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Taximeter Tariffs

Settings » Tariffs » Setting Tariffs » Taximeter Tariffs

Taximeter tariffs will enable an in-app taximeter in the driver app for calculating the price of the job. To enable taximeter tariffs you must check the box “Enable the in-app taximeter” in the admin panel that you will find in settings>general>payment…

Setting Tariffs

Settings » Tariffs » Setting Tariffs

It’s now time to finally configure the actual tariffs making use of the Tariff Zones and Schedules. By Default, your tariff will be named Standard but you can change this name. Make sure that you have the appropriate currency at the top of the screen, as…

Tariffs

Settings » Tariffs

In the following section, you will be able to set the tariffs and rules you would like to follow for your company. Create Tariff Zones Configure your Tariff Schedules Setting Tariffs

Flat Tariffs

Settings » Tariffs » Setting Tariffs » Flat Tariffs

*Zone Tariffs override Flat Tariffs, so choose them carefully. Flat tariffs are normally used for trips between cities but they can also be used within the city if your company requires it, although it is more recommended to use zone tariffs for trips between cities.…

Zone Tariffs

Settings » Tariffs » Setting Tariffs » Zone Tariffs

Zone tariffs will let you create different tariffs depending on the area the job took place. To work with zone tariffs, you can set a price for each zone. If you have created different schedules in the previous section, you also will be able to create a tariff for…

Tariffs Schedule

Settings » Tariffs » Tariffs Schedule

While the creation of tariff zones is optional, you need to add at least one schedule before you can establish the tariffs in the next section. The simplest schedule you can add is a single Standard one that covers every day at all times. However, you can also create…

The Dashboard

The Dashboard

The Dashboard is the first screen you will run across after you create your account. This panel will show you an overview of your company numbers, easy access to the most relevant information of your business and links to material that will guide you through the…

The Envelope App

Settings » Notifications » Notifications Settings » The Envelope App

You can download the Envelope app directly from Settings>Notifications>Settings in the Admin Panel. Scroll down to the Apps subsection. Transfer it to the device you wish to use as a dedicated messenger. Log in with a messenger user.

Use the Reception Tool

Booking apps » Reception Tool » Use the Reception Tool

Book favorite locations If the client already has favorite locations set up from their passenger app account, they will already show up in the address fields as options. If they have not set up favorite locations, they will go to the Account tab to do this. …

Getting started with the App

Settings » Driver App » Getting started with the App

To get started with the driver app download the app in the App Store or Google Play Bottom and visit the Driver App Manual.

Link an Account for the Reception Tool

Booking apps » Reception Tool » Link an Account for the Reception Tool

Customize with company details Customize your reception tool with your company logo and colors. Go to Booking Apps > Reception tool to choose your unique setting or use the following link: Reception tool Choose a custom URL for your reception tool. Simply type…

Tariff Rules, Groups and Extras

Settings » Tariffs » Setting Tariffs » Tariff Rules, Groups and Extras

Tariff Rules Tariff rules are the criteria the system uses to compute how much a customer must be charged for a specific job. The system will automatically select the tariff based on several factors such as the booking source, vehicle type, number of passengers and…

General Settings

Settings » General » General Settings

*Once you are done with configuring this page, don’t forget to click on Save to preserve the changes you have made! The General Settings control the overall behavior of the components of the TaxiCaller Admin System. Company ID The Company ID is the unique…

Tariff Zones

Settings » Tariffs » Tariff Zones

If you have already created Assignment Zones, the creation of tariff zones is similar, although its purpose is quite different. Tariff zones are used to create specific tariffs that you want to apply when billing based on the area the job was performed. Tariff zones…

Settings

Settings

General Users Vehicles Zones Tariffs POIs – Points of Interest Driver App Notifications

Statistics Dashboard

History » Statistics » Statistics Dashboard

See your company statistics In the statistics section under History you can see several statistics about your company such a number of bookings per week. You can also set goals and track their progress. *You need to set up tariffs before you can access these…

