source DataExample Split Data Result
if (fullName.Contains(","))
	firstName = fullName.Split(',')[1].Trim();
	lastName = fullName.Split(',')[0].Trim();
Doe, John M.First = John M.
Last = Doe
else if (fullName.Contains("_"))
	firstName = fullName.Split('_')[1].Trim();
	lastName = fullName.Split('_')[0].Trim();

Doe_John_M.

 

Doe_John M.

First = John_M.
Last = Doe

First = John M.
Last = Doe

else if (fullName.Contains(" "))
	firstName = fullName.Split(' ')[0].Trim();
	lastName = fullName.Split(' ')[1].Trim();
John M. DoeFirst = John
Last = M. Doe
else
	firstName = fullName.Trim().Substring(0, 24);
	lastName = fullName.Trim().Substring(0, 25);

JohnMDoe

 

 

First = JohnMDoe
Last =


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