General

Overview

The settings on this page enable administrators to customize default behavior in VMS, e.g. Days extra in port controls the number of extra days automatically added to new port calls. Note that these system settings are applied globally to the environment, which means any change alters the functionality for all users (click for better view):

Breakdown of the available settings

• Share Voyage

  • When the setting is enabled, all estimate voyages may be edited by other users than the creator.

• Use cost from service orders

  • Allows automating the process of filling in port costs. If the option is enabled, the port cost will match the total amount among service orders linked to a port call.

• Use new invoice template

  • Allows you to choose between printing documents using the new invoice template, or the old one.

• Use port currency

  • Automatically sets the port cost currency to the local value. For example, a port call in Bergen will have the currency NOK.

• Enable date revision

  • When enabled, estimated port call dates will display a visual indicator whenever the date is manually set by a user. The indicator is removed once the date is finalised. NOTE: This preference only applies to dates changed after the setting is enabled.

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• Auto-post service orders (integration specific)

  • These settings enable integrated systems to automatically create and post documents from service-order document lines. The functionality is available only through the API and cannot be used from the user interface. To enable automatic posting, the preference must be configured and the API request must include the required header - autoPost=true. When a service order reaches the configured status, or a later status, the system combines its linked document lines into a document and posts it automatically.

    • *Service order status - indicates the base status for enabling the auto-posting functionality. If a service order is changed to this status or higher, auto-posting will create documents for the existing linked document lines, and future lines.

    • Default payment term - specifies the default payment term used for auto-posted documents. Required for auto-posting to work.

    • Default baseline term - specifies the default baseline term used for auto-posted documents. Required for auto-posting to work.

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• CH4 (GWP)

  • This setting is used to set constant for the Methane Global Warming Potential.

• Compliance Penalty Price

  • The default compliance penalty price on each voyage. It is always in EURO.

• Default EU ETS Currency

  • This setting is used to set the default currency for EU ETS cost calculations on new voyages. Note: Changing the setting will not affect previously created voyages.

• Days extra in port

  • This setting is used to specify the default number of days extra in port for each new port call.

• Fixture reference sequence

  • A running number used to generate the next fixture reference. Should only contain integer numbers.

• N20 (GWP)

  • This setting is used to set constant for the Nitrous Oxide Global Warming Potential

• Percent extra at sea

  • Allows defining a value used to set percent extra at sea for each leg in the system.

• Previous port call count

  • Identifies the number of previous port call shown on each TC out voyage.