{"id":14577,"date":"2025-03-03T09:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seedcode.com\/?p=14577"},"modified":"2025-08-23T14:07:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T21:07:11","slug":"more-maps-route-optimization-in-filemaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seedcode.com\/more-maps-route-optimization-in-filemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"More Maps: Route Optimization in FileMaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We usually think of &#8220;optimizing&#8221; a route as finding the best turn-by-turn instructions for the locations assigned to that route. But your best chance of creating an efficient route comes earlier in the process: assigning a location to the best route makes the biggest impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dayback.com\/listing\/maps-and-routing-map-core-extensions\/\">core mapping action<\/a>\u00a0in DayBack now recognizes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.dayback.com\/article\/165-selecting-multiple-events\">multi-select<\/a>\u00a0in the calendar. This means you can select a series of items and route them to various resources to determine which assignment results in the best route. You can also use this feature to try including an item in an existing route before editing the item\u2019s assignment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See both of these examples in the video below, and the read more on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dayback.com\/route-optimization\/\">DayBack blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo dbkimgborder wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Route Optimization in DayBack\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1059921382?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We usually think of &#8220;optimizing&#8221; a route as finding the best turn-by-turn instructions for the locations assigned to that route. 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