Operational workspaces · How-to guide

Understand first-version Trips, Manifests, POD, Rates and Automation workspaces

Treat these workspaces as lifecycle-connected register views where the module explicitly states that dedicated business rules can be extended later. The guide follows the Help Centre standard: exact route, prerequisites, ordered steps, verification and operational boundaries.

Audience: Administrators and authorised Bilty operations staffPermission: Relevant Bilty Management capabilityModule v1.0.0
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Where to goBilty Management → Trips / Manifests / POD / Rates / Automation
Before you startRequired access: Relevant Bilty Management capability. Work on the correct tenant and record. Use least privilege and review any dependency or protected workflow warning before continuing.

What you’ll accomplish

Treat these workspaces as lifecycle-connected register views where the module explicitly states that dedicated business rules can be extended later. Bilty Management keeps drafts, issued records, public capability links, finance, integration events and audit evidence as connected but separately verifiable records.

How the workflow fits together

Use Bookings, Dispatch, Tracking, Deliveries, Fleet, Drivers, Transporters, Finance and the first-version lifecycle workspaces accurately. Use the module's current status, permission checks, warnings and linked records to decide the next supported action. Where a downstream invoice, WhatsApp queue item, webhook, PDF, POD record or audit event applies, verify it separately.

Follow these steps

  1. Go to Bilty Management → Trips / Manifests / POD / Rates / Automation and open the relevant current record or configuration view.
  2. Review the displayed state and compare it with the explanation in this guide.
  3. Compare the live values with the workflow described in this guide: Treat these workspaces as lifecycle-connected register views where the module explicitly states that dedicated business rules can be extended later.
  4. Follow any linked record, status, public evidence, invoice, queue or audit entry rather than inferring that a downstream action happened.
  5. Use the related guides below for the operational action that changes the record.

Fields and decisions to review

Live registerMost operational workspaces are filtered views of the Bilty register.
Finance visibilityPayment columns require Finance permission.
Fleet mastersFleet/Drivers and Transporters use module-owned vehicle and broker records.
V1 boundaryTrips, Manifests, POD, Rates and Automation explicitly remain lifecycle-connected first-version workspaces.

Record, audit and evidence checks

Reopen the relevant Bilty record or register and confirm its identifier, current status, related parties, timestamps and connected evidence. Check the audit/compliance, payment, public-link, report, API, webhook or WhatsApp evidence that applies to this workflow rather than relying only on a success alert.

How to confirm it worked

Return to Bilty Management → Trips / Manifests / POD / Rates / Automation or the resulting register and verify that the stored state matches the intended action. For any downstream automation, confirm the downstream record or queue/log entry as a separate completion check.

Technical basis for this guidance

This guide was checked against controllers/Bilty_management.php; views/admin/_header.php; views/admin/workspace.php; models/Bilty_management_model.php. It documents only behaviour exposed or enforced by the supplied module; internal secrets, raw signature payloads and unsupported future workflow assumptions are intentionally excluded.

Controls, checks and common mistakes

  • Work only on the intended tenant and Bilty record.
  • Do not bypass a missing permission, validation blocker or protected status by changing unrelated settings.
  • Verify the stored record, downstream integration state and audit evidence after any material action.
Data and workflow safetyConfirm the exact Bilty, authorised audience and final stored status before issuing, publishing a link, recording payment, changing shipment state or sharing a document.