FleetOps — user guide

FleetOps is a live fleet tracking web app. It shows vehicle positions on a map and lets an operator choose which vehicles to display, inspect one, and reach its driver.

Open the application · Machine readable summary

Signing in

Two ways in. Either way the account must already exist in the system and hold a permission.

Sign in with a phone number

  1. Pick a country code and type the phone number.
  2. Press Send code. A verification code arrives by SMS.
  3. Type the code and confirm.
If the number is unknown or has no permission, an error is shown and no code is sent.

Sign in with Google

Press Sign in with Google and pick an account. That account's email address must be registered in the system.

Sign-in screen language

The switch at the bottom of the sign-in screen moves between Hebrew and English before you sign in. The choice is remembered.

The guide before signing in

The link at the bottom of the sign-in screen opens this guide without an account. The guide carries its own language switch in the header.

Choosing a client

Only relevant when your account belongs to more than one client. With a single client it is selected for you and you go straight to the map.

The picker

  1. The search field filters the list by name, in Hebrew or English.
  2. Click a row to enter that client.
  3. The number next to the title shows how many clients are currently listed.
A suspended client carries a red tag. You can still select it, but you will land on a screen explaining the account is suspended.

Switching client later

The Settings tab shows the current client in its top row. Clicking it returns to the picker.

The map

The map shows only the vehicles you chose to display. An empty map on sign-in is normal — pick what to show.

Vehicle colors

The color of the map icon and of the dot in the list both mean the vehicle's current state.

Heading

The ring around the icon rotates to the direction of travel, derived from the previous position and the current one.

Selecting a vehicle

  1. Click a vehicle icon on the map. The map centres it and zooms in, and a detail card opens above it.
  2. Clicking another vehicle moves the card to it.
  3. Clicking empty map, or the X in the card's corner, closes it.
The selected vehicle lands slightly below the middle of the screen on purpose, so the detail card that opens above it has room.

What the detail card shows

Licence plate
The vehicle number in plate form.
Charge percentage
Electric vehicles only. Green above 70%, red below 20%.
Driver name
The main driver assigned to the vehicle.
Driver phone
Tapping the number dials it straight from your device.
Speed
Speed at the last report.
Odometer
Odometer reading at the last report.
Faults
A row of icons at the bottom: battery disconnected, check engine, airbags, tyre pressure, ABS, low fuel or low battery. The row is hidden when there are no faults.

Clustering

When many vehicles sit too close together at the current zoom, they are drawn as one green circle with a count instead of separate icons. Clustering exists for a crowded map only, so three conditions switch it off.

Small fleet
With fewer than seventy vehicles on the map there is no clustering at all, at any zoom.
Close zoom
From zoom level fourteen upwards every vehicle is drawn on its own.
Small group
A group forms only from thirty vehicles upwards. Two or three vehicles side by side stay separate icons.
Clicking a circle zooms in and breaks it apart. Clustering can also be turned off entirely in Settings — with many vehicles on screen, turning it off will slow the map down.

Plate labels

The plate number is drawn above each vehicle, at every zoom level. There is no zoom threshold and no cap on how many vehicles carry one — if the setting is on, every icon shows its plate. They can be turned off in Settings.

Place names

City, street and place names on the map follow the app language. Switching language in Settings switches them too, with no page reload.

Panning and zooming

Pan
Drag with one finger on touch, or drag with the mouse.
Zoom
Pinch with two fingers on touch, or use the scroll wheel.
Quick focus
Clicking a vehicle on the map or in the list zooms to it.
There are no zoom buttons on the map. They were removed to free up map area, and every action is available as a gesture.

Vehicles tab

The main tab in the drawer. This is where you choose what the map shows.

Search by plate

The search field at the top of the tab finds a vehicle by plate number. Picking a result puts it on the map and flies to it.

Only vehicles with a usable location are offered, because only those can be displayed.

The counter

The row with the eye icon shows how many vehicles are displayed out of how many can be. For example 12/40 means twelve vehicles on the map out of forty available.

Show all and Clear map

Show all
Puts every available vehicle on the map and fits the view so they all fall on screen.
Clear map
Removes every vehicle from the map and clears the selection.
A dimmed button has nothing to do: Show all when everything is already shown, Clear map when the map is empty.

Show by status

Three buttons above Show all: driving, idling and parked. Pressing one puts every vehicle currently in that state on the map; pressing it again takes them off.

A live filter
While a button is on, a vehicle entering that state joins the map on its own and one leaving it drops off.
Checked every half minute
The list is re-read every thirty seconds, so a vehicle pausing at a light does not flicker in and out.
Combinable
Several statuses can be on at once.
A vehicle you added by hand stays on the map even if it does not match the status. A vehicle you hid with the eye that does match will return at the next check, because the filter still selects it. Show all and Clear map both switch the filter off.

The site tree

  1. Click a site name to open or close it. The arrow beside the name shows the state.
  2. The number beside a site name is how many vehicles it holds, including sub-sites.
  3. The eye icon next to a site shows or hides every vehicle beneath it at once, including sub-sites.
  4. The eye icon next to a vehicle shows or hides just that one.
A green open eye means displayed on the map. A grey crossed eye means hidden. The number beside a site counts all of its vehicles, including ones with no usable location, so it can be larger than the number the eye will actually put on the map.

