This WiKi will explain the lighthouse feature in VMS. The lighthouse feature is available in the voyage screen and estimates screen.
The lighthouse icon can be identified as above in the top right corner of the voyage/estimate screen.
Purpose
The purpose of the lighthouse feature is to highlight the user areas of concern. The user defines the highlighted areas depending on company 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.
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’.
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 the. These will affect the voyage/estimate screens, and depending on the rule, the relevant areas will be highlighted in Red/Yellow.
Disabling the highlight is possible using the On/Off toggle button. This will keep the rules live, but the system will not display any highlights.
In this example, I have checked three rules as a priority, which gives us the red highlights.
Note: The user 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 the rules to the highlighted section, displaying the missing charterer, broker and CP date as yellow.
Managing Lighthouse notifications
The list of ‘My Rules for all voyages’ can be increased to see more or all rules. Scroll down using the right scroll bar and click the Add button to reveal rules not visible on the current rule list.
Comments can also be added for each rule enabled. In this example, I added a comment for the Missing Charterer and CP date.
To reveal the comments for the rule, hover over the date-modified section. The comment ‘Please enter Charterer Name.’ is revealed.