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title: "Driver onboarding and schedules"
description: "Create driver accounts, set their schedules, assign driver managers to each delivery group, and watch coverage store by store in the Dashboard."
canonical: https://www.ordering.co/features/driver-onboarding-and-schedules/
---

[Delivery and drivers](https://www.ordering.co/features/all-features/?category=delivery#feature-catalog)

# Bring drivers on board and keep their schedules straight.

Create driver accounts, set each driver's schedule, and put a driver manager in charge of a delivery group, while your team watches delivery coverage store by store.

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- Dashboard

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Driver onboarding and schedules

## What you can do

- ### Driver schedules

  Schedules that switch drivers on and off automatically.

- ### Driver availability

  Mark drivers busy automatically and monitor who can take an order.

- ### Driver accounts

  An admin creates a driver account from the Dashboard, or a driver signs up directly if your project allows driver sign-up; either way, the driver signs in to the Driver app.

- ### Unlimited drivers

  Add as many drivers as your operation needs.

- ### Onboarding tutorial

  New drivers see a short introduction to the Driver app the first time they open it, when the project configures one.

- ### Schedule gate

  Drivers review their seven-day schedule in the app, and sign-in can be blocked outside it when schedule validation is on.

- ### Driver store status

  See delivery coverage store by store: connected drivers, unassigned orders, and stores with nobody covering them.

- ### Driver managers

  Create driver manager accounts that oversee a delivery group and the drivers in it.

Driver app

## A short introduction for new drivers.

When the project configures a tutorial, new drivers see a five-slide introduction before their first sign-in, covering what to expect from their first deliveries.

- New-order alerts
- Delivery details and timing
- Opening navigation for a delivery
- Adding photos or notes
- Completing a delivery
- Shown only when the project configures a tutorial

Driver app

## Drivers see their week, and the app can enforce it.

From Profile, drivers review their seven-day schedule. When schedule validation is on, the app blocks sign-in outside those hours instead of only displaying the schedule.

- Seven-day schedule with the enabled time windows for each day
- Days with no availability show as "Not available"
- Outside the schedule, drivers see a "You can't login" screen instead of the driver workspace
- The screen can show the next time the driver is scheduled to work
- "Go back" signs the driver out from that screen
- Schedule validation is a setting your project turns on

Dashboard

## See delivery coverage store by store.

Driver store status gives your team a live view of delivery coverage: which stores have drivers connected, and which don't.

- Summary cards for enabled stores and drivers, and how many are online, busy, or offline
- Per store: connected drivers, online drivers, and unassigned orders
- Stores with no connected driver are highlighted
- Updates live as drivers and orders change, with a Reload control
- Search by store name

Dashboard

## Give delivery groups their own managers.

Driver managers are accounts dedicated to coordinating delivery groups and the drivers in them, separate from administrator accounts.

- Add a driver manager with a name, email, phone number, and password
- Assign a driver manager to one or more delivery groups
- Driver managers see the drivers in the delivery groups assigned to them
- Driver managers have their own profile and saved places

How it works

## From setup to the next order.

1. 01**Create driver accounts**

   Add each driver in Dashboard > Delivery > Drivers, then assign them to a delivery group so orders can reach them.

2. 02**Set schedules and assign a manager**

   Set each driver's schedule, and assign a driver manager to oversee their delivery group.

3. 03**Watch coverage as drivers come online**

   New drivers see their onboarding tutorial and schedule in the app; your team checks store coverage from Driver store status.

## Good to know

- The onboarding tutorial and schedule validation are shown only when the project configures them; a driver doesn't necessarily see either one.
- Driver store status is a live, read-only view of coverage; it doesn't assign a driver or change an order.
- Drivers marking themselves busy or available automatically is covered in more detail on Driver dispatch.

## Related

- [Driver Manager](https://www.ordering.co/features/driver-manager/)
- [Driver app settings](https://www.ordering.co/features/driver-app-settings/)
- [Driver dispatch](https://www.ordering.co/features/driver-dispatch/)
- [Driver Groups](https://www.ordering.co/features/driver-groups/)

[See all features](https://www.ordering.co/features/all-features/#feature-catalog)

## See how it fits your operation.

Start a free trial, or walk through your setup with the Ordering.co team.

Product guide: [Add a driver](https://docs.ordering.co/docs/products/dashboard/delivery/create-edit-driver/)

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