PTV Developer
General
PTV Developer is the new replacement of xServer of PTV and contains a set of APIs that enrich the planning functionality like Geocoding, Maps and Routecalculation in 3PL Dynamics.
Note
Using PTV Developer is restricted to licences. Contact your relation manager at Boltrics of your local partner in your country for more information on this feature branch.
Functionality
Registration
For using the APIs the Boltrics Customer will first has to create a PTV account. Contact your relation manager at Boltrics or your local partner in your country for more information.
Once an account has been completed the API-key received has to be registered by Boltrics in MGT in the: User Accounts. A Q-lane: Set BC Environment Settings can be executed to push the key to the customer environment.
PTV Developer Setup
On the page: PTV Developer the action: Initialize PTV can be found. By Clicking on this action the following steps will be performed:
- On the page: Transport Setup, Tab: Planning the value in the field: Default Activity Improver will be changed to: PTV Developer.
- on the page: Transport Setup, Tab: Integrations the value in the field: Geo coding Solution Will be changed to: Based on Address(PTV).
- On the page: PTV Electronic Toll Subscriptions List records will be inserted from PTV.
- On the page: PTV Vehicle Profile List records will be inserted from PTV.
- On the page: Calculation Methode a default route calculation profile will be created.
Vehicle Profiles
For calculation trip routes, -kilometers and -duration the Vehicle Profile is applicable using the following priority:
- The Vehicle Profile set on the Truck planned on the Trip.
- The Vehicle Profile set on the Resource Group.
- The Vehicle Profile set on the page: PTV Developer
- The default profile: EUR_TRUCK_40T
Note
Although it is recommended to use the default PTV-profiles it is possible to create new profiles with specific characteristics. Per Truck or Resource Group countries can be excluded, so routes will note use the countries specified.
Toll Calculation
For more information on Toll Calculaton see page: Toll Calculations
Emissions
For more information on Emission Calculaton see page: Emission Calculations
Settings
On the page: PTV Setup all settings related to the PTV Developer functionality can be found.