Creating and editing tracking links

Who can do it: Service provider, Customer

Where: Wialon Platform FleetSpace

On the Location share page in Wialon Platform FleetSpace, you can create and work with tracking links which you can share with external stakeholders.

To create a link using the Location share page, follow these steps:

1. In Wialon Platform FleetSpace, select the Location share page in the sidebar.

2. Click New link.

3. Specify the link name.

   

4. Enter a description, if needed.

5. In the Activation time field, specify the time when the link must be activated.

6. In the Life span field, specify the number of minutes, hours or days during which the link should be valid.

7. If necessary, enable the toggles to display additional data which the external stakeholder can see.

8. If needed, select additional device properties, which should be displayed in the vehicle tooltip. To do this, click Additional properties, select the required ones and click Add.
9. Add the devices which should be available for tracking via the link. To do this, click Add, select up to 10 devices, click Add.
10. Click Save.

The created link is added to the link list.

To create a tracking link directly from the device list or device details, you can use the Create tracking link widget. For setup instructions, see Adding the “Create tracking link” widget .

If the Create tracking link action widget has been added to the device list or device details, you can generate a tracking link directly from the Devices page.

To create a tracking link:

1. In the device list or in the device details, click the icon next to the device .

2. Select Create tracking link from the context menu. If you are using the aligning of elements side by side in the device list, select the icon .

   

3. Follow the steps 3-10 from the Creating a tracking link on the “Location share” page instruction.

   

After saving, the tracking link URL is automatically copied to your clipboard. You can share the link by pasting it into a message or email. The created tracking link also appears on the Location share page, where you can edit, share, archive, or reactivate it.

The link list is displayed as a table with the following columns:

At the end of each row, there is an icon () which allows you to open the menu with the following actions:

• open link (available only for active links)
• copy URL
• expire and archive

To resize a column, hover over its header and drag its border to set the width you need.

You can sort the links in the list by any column. Click a column header to sort in ascending order, and click again to sort in descending order. By default, the links are sorted by name in alphabetical order.

To edit a tracking link, click its row in the link list.

You can edit the following information:

• link name
• description
• expiration time
• extra data to display
• additional properties
• list of vehicles added for tracking

To apply the changes, click Save.