4.0 Software Use
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4.0 Software Use
The NextEnergy Fleet Processing Tool allows the user to evaluate fleets and compute their emissions and costs. This is achieved by creating virtual fleets
online by adding vehicles from a database to the fleet, providing information regarding these added vehicles, and setting fuel costs. Users may also perform some
analysis on the virtual fleet with the help of the "Sub-Fleet" feature. This is done by adding vehicles from their virtual fleet to a sub group and view the percentage
of emissions and costs of that group over the entire fleet. The user may also save fleet information to a file
on their machine and may load the file during
another session in the future.
Vehicle Naming Convention
The vehicles in the Fleet Processing Tool can have one of two formats. The
following table explains the format used for each list box in the web
site:
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Name of List Box
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List Box Location
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Format
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Example
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Vehicles in Database
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Vehicle Selection Page
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Category Model Manufacturer Fuel-Type
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Sedan Towncar Lincoln E85
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Vehicles in Fleet |
Manage Fleet Page |
Line-Number.
Category Model Manufacturer Fuel-Type
(number of vehicles of this type in the fleet) |
1. Sedan Golf Volkswagon Gas (12) |
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Vehicles in Fleet |
Fleet Metrics Page |
Line-Number. Category Model Manufacturer Fuel-Type
(number of vehicles of this type in the fleet) |
13. Pickup Durango Dodge E85 (27) |
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Vehicles in Sub-Fleet |
Fleet Metrics Page |
Line-Number. Category Model Manufacturer Fuel-Type
(number of vehicles of this type in the fleet) |
8. Sedan Jetta Volkswagon Gas (50) |
Button Convention
Depending on the state of the session, buttons can have one of two appearances:
1) Active buttons on the web site have the following appearance (black text, lighter shade of orange):
2) Disabled buttons on the web site have the following appearance (white text, darker shade of orange):
(Example of a disabled button: when there are no vehicles in the fleet the "Remove Vehicle" button will be disabled.)
Link Convention
Depending on the state of the session, the navigation bar links can have one of two appearances:
1) Active links in the navigation bar have the following appearance (blue text, underlined when hovering over the link):
2) Disabled links on the web site have the following appearance (brown text):
(Example of a disabled link: when there is no fleet, the "Save" link will be disabled.)
4.3.1 Creating/Loading/Saving a Fleet
4.3.2 Adding/Removing/Updating Vehicles
4.3.3 Setting Fuel Costs
4.3.4 Calculating Fleet Emissions and Costs
Loading a Fleet
When attempting to load a fleet, the following is a list of possible messages that may appear:
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Message
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Description
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Load Successful?
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Error Uploading File: Incorrect File Format: A problem
exists in the first 9 lines of the file.
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The first nine lines in the file are the costs and units of the fuel types, one or more of these does not adhere
to the format.
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No
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| Error Uploading File: Exceeded threshold of number of types of vehicles
allowed in a fleet. Maximum is 50,000. |
The maximum number of vehicle types
that may be added to a fleet is 50,000. |
No |
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Error Uploading File: Incorrect File Format: A problem exists on line
<integer> |
The <integer> represents the line number in the file where the problem exists. The number will be greater than
or equal to 10 and the vehicle
that is on that line does not adhere to the format.
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No
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Uploading Complete
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Loading the fleet was successful.
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Yes
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Error Uploading File: <message> |
If the specified file cannot be opened for any reason not
listed, this error message is displayed followed by a
<message> why it would not load.
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No
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No File Uploaded
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The input box for the fleet file name is blank.
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No
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Entering Vehicle Details
When attempting to add a vehicle or update a vehicle's details, the
following is a list of possible error messages that may appear:
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Input Field Name
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Message
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All Fields |
required field |
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Quantity Field |
number must be greater than 0 |
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Capital Cost Per Vehicle Field |
currency must be greater than or equal to 0 |
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Annual Travel Distance Field |
decimal number must be greater than or equal to 0 |
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City Field |
number must be between 0 and 100 |
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Highway Field |
number must be between 0 and 100 |
Setting Fuel Costs
When attempting to add a vehicle or update a vehicle's details, the
following is a list of possible error messages that may appear:
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Input Field Name
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Message
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All Fields |
required field |
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All Fields |
currency must be between 0 and 9.99 |
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