Zones / Assignment Zones

Settings » Zones / Assignment Zones

!Note that these Zones are different from the Tariff Zones. Assignment Zones: Defined areas to assign jobs to the drivers depending on their position. Tariff Zones: Defined areas that you will set to determine the price you will charge for providing a job in that…

Other Advanced Features

Settings » General » Assignment Settings » Other Advanced Features

Driver Information In this section, you will be able to manage all the features on how would you like to show the job information to the driver. SMS notify a driver set to away when job is offered to them: If enabled, it will allow you to notify the driver (via…

Advanced Zone Queues

Settings » General » Assignment Settings » Advanced Zone Queues

Advanced Zone Queues will let you set the rules of job assignments of the Assignment Zones that you can configure in the Zones Section of the Admin Panel. Always respect zone queue: When this is active, if two vehicles are closer than 2 km from each other, the…

Create New Companies

Settings » General » Companies » Create New Companies

To create a new company go to the main page or dashboard and click Create a New Company in the section Your Companies. When setting up new companies you will need to provide general information about the company, currency, payment and extra services you might…

About this manual

About this manual

This manual explains all the functions of the TaxiCaller Admin Panel. You will find detailed information that will guide you through the process of setting your company in the system. If you require further assistance do not hesitate on contacting us via our chat. We…

Redeeming and using promotions

Account » Promotions » Redeeming and using promotions

Redeeming promo codes In the passenger app, open the menu by clicking the button in the top left corner. Hit Promo codes and then “Redeem promo code”. Now type in the code we specified in step 1. In this example we used “HOLIDAY” as a code. Type your…

Create and Modify your Vehicles

Settings » Vehicles » Create and Modify your Vehicles

Navigate to the Vehicle section of the Admin Panel, to create and manage your vehicles. In this view, you will see a vehicle list. You can use the search bar at the top to easily filter through a large number of vehicles. You can configure the basic options directly…

General

Settings » General

Under Settings>General you will find most of the features that you will be using to set your company. The settings will be displayed in four tabs. Under General you will be able to set the time, time zone, payment methods, activate/deactivate promotions, and…

Advanced Auto Dispatch

Settings » General » Assignment Settings » Advanced Auto Dispatch

Advanced Auto Dispatch will let you set the rules of how the Dispatch Console will send the jobs to the drivers, and how the jobs will show in the Driver App. Require vehicles to accept an assigned job: You can give the drivers an option to accept/decline jobs in…

Advanced Appearance Options

Settings » General » General Settings » Advanced Appearance Options

Configure the appearance of the Dispatch Console with additional options. Color code job depending on the state: Will display jobs in different colors depending on the state: Green – Available / Dropped off Blue – Callout Orange/Yellow –…

Vehicle Permits

Settings » Vehicles » Vehicle Permits

Manage permits for your vehicles With Permits, you can personalize which permits and licenses should be required for vehicles depending on your local regulations. This works in the same way as the user permits. Access this by going to Dispatch > Settings > Vehicles >…

Account Signature

Account » Customers » Accounts » Account Signature

Account signatures can be used to require account customers to sign for their payments in the driver app. Enable account signatures You can enable this feature in two ways: a. For all accounts: Go to Dispatch > Settings > 1. General Find Billed in the…

Promotions

Account » Promotions

!This feature is available for Rebranded apps only. *After configuring your promotions, make sure you enable them in the Advanced Payment options of the admin panel under Dispach > Settings > General. Configuring the promotions Create a new promotional offer using…

Advanced Payment Options

Settings » General » General Settings » Advanced Payment Options

Allowed Payment Methods The following settings will determine the payment methods that you would like to have when selecting payment options in the Dispatch Consol and Passenger App and when going through the payment process in the Driver App. Cash: If this is…

Assignment Settings

Settings » General » Assignment Settings

These settings control the way jobs will be assigned from the Dispatch Console to the drivers, and how the jobs will show in the Driver App. Auto Dispatch Enable or disable automatic assigning and dispatching of jobs. If Auto Dispatch is disabled, you will have to…

Points of Interest

Settings » POIs – Points of Interest » Points of Interest

This feature allows you to add points on the map for places that aren’t indexed by Google Maps or simply to speed up the booking process. Dispatchers only need to start typing the name of the POIs in the pick up or drop off address bars for them to be selectable.…