Tree or list

Settings can switch between the site tree and a flat list of every vehicle, sorted by number. The flat list has no site rows, so it carries no site counter and no site-level eye — every row is a vehicle.

Clicking a vehicle row

Clicking the row itself, rather than the eye icon, does three things at once: selects the vehicle, adds it to the map if it was not there, and flies to it at close zoom. On mobile the drawer collapses so the map is visible.

Unavailable vehicles

A dimmed row with a crossed map-pin instead of an eye is a vehicle with no usable location. It cannot be clicked or put on the map, because there is nowhere to draw it.

Users tab

The user list

The same structure as the Vehicles tab, but each site lists the users assigned to it along with their phone numbers instead of vehicles. The tree-or-list setting applies here too.

Refresh

The refresh button at the top of the tab pulls the user list from the server again. Useful after a user was added or changed elsewhere.

Settings tab

Preferences are stored in your browser and survive closing and reopening the app.

What you can change

Current client
Shown only if your account has several clients. Clicking it returns to the client picker.
Language
Hebrew or English. The switch is immediate and the screen direction flips with it.
Theme
Light or dark.
List view
Site tree or flat list. Applies to both the Vehicles tab and the Users tab.
Clustering
Turns vehicle clustering on the map on or off.
Plate labels
Turns the plate numbers above vehicles on or off.
User guide
Opens this page.
Log out
Ends the session and returns to the sign-in screen.

Version

The version number sits at the bottom of the tab. Worth quoting when reporting a problem.

On mobile

Bottom sheet

On a phone the drawer appears as a sheet at the bottom of the screen instead of a side panel. The handle at the top of the sheet answers to three different gestures.

Tap
Opens the sheet to eighty percent of the screen, or closes it if it is already open.
Slow drag
The sheet follows your finger and stays at exactly the height where you stopped.
Quick flick
Upwards opens to eighty percent, or to full screen from a sheet already higher than that. Downwards closes it from any height.
When closed, a narrow strip with the handle and the tabs stays visible. Selecting a vehicle from the list closes the sheet automatically to free up the map.

Frequently asked questions

Why is the map empty after signing in?

That is the starting state. The map shows only the vehicles you pick. Press Show all in the Vehicles tab, or select a site or a vehicle with the eye icon.

Why is a particular vehicle missing from the map?

Two possibilities. Either it was not selected for display, in which case its eye icon in the list is grey, or no usable location was received from it, in which case its row is dimmed and shows a crossed map-pin. The second case cannot be fixed from the app — the vehicle is not reporting.

Why is a vehicle row dimmed and unclickable?

No usable location was received, so there is nowhere to draw it. The row is disabled on purpose, so you cannot select a vehicle that would never appear.

The dot is grey but the vehicle is on the map. Why?

Grey means no engine and speed reading arrived. If the position did arrive, the vehicle is drawn on the map in grey. They are two separate pieces of data.

A vehicle is yellow. What does that mean?

The engine is running but the vehicle is not moving — waiting, loading, or standing with the engine on.

Why do I see a green circle with a number instead of vehicles?

At least thirty vehicles are too close together at this zoom and were grouped. The number is how many are in the group. Click it to zoom in and break it apart, or turn clustering off in Settings. With fewer than seventy vehicles displayed in total, clustering never happens at all.

Why is Show all or Clear map dimmed?

Because pressing it would change nothing. Show all dims once every available vehicle is displayed; Clear map dims when the map is already empty.

How do I call a driver?

Click the vehicle on the map, then the phone number in the detail card. Your device opens the dialer. The number is shown in local format but dialled in international format, so it works from abroad too.

Why can't I see all the company's vehicles?

The app shows the site your account is attached to and the sites beneath it. If vehicles are missing, your permission or site assignment needs updating by a system administrator.

How long until a position updates?

Positions update on their own continuously; there is no need to reload the page. The refresh button in the Users tab refreshes the user list only, not the vehicles.

Are my settings saved?

Yes. Language, theme, list view, clustering and plate labels are stored in the browser. The set of vehicles you put on the map and the status filter are not stored and reset on every sign-in.

Where did the map's zoom buttons go?

They were removed on purpose to free up map area. Zoom with a two-finger pinch or the scroll wheel, and pan by dragging with one finger.

Why did the map move when I clicked a vehicle?

That is intended. Selecting a vehicle centres it and zooms in, and places it slightly below the middle so the detail card opening above it has room.

How do I see only the vehicles that are driving right now?

In the Vehicles tab, above Show all, press Driving. Every vehicle moving at that moment goes on the map, and the list keeps itself up to date every thirty seconds. Press it again to switch it off.

I hid a vehicle and it came back on its own. Why?

Because a status filter is on and the vehicle matches it. The filter re-checks itself every thirty seconds and puts back everything that matches. To keep it hidden, switch that status button off.

Can I see a plain list instead of the site tree?

Yes. In the Settings tab, on the List view row, choose Flat. Every vehicle appears in one sorted list with no site grouping. The choice is stored in the browser.

Can I read the guide without signing in?

Yes. The sign-in screen has a link to the guide at the bottom, and it opens without an account. Switching language works there too, from the switch in the header.

I signed out by accident. How do I get back?

Just sign in again. A session stays valid until six in the morning the following day, after which a fresh sign-in is required.