Rounding Model

Note: If your newspaper does not do rounding, you may skip this option.

Some newspapers round the draw of their bulk routes when distributing advance sections. By rounding the draw up or down to conform to the standard bundle size, the newspapers can do away with key bundles and thus make it easier to distribute the advance run.

If you do round your advance bulk draw, you will need to define a rounding model to determine how rounding is done and what trucks or route groups will be rounded. Rounding models are set up here.

To define a rounding model:

1. In character Circulation, select Distribution | Route | Rounding Model to display the Rounding Model Setup screen.

   
2. Select Add and complete the following fields.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   ROUNDING MODEL	open (8)	Enter an ID for this rounding model.
   DESCRIPTION	open (30)	Enter a description of this rounding model.
   ROUNDING METHOD	predefined	Indicate whether advance draw for bulk routes should be rounded up or down when this rounding model is used.

3. Select Specifics | Rounding Model Entity and link the rounding model to routes directly or via trucks (described below).

4. Select Accept to enter the rounding model into the database, along with its specifics.

Specifics, Rounding Model Entity

This is where trucks or groups of routes are added to a rounding model. When rounding is done for this model, only bulk routes in the trucks or route groups entered here will have their draw rounded.

To add entities to a rounding model:

1. Select Specifics | Rounding Model Entity from the Rounding Model Setup screen to display the Rounding Model Entity Setup screen.

   
2. Select Add and complete the following fields.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   ROUNDING MODEL	display	The rounding model that you are setting up is displayed.
   PRODUCT	setup	Enter the publication for which this rounding model is being linked to the route or truck.
   ENTITY TYPE	predefined	Indicate whether the rounding model is being directly linked to a route, or all of the routes on a truck.
   ENTITY	setup	Depending on what is entered in ENTITY TYPE, enter a route or truck to link with this rounding model.
   START DATE, END DATE	date	Enter the date range during which the route or truck above is linked to this rounding model.
   ROUTE GROUPING	integer (8)	If you are linking an individual route to the rounding group, enter the rounding group number for the route. Bulk routes that are on the same truck and have the same rounding group number will be rounded collectively.

3. Select Accept to accept the link. You can then add another truck or route or, if finished, select Exit to return to the Rounding Model Setup screen.