The Why panel — ask a tractor why it has a stop
Tap a stop or a tractor and see, in plain words, why it's there and what else was weighed.
Live operations
Updated 2026-10-29
Ask any tractor why
The Why panel answers "why is this tractor on Elm instead of Oak?" without a radio call. It is read-only: opening it never changes anything.
How to open it
- From a stop — open the stop on the live map and tap Why.
- From a tractor — open the tractor's panel and tap Why this stop?.
What you see
- The answer — a plain sentence naming the tractor, the stop, how far it is and how long the drive takes.
- The nearest stops it weighed — shown as bars by drive time, each with the reason it won or was passed over.
- Runners-up — the other stops that were close behind.
- Recent hand-offs — any automatic reassignments of that stop or tractor, so you can see whether the stop changed hands.
- The numbers — folded away underneath for anyone who wants them.
If you know better
The panel explains; it doesn't decide. To keep a stop for a particular operator, use the dispatcher reserve (and Next to move it to the front of that tractor's list).
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Updated 2026-10-29
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- The real-time ops dashboard
- Proactive failure alerts
- The live interactive map
- Reserve a stop for a machine
- Reopen a completed or skipped stop
- How the live fleet feed stays current
- Join a run and start your shift
- Pause and resume a run
- Device handoff — newest device wins
- Turn-by-turn navigation to your next stop
- Leaving a run and breakdown recall
- Dispatcher FAQ: reading the board during a storm