This WiKi will explain article explains the lighthouse feature in VMS. The lighthouse feature It is available in on the voyage screen and estimates screen.
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The You can find the following lighthouse icon can be identified as above in the top upper right corner of the voyage/estimate screen.
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Purpose
The purpose of the lighthouse feature is to highlight the user areas of concern . The user defines for you. You define the highlighted areas depending on company your company’s requirements. There are two types of highlights available by lighthouse.:
Red – These are areas of concern marked/highlighted as priority.
Yellow – These areas of concern are not a priority but require visibility for the user, such as missing CP Date.
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To access the lighthouse, click on the lighthouse icon. The default screen will not show any highlights. Click on the cog icon to reveal ‘My Rules for All Voyages’Voyages.’
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The rules are predefined. You should see the Rule name, Priority check box, Description, type, and Drive.
The selected rules will be displayed on the left side of thepanel. These will rules affect the voyage/estimate screens, and depending on the rule, the relevant areas will be highlighted in Red/Yellow.Disabling the highlight is possible red or yellow.
You can turn off highlighting using the On/Off toggle button. This will keep the rules live, but the system will not display any highlights.
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In this the following example, I have checked three rules are checked as a priority, which gives us so the system displays red highlights.
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You can ignore these highlights and continue using the system or enter the Charterer and Broker name and the CP date. |
Clearing the Priority check box will move checkbox moves the rules to the highlighted section, displaying the missing charterer, broker, and CP date as in yellow.
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Managing Lighthouse notifications
The list of ‘My Rules for all voyages’ Voyages’ can be increased expanded to see more or all rules. Scroll down using Use the right scroll bar to scroll down and click the Add button to reveal rules not visible on the current rule list.
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Comments can also be added You can add comments for each rule enabled. In this example, I added a comment is added for the Missing Charterer and CP date.
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To reveal the rule's comments for the rule, hover over the date-modified section. The comment ‘Please enter Charterer Name.’ is revealedappears.