Glossary of Terms and Definitions

About this manual » Glossary of Terms and Definitions

CLR button – Clearing button, it is the button the driver can press in the driver app when they are close to the drop-off point and will soon be ready to receive a new job. POB – Passenger on board. POI – Point of interest. T-minus – The time…

Companies

Settings » General » Companies

In this section, you will be able to configure the profile of your company. And if you would like to have a multi-company profile follow to Create New Companies Section to know more about how to create new company. If you have a multi-company profile you will need…

Customer Notifications

Settings » Notifications » Customer Notifications

You can find this feature by going to Settings>Notifications>Customer in the Admin Panel. Send emails and SMS to your passengers You can send automatic emails and SMS to your passengers at several different stages of a ride. For example at the moment when a…

Link Passengers to an Account

Account » Customers » Accounts » Link Passengers to an Account

This feature can be used along reception desk booking. This can be useful for companies who have one person who books all the taxi rides for the company’s employees. This feature can also be used by, for example, hotels and restaurants to easily book a taxi for…

About us

About us

Since 2011, TaxiCaller has provided indispensable software to hundreds of taxi, limo, private hire and car service companies. We’ve become the specialist in cloud-based dispatching, with a global presence in over 60 countries and 6 continents. Developed by…

Replay

History » Replay

Replay traces the routes for all your vehicles in areas. See where all or just one of your vehicles have been at any time. To access this go to History > Replay in the admin panel. You can watch the following video to see it in action: How to use: Select a…

IVR Menus

Booking apps » IVR » IVR Menus

Configure the Menus Select the Menu tab and click on Add new menu Give your menu a name and click on Create In here you can once again select the desired language and voice. Add a greeting which will be said before listing the options. You can add up to 10…

Create and Modify your Users

Settings » Users » Create and Modify your Users

Here you can add and manage your users, drivers, dispatchers and messengers. When you first create your account at TaxiCaller you will automatically have at least one driver and one dispatcher so that you can begin trying out the system without any extra complications.…

Custom Reports and Editor

History » Reports » Custom Reports and Editor

Custom Reports If you need to generate reports with information that is not easily displayed in the Standard Reports, you can use Custom ones. We have 5 built-in types, namely for Account jobs, Driver jobs, Finished jobs, Multi company and Zone-report. They generate…

Billing Overview

Account » Billing » Billing Overview

In the billing section you will be able to add funds, activate vehicles and see your rates and other information. *If you have just created your account, you might see a message Billing not enabled. If so, please contact us so we can enable billing for you with the…

Waiting Rate

Settings » Tariffs » Setting Tariffs » Waiting Rate

The waiting rate is an option you can set to charge the customer if the driver requires to wait for the passenger at some point while doing the ride. The wait button on the driver app it is only visible when the passenger is on board (POB). To begin, press on the…

Jobs

History » Jobs

How to edit job details In the section called “Jobs”, all your closed jobs will be listed. Here, you can both view and edit any information of a job. Any changes made here will be applied to the job in the database, so when you generate reports afterward,…

Advanced Options for Users

Settings » Users » Create and Modify your Users » Advanced Options for Users

To access to the advanced options for users click on the arrow to display de menu. General In this section, you can specify if your user is going to be a messenger. You can also add an Address and a Note for the user if desired. This information will not be…

Other Advanced Options

Settings » General » General Settings » Other Advanced Options

Permissions Determine basic permissions for drivers and dispatchers. For more advanced permissions settings, please check the Permissions Section. Permissions for Dispatchers: Allow direct assignment: In the Dispatch Consol, allow that a dispatcher can directly…

IVR Actions

Booking apps » IVR » IVR Actions

IVR stands for Interactive Voice Response. The IVR booking feature allows passengers to call a number to automatically place their booking without the intervention of a human dispatcher. *You must have an account with Twilio to use this feature. Please look at the…

