WEB v4.6 - (TBD) Releasing on September 8th


FMCSA Mandate Release Preparation - CUSTOMER ACTION REQUIRED

FleetWatcher Portal - Customer Action Required

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

What if I have a large number of Drivers and Managers, Can you assist with updating in bulk?

FMCSA Mandate Release Preparation

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, for integrations utilizing current operations:

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, 14);
	lastName = fullName.Trim().Substring(0, 15);

JohnMDoe

 

 

First = JohnMDoe
Last =

 

 

What if I have a large number of Drivers and Managers, Can you assist with updating in bulk?

For those accounts which have hundreds or thousands of Drivers we can assist in updating your Driver and Manager records IN BULK on a case by case basis.
There are two ways to accomplish this:

  1. If you have been consistent with naming (i.e. always entered as "First Last", "Last, First", "Last_First MI", etc) then we can split the names out and assign to First Last values in bulk.
  2. Using Excel: Export the Drivers to Excel using the option on the Drivers Page and enter the desired values for the First and Last name on each record, without modifying the other data, and email the spread sheet along with your CompanyCode and Datastore to WebServiceSupport@Drivertech.com

You will be required to review all new Driver Names immediately after we perform any Bulk updates as this manipulation will be performed on your live system in real time.

 


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