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• General:

  • Date Format: Each user can select a preferred format for dates:

    • MM/dd/yyyy (12/31/2015): default

    • dd/MM/yyyy (31/12/2015)

    • ddMMMyyyy (31Dec2015)

  • Warn on Entered Dates Older than XX Days (0 = No Warning): A value between 0 and 999; 0 = No Warning. This feature helps prevent date input errors.

  • Maximum Number of Days in Past Allowable for Incoming Forms: Number of past days allowed for forms to be accepted.

  • Use Browser's Locale Setting for Number Formatting: When Enable Number Formatting is selected for Integer and Decimal fields in the Forms Data Dictionary or Form Designer, number formatting respects browser locale settings. Respects the browser's locale settings to determine the decimal separator.

• Fuel Consumption:
  

  • Track Fuel Consumption over Weather Threshold: Select to have the Over Weather Threshold field appear in the ROB control. This field indicates how much of the fuel consumed was due to the weather being worse than the maximum weather conditions for which the charter party warranties are applicable. This field defaults to 0 and cannot exceed the total consumption value.

• Port Activities:

  • Allow Berth Selection for Relevant Port Activities: Displays a Berth column in the Port Activity control on the Statement of Facts form; this field is enabled for entry only if its corresponding Port Activity has its Berth column selected in the Data Center, or if it is a Port Activity of type AF or AD.

  • Always require matching start and end activities: Validates to ensure that there is a matching pair of OS/OE and DS/DE activities, even if there is no PE activity on a Statement of Facts form.

• List Settings (requires the Agent Portal):

  • Replace voyage number with voy ref in the port calls list: Select to replace the Voyage Number column with a Voyage Reference column in the Port Calls list. This column will display the Voy Ref field from the Partner's Voyage for each Port Call.
    Note: The Partner must be using VIP the Veson IMOS Platform or IMOS v7.9.1960+ for this field to properly populate.

  • Show additional information in Agent Portal: Select to add Operation Type, Vessel Owner, Operations Contact, and Portcall Sequence columns to the Port Calls list.

• Power BI Settings: To import Power BI reports based on Voyage Reporting form data, you must enter a Power BI Username and Power BI Password.

For Agents

If you are an Agent using the Agent Portal, on the Settings menu, click System Configuration to configure general settings.

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To see a field definition, hover over its underlined field label. Here are additional field definitions:

• Setup:

  • Administrator Email for Error Notifications: Email address of the administrator to be notified when the forms fail or have errors due to incorrect data. This is a required field for Voyage Reporting forms to validate when submitted.
    Example Errors:

    • An error occurred when receiving an offline forms submission: Could not determine a GMT offset for the form, because a valid port was not entered. 

    • An error occurred when receiving an offline forms submission: Upcoming ports contains a port named 'INCHON', but that name does not match any active ports.

    • An error occurred when receiving an offline forms submission: Could not determine a GMT offset for the form, because a valid port was not entered.

• Outgoing Email

  • Email Title: The subject heading of the email being sent to the vessel.

  • Email Body: You can customize the instructions that are emailed to the vessel with the forms. Within the text, you can use the following tokens; they will be replaced by the applicable values when the email is generated:

    • %CompanyName%

    • %VesselName%

    • %FormsList%

    • %AdminEmail%

    • %SenderEmail%

• Form Validation:

  • Validate Forms When Opened (selected by default): Revalidates forms when opened by the operator. This may clear form errors if, when the form is opened, the data can be processed successfully.

• Voyage Instructions:

  • Veslink will pretty print the Voyage Instruction Email body when Voyage Instruction forms are sent

  • Veslink will automatically send an email to the vessel when Voyage Instructions forms are submitted: Allows you to submit Voyage Instructions.

  • Send Voyage Instructions as PDF attachments: Send voyage instructions as an attachment in an email (requires Veslink will automatically send an email to the vessel when Voyage Instructions forms are submitted to be checked as well)

• Printing:

  • Use the browser's layout when printing forms.: Displays a print preview before printing a form.

  • Export Form Data to XML: Enables you to export forms to XML.

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To reset the master data, click . Resetting the master data will ensure the data between Voyage Reporting and VIP the Veson IMOS Platform are synced. This is recommended when adding new fuel types to a vessel.

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Agent Portal

Note: Requires the Agent Portal.

To configure Agent Portal, on the left side, click Agent Portal.

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• Use Agent Nomination Emails: Select to send an email to Agents when they are nominated for a port call. This email is sent to the email address associated with the Agent's Agent Portal account.

  • Email Title: The title of the email being sent to the Agent. Within the text, you can use the following tokens; they will be replaced by the applicable values when the email is generated:

    • %PortName%

    • %VesselName%

    • %Eta%

  • CC: Additional email addresses that will receive the Agent Nomination email.

  • Email Body: You can customize the body of the email. Within the text, you can use the following tokens; they will be replaced by the applicable values when the email is generated:

    • %CompanyName%

    • %VesselDetails%

    • %CargoDetails%

    • %PortCallDetails%

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