Booking History and Account Settings

Booking apps » Reception Tool » Booking History and Account Settings

Booking history Passengers can see their trip history and download their reports in the History section. In order to keep track of payments and important trip information, clients can go to the History section to see and download their trip history reports in PDF,…

Create a Customer Account

Account » Customers » Accounts » Create a Customer Account

Customer accounts can be used to make booking extra easy for regular customers. There are two different types of customer accounts: business and personal accounts. In each customer account, you can specify whether the customer should pay for the trips directly (direct)…

E-tickets

Account » Customers » Accounts » E-tickets

You can create and give away batches of taxi vouchers (e-tickets) for cheaper or free taxi rides to your corporate customers. !To be able to choose the eTicket option in the Driver App you must have enabled the advance payment flow under…

Company Discounts

Account » Customers » Accounts » Company Discounts

In the customers section you can apply company discounts to specific business accounts. To apply discounts: Select the account you want to edit Scroll down until you see Company discount: and click on the Edit button. If you’re offering a discount to…

Users Tags

Settings » Users » Users Tags

Create user tags In the Tags tab you can create tags which you can later set on your drivers and dispatchers. You can fully customize which tags to add and you can create up to 25 tags of each kind. To create them or edit them, click on the Add button at the…

Import and Export Zones

Settings » Zones / Assignment Zones » Import and Export Zones

If you wish to have a back up of your zones, to copy your assignment zones to your tariff zones, or to transfer your zones to a different TaxiCaller account, you can import and export zones as GeoJSON files. Exporting Go to Settings > Zones in the Admin…

Button Settings

Settings » Driver App » Button Settings

Create custom buttons on the driver app menu with a link to a URL of your choice. Press on the green plus sign to create a button. Write a name for the button. Write the URL where the button will lead. To add more buttons, return to the first step. Press Save…

Standard Reports

History » Reports » Standard Reports

In this section of the admin panel, History > Reports, you can generate various types of reports on the usage of the system. Before you can generate the reports, you naturally need to have entered at least some jobs to the system, for there to be any results to…

Online Booking Settings

Booking apps » Online Booking » Online Booking Settings

In the online bookings section you can configure everything you need to make sure your passengers can book rides from different sources, like the passenger app or the web form that you can add to your own website. *The first thing you need is to verify your license…

Set up your Twilio account

Booking apps » IVR » IVR Actions » Set up your Twilio account

Signing up with Twilio If you don’t yet have a Twilio account, please follow these steps, otherwise go to the next section below to configure your Twilio account with TaxiCaller. To create an account with Twilio, visit the following link: …

Set automatic priorities for your accounts

Account » Customers » Accounts » Set automatic priorities for your accounts

The job priority feature can be applied directly to a customer account. If you have regular VIP clients, or accounts that need to be handled as quickly as possible, you can set a priority level on their account in the Customers section of the admin panel as seen below.…

Users Permits

Settings » Users » Users Permits

Manage permits for your drivers and dispatchers With Permits you can personalize which permits and licenses should be required of users depending on your local regulations. Access this by going to Settings > Users > Permits in the Admin Panel. To start editing this…

Internal – Email

Settings » Notifications » Internal – Email

Send internal emails to your company crew. You can send automatic emails for different status of the job to your personal. You can also add personalized messages using the tags in the tag section. The internal emails notifications are configured in the same way the…

Receipts

Settings » Notifications » Receipts

Send receipts to your passengers! To be able to send receipts to your passengers, configure the settings in Settings>Notifications>Receipts in the Admin Panel. The fields in this section will contain the information you wish to display in your receipts. …

Bank

Account » Bank

Set up automatic accounting With automatic accounting for drivers, you can assign a balance or allowance to each driver and make a charge for each job that is dispatched to them. This feature allows you to set your fare charge rate for each driver and track driver…

Vehicle Tags

Settings » Vehicles » Vehicle Tags

Vehicle tags is a feature that will let you add more information on the services that you provide to fully customize a job. The system will allow you to add up to 25 tags. To create them or edit them, click on the Add button and then click on Save when you’re…

POI categories

Settings » POIs – Points of Interest » POI categories

Create categories for your POIs. Creating categories is not a necessary step for the use of this feature, but it is useful when you have a large amount of POIs. You can create up to 100 different categories, for example Libraries or Restaurants. Go to the second…

Users Permissions

Settings » Users » Users Permissions

Establish permissions for drivers and dispatchers In this section, you will be able to change the permission levels for your users regarding a variety of actions such as creating and editing jobs or suspending vehicles and drivers. To start editing this feature click…

Promotions Usage

History » Promotions Usage

*To learn how to set up your promotions, click here: Create promotions. In this section under History > Promotions usage, you can track the usage of the promo codes. Select the promo code from the drop down menu to view the usage data for each one.

Invoicing

Account » Customers » Invoicing

This allows you to generate finished invoices for your account customers. Once an invoice is generated, you simply download it to your computer, and it’s ready to be sent. To generate invoices: Choose Account > Customers in the Admin Panel and select the…

Using Notification Groups

Settings » Notifications » Customer Notifications » Using Notification Groups

You may wish to send a specific type of message to only certain customers. If your company has VIP customers, for example, you can send custom emails and text messages with special offers or greetings just for them. To do this: Click on the + button next to Group:…

Anonymize

History » Anonymize

In the Admin Panel you can access the new section Anonymize as part of the GDPR compliance. There you will be able to manage, download or delete the data of current customers and jobs. You can access this section by going here…

Vehicle Types

Settings » Vehicles » Vehicle Types

It is possible to define new types of vehicles depending on your business needs. With this feature you will only need to type the vehicle type that you need and save it. It automatically will appear for selection on the list of vehicles of the previous section. …

Statistics Goal

History » Statistics » Statistics Goal

Set up statistic goals In the statistics section under Goals you can setup goals for your company. These can be used to have a goal to improve your company for Customers, Bookings or earnings. To add a statistic goal, press Add metric. After clicking add metric…

Embed Web Form

Booking apps » Online Booking » Embed Web Form

Go to the second tab under Booking Apps > Online booking > Embed web form in the Admin Panel to generate your embed code. You can insert this code in your website so that it will display the booking form. Select your desired Map Size between Small, Medium and…

Driver Ratings

History » Driver Ratings

When your passengers give ratings to your drivers, you can check the results in this section at History > Driver ratings. You will be presented with an overview of the ratings, but you can view individual drivers at specific dates selecting the options at the top and…

Reception Tool

Booking apps » Reception Tool

Link an Account for the Reception Tool Use the Reception Tool Booking History and Account Settings

Vehicle Archive

Settings » Vehicles » Vehicle Archive

In the Vehicle tab you can Archive a vehicle when you’re not using it. You can see a list of these archived vehicles in the last tab Archive. Archived vehicles will not be billed and furthermore you will not be able to use them. To bring a vehicle back…

Notifications Tags

Settings » Notifications » Notifications Tags

You can find this feature by going to Settings>Notifications>Tags in the Admin Panel. You can create personalized messages for your rides adding the following tags to the message in the Customer section and Internal-Email section.

Messages

History » Messages

You have access to the chat message history between your dispatchers and drivers. To do this, access History > Messages in the Admin Panel. Choose sender, receiver, and date and click on Search. To configure your message options, check the Messages Tab under…

Driver App

Settings » Driver App

Getting started with the App Button Settings

Notifications Settings

Settings » Notifications » Notifications Settings

In this section, you will be able to manage the source of the notifications from your company.

Notifications

Settings » Notifications

Customer Internal – Email Receipts Notifications Settings Notifications Tags The Envelope App

Messages

Settings » General » Messages

Message Settings In this section you can: 1. Set preset messages that your dispatchers and drivers can add with a single button click. 2. You can also configure the message permissions For example, if your users can send instant messages and voice messages…

Agreements

Account » Agreements

In this section, you will find a list of bilateral agreements between Your Company and Taxicaller. As for example, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

How It Works

Account » Billing » How It Works

Here you will find information about how TaxiCaller works. If you manage a fleet over 20 vehicles contact [email protected] and ask for our volume discounted price packages. If you want to learn more about billing please click on the following section How it…