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Geotab Drive: Idle Session Timeout

bbnk-1329
Original Poster

Does the idle session timeout work on Drive App users or is it just with MyGeotab? Trying to find remedies for drivers constantly missing DVIR inspections.

 

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Yeah, I'd say to submit to the Feedback Hub and then take it to your PAM in case they can help get things sped up due to the compliance issue. Put the link to the feedback request here if you'd like it to be more easily found for people to upvote/comment on why it's important. Have your team upvote/follow/comment this to help Geotab understand how important this is. If you have any people in the industry willing to do the same, send the link to them as well.

 

My recommendation on this is usually that people with drivers not use the Idle session timeout feature if they're using ELD, but I understand that that can cause compliance issues for safety in some cases.

 

Anyway, good luck! :)

 

Best,

Joy B

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EishiFUN
Geotabber

Hey @bbnk-1329​ ,

 

Thank you for asking your question in our community. I believe this only applies to the MyG UI. Although they should be logged out of the Drive app every 2 weeks for security reasons.

 

I know it is a tough problem to solve trying to get drivers to do what they need to do. I wonder if @JoyB-1751​  @postmelon-1566​  have any advice they can share that has helped them with this in the past.

 

Have a good weekend!

Eishi FUN

bbnk-1329
Original Poster

With how unreliable the Pre/Post trip Logic is, forcing the log out would probably fix it. I think Geotab should put this on a radar of things to look at.

EishiFUN
Geotabber

I agree, I think that could be a great way to help solve that problem. If you can I would encourage you to submit your idea to the Feedback hub so our Product managers and designers will see it and be able to take that into consideration when making updates to MyGeotab and Geotab Drive.

bbnk-1329
Original Poster

I will definitely submit a feedback request. I dont see the point of the idle timeout period for the mygeotab portal. Its more useful in cases like drivers who have alot at stake with inspections, etc.

Hey, @bbnk-1329​!

 

My best recommendation here is to run a test to see if this affects drivers. It makes sense to me that it would affect drivers since they are still users in the system, but perhaps I am mistaken.

 

Anyway, for expediency's sake I recommend creating a ***** driver in a demo MyGeotab database, applying one of these System Settings, and then waiting to see what happens. It's usually faster than asking Geotab for a definite answer and it'll at least give you a substantial point in your Feedback Hub request if you can include this info as well.

 

Hope this helps. :)

 

Best,

Joy B

bbnk-1329
Original Poster

Hey Joy thanks for the reply. I did end up trying it on a ***** account and it did not work. Hopefully Geotab can make this adjustment as we have seen a uptick recently with monitoring DVIR's and companies losing alot on fines for not doing them.

 

Yeah, I'd say to submit to the Feedback Hub and then take it to your PAM in case they can help get things sped up due to the compliance issue. Put the link to the feedback request here if you'd like it to be more easily found for people to upvote/comment on why it's important. Have your team upvote/follow/comment this to help Geotab understand how important this is. If you have any people in the industry willing to do the same, send the link to them as well.

 

My recommendation on this is usually that people with drivers not use the Idle session timeout feature if they're using ELD, but I understand that that can cause compliance issues for safety in some cases.

 

Anyway, good luck! :)

 

Best,

Joy B

Any update?

EishiFUN
Geotabber

Here is a link to the feedback hub submission. Feel free to add any comments to build the business case and upvote the feedback as well: https://community.geotab.com/s/feedback/a40Ht000001WvVrIAK/idle-session-timeout-for-geotab-drive?language=en_US

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