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Vehicle Plate Types

Vehicle Plate Types in OPS-COM allow administrators to categorize vehicles based on their official plate designation (e.g., Passenger, Commercial, Motorcycle). This feature is crucial for accurate vehicle identification, reporting, and aligning with specific parking or violation rules, ensuring your system reflects diverse vehicle classifications.  Plate Type, Plate Number and Province/State are considered the 3 essential criteria to making sure a plate is unique in OPS-COM.

Using this Feature

Managing Vehicle Plate Types

Clickis done through the AdminManage OptionsVehicle Plate Types page.

  1. Hover over System Configuration, Vehicles, followedand byclick Manage Vehicle Plate TypesTypes. .

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  2. The Manage Vehicle Plate Types page displaysdisplays, withshowing all currently defined vehicle plate types. This page provides a straightforward interface to add, edit, and delete various vehicle plate types.
Adding Plate Types
  1. Click Add Plate Type.
  2. Complete the two required fields:
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Editing Plate Types

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  2. Click the Edit button next to it.
  3. Make your updates and click Save Changes.
Deleting Plate Types

In order to delete a vehicle plate type, it must not be in use by any vehicles in the system. Administrators must first ensure that no vehicles are currently assigned this plate type youbefore wishit tocan makebe updates to.removed. This willprevents openvehicle arecords newfrom modalhaving windowblank allowingor you to change the existing name and short name for thatinvalid plate type.type
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Best Practices & Considerations

  • Accuracy is Key: Ensure your defined plate types accurately match the official plate designations in your region to maintain data integrity and simplify vehicle plateidentification.
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  • Reporting: Properly categorized plate types are valuable for generating accurate reports on vehicle populations and compliance.
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