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TG - Organisation Functionality

Written by Matthew Clark-Massera

Updated at February 15th, 2024

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List of Functions
  • This article list all the functionalities available in TG and their uses.
  • Most functionality is enabled by default on a new partner account. 
  • New features/functionality is generally not automatically added to all organisations upon release. Please contact DM Support to enable functionality if you cannot view it.
  • Partners may wish to disable unused functionality on customer organisations in order to simplify the user interface - leaving only what is required for ease of use.

Users will need permissions enabled on the user account to be able to use certain functionalities.

Example in the case of the Live Tracking Functionality, and Live View User Permission. 

Organisation Functionality User Permission Result for this user
Live Tracking Enabled Live View Enabled The user can see the live view in this org
Live Tracking Enabled Live View Disabled The user can not see the live view in this org
Live Tracking Disabled Live View Enabled/Disabled No users in this org will see the live view since it is disabled for the organisation. 

List of Functions

Functionality Description
Alerts and Notifications See Alerts in TG
Enables the org to use email or SMS alert or notifications
The "Alerts" menu is visible
Asset Daily Coverage Shows a days worth of trips for an asset, multiple assets in a single map. Can be accessed from History → Asset Daily Coverage Map
Asset Health Enables Asset Health Tracking
Asset Location Sharing Enables Asset Location Sharing
Share a temporary link to an asset.
Asset State Enables Asset State Configuration
This is used to change the colour of the icons on the live view based on certain input combinations.
E.g. change to a specific colour if in Trip and digital input 1 = on
Billing Allows Billing rates (km and hourly) to be set against assets


Then, if a trip list report is run, the the billable amount is calculated automatically
Business/Private Trips Trips can as business/private trips through the Manage Trips option or through the TG app.
TG App - Managing Trips and Logbooking
Cell Tower Data Some devices can be configured for Cell Tower Fallback
If this functionality is enabled the Cell Data is displayed in the telemetry view.
Checklists Enables Pre Start Checklists.
Default Trips to Business All trips are categorised as Private, by default.
TG App - Managing Trips and Logbooking
Departments Enables Departments (to allow assets to be grouped)
Destination Dispatch Enables Destination Dispatching - which lets managers dispatch drivers to specific locations
 
Disable Asset Grid Paging

The Manage Assets grid is paginated in order to improve performance for organisations with large numbers of assets. 

The pagination can be disabled by turning on this functionality. 

Disallow None Trip Types Forces a trip type selection in Manage Trips
Driver ID

Enables the Drivers menu

The driver ID for a trip can be collected via

  • Driver ID reader (iButton/RFID/Wiegand and more)
  • A driver can be permanently assigned to an asset
  • Drivers can assigned manually to trips via the "Manage Trips" menu
Duress Allows to create duress events and to signal duress on the live view based on events.
Alert on Live View/Signal Duress - Telematics Guru
Idle Time Enables idle time calculations. Idle Monitoring - Dart3
Intra Trip Odometer Display on Trip History Shows the odometer value when hovering over a point on the Trip History Map View
Iridium Allows to capture iridium data for supported devices
G120 Iridium Set Up and Operation
Live Tracking Enables the Live Tracking View. Plots all assets from an org in the Map
Local Speed Allows to see the speed of the road/street the asset is on. This requires the asset to be on TG-Pro billing plan.
Speed Monitoring in Telematics Guru
Map Overlays Enables Custom Map Overlays in TG
Overlays can be used to overlay mine site/farm overlay data - or provide more up to date aerial imagery (Google Maps can take years to update some locations)
Multi Asset Location Sharing

Allows to share the live location of multiple assets.

Multi-Asset Location Sharing

Point History Enables the Point History Map View

Assets configured as "Non Trip Based" appear on this map
Points of Interest Allows points to be added to the live view.
The asset closest to a particular point can be returned. Or point closest to an asset. For easy navigation and management.
Points of Interest and Distance Order Markers
Projects Projects can be used to group assets and geofences.
Typically, assets are assigned to projects, and user accounts can be given access to only view/manage a specific project or projects.
Extended functionality: Telematics Guru - Update Asset Project From Destination Geofences
Scheduled Maintenance Report Scheduled Maintenance Reminders (SMR)
Allows to create a maintenance schedule on a specific day, based on odometer/run hours or based on secondary run hours 
Scheduled Reports Allows to schedule reports on a daily, weekly, monthly or preferred day basis:
Schedule the Devices Not Connecting Report
Secondary Run Hours Allows to capture secondary run hours for assets.
See Setting up Secondary Run Hours
Show Asset Coordinates The Lat/Long is displayed on the live view (web and app) if enabled
Show Driver Name on Live Tracking Shows currently assigned driver in the live view and trip history view
Tags Enables Tag Functionality - Tags in Telematics Guru
Telemetry Enables the telemetry view. This view is very useful for debugging - but may not be of any relevance to most users.
Time and Attendance Allows to capture shift Log On/Log Off. Checklist can be used to capture time and attendance which is later approved by managers/supervisors for time sheets.
Time and Attendance in Telematics Guru
Time and Attendance Variable Shifts Allows the shift start time to be adjusted - as overnight shifts may run 8pm -> 8am for example
Trip Comment Allows to add trip comments either through the Manage trips option or through the TG app.
TG App - Managing Trips and Logbooking
Trip History View Allows to the trips an asset has done in a single day.
Telematics Guru - History Views
Trip Types Allows for Trip Types under manage trips.
(Deprecated feature)
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