The optimizer settings allow you to adjust parameters to generate schedules as close as possible to your actual operations. You'll find them under Project settings > Routing > Optimizer. These settings are:
Optimizer options
Optimizer priority: Slider to choose whether you want the optimizer to prioritize minimizing distance traveled or time en route.
Stop grouping: Slider to get routes with more optimal or more grouped stops.
Default stop duration: Set the default time spent at each stop.
Maximum waiting time: Maximum waiting period allowed for your vehicles at a stop (up to 3 hours).
Maximum distance to combine stops: Maximum distance allowed between stops for the optimizer to group them together.
Distribute stops: Toggle to have the stops in a plan distributed among all the vehicles you have added.
Traffic options
Departure time: Allows to take into account the traffic at a given time. If you choose a future date, the optimizer will take into account a history. The result may change if you optimize again.
Vehicle type: Choose the vehicle that you use in your operation.
Things to avoid: You can choose to have your vehicles avoid highways, freeways, tunnels, and more.
