When a vehicle’s engine is on but the vehicle is not moving, Samsara identifies this activity as idling. To help you reduce fuel spend related to idling, you can monitor idling events from the Idling Report on the Samsara dashboard.
There are two ways to access this report:
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Drill down from the Fuel & Energy Report by clicking the Idle Time field within the Vehicle tab.
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Access the Idling Report from Reports > Fuel & Energy.
By default, the report displays all idle events that occurred that day; However, you can use the date selector to select an alternate date or date range. To further narrow the results scope, you can filter vehicles by Tags or use the Search.
The following table describes the information available for each idle event:
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Field |
Description |
|---|---|
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Vehicle |
Name of the vehicle for which an idle event was reported. |
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Idle Event Start |
Date and time when idling was first detected. |
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Idle Event End |
Date and time when idling event ended. |
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Idle Event Duration |
Length of time the vehicle idled. |
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PTO Status |
Powered take-off status, Active or Inactive. |
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Fuel Used |
Amount of fuel consumed during the event. |
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Address |
Location where the idle event took place. |
For additional offline storage or archival, you can perform any of the following options from the more actions menu (...) on the Idling Report:
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Export: Select from any of the available download formats (comma separate values (CSV), XLSX, or PDF) or email formats (CSV or XLSX) and apply any additional filters, as needed.
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Schedule Emailed Report: Send a reoccurring report to a contact in your contact book. For more information, see Schedule a Report.
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Print: Save or print the current results.
