# Tread Docs - [API Reference (735 pages)](https://docs.tread.ai/_llms/en/api-reference.md): Documentation for API Reference. ## Guides ### Getting Started - [Welcome to Tread](https://docs.tread.ai/index.md): Everything you need for your first live dispatch — prerequisites and the 5-step setup. ### Vendor guide - [Welcome to Tread.](https://docs.tread.ai/vendor-guide/getting-started.md): Everything you need to get your team running on Tread. - [Train Your Drivers](https://docs.tread.ai/vendor-guide/train-your-drivers.md): The three things every driver needs to know on day one. - [Setup Trucks & Drivers](https://docs.tread.ai/vendor-guide/setup-trucks-and-drivers.md): Add your trucks, drivers, dispatchers, and admins before the first job goes out. - [Dispatch Jobs](https://docs.tread.ai/vendor-guide/dispatch-jobs.md): Accept customer jobs, assign drivers, and send assignments to phones — in three steps. - [Help & Support](https://docs.tread.ai/vendor-guide/help-and-support.md): Four ways to get help when you need it. - [Quick Reference](https://docs.tread.ai/vendor-guide/quick-reference.md): Button legend, common menu paths, and the driver day-one checklist. ### Dispatch guide - [Dispatch Overview](https://docs.tread.ai/dispatch-guide/overview.md): How a job gets from your dispatch board to your driver's phone — the board, assigning to your own drivers or a vendor, and what you need before you start. - [Dispatch a Job (Web & Mobile)](https://docs.tread.ai/dispatch-guide/dispatch-a-job.md): Assign, configure, send, and monitor jobs from the web dashboard, or dispatch on the go from the mobile app — then see what your driver does to accept and start the job. ### Core Concepts - [Core Concepts Overview](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/overview.md): The fifteen ideas you need to understand Tread. - [Companies & Hierarchy](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/companies-hierarchy.md): Single companies vs parent/child structures, and when to use each. - [Tread's Connected Ecosystem](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/connected-ecosystem.md): How Tread connects you with Customers, Vendors, and Drivers - [Sites & Geofences](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/sites-geofences.md): Where work happens, and how Tread knows when trucks arrive and leave. - [Equipment & Equipment Types](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/equipment.md): Trucks, trailers, and the Equipment Types that set capacity and unit of measure. - [Materials](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/materials.md): The Material record — its fields, how Material Rates price it, and bulk import. - [Orders & Projects](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/orders-projects.md): The work — from a multi-day Project down to a single daily Order. - [Project Fields](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/project-fields.md): