How to Edit and Add “dummy” Driver

Settting Up Your Platform for Your Delivery Needs: How to Add "dummy" Drivers and how to edit existing drivers.

How "dummy" Drivers Work:

Some things to note to help you understand how the On the Go Delivery Platform works:
You have been provided with your own instance within the On the Go Delivery Platform that allows you to schedule your deliveries in advance and on-demand. Your Platform has been set up with 26 “dummy” drivers, vehicles and routes that all correspond to each other. The reason for the “dummy” information is each delivery needs to be attached to a driver, vehicle and route before it can be sent over to Lyft. You do not need to manually attach your deliveries to this information, it is automatically taken care of in the optimization tool. If you need more than 26 sections of the “dummy” information, the first few videos and sections of the toolkit go through how to create additional “dummy” information.

Steps:

To edit an existing driver:

1. Navigate to the Operations tab and click the Drivers icon.
2. On the Driver Profile screen, click on the driver you want to edit from the list in the column labeled Driver Name.
3. Make any changes needed within the Driver Profile form by typing over the existing information. All fields with an (*) must be completed.
4. Click the floppy disc button to save your edits.

Example: You can change the naming structure for the list from an alpha (a-z) to a numeric ordering system (1,2,3) by clicking on each driver and changing the first name field from a letter to a number. Be sure to save all changes.

To add a new driver:

1. Navigate to the Operations tab and click on the Drivers icon.
2. The Driver screen will open to a blank Driver Profile form.
3. When adding a new driver, complete all fields with an (*). These required fields are “dummy” fields and serve as placeholder information. Always click the floppy disc button to save your edits.
   • First and Last name*: Give a name that corresponds with your dummy vehicles and routes.
   • Position* - Select “Driver”
   • Phone 1* - Use a 10-digit dummy phone number
   • Department* - Select “Drivers”
   • Address* - Use a local address (account address is suggested)
   • Licence #*/State* - Use a dummy driver license number and the state where you are operating.
   • Class* - Select the most common class of drivers license in your state, typically “D”. Lyft drivers have the most common class of license or above.
4. Click the floppy disc button to save your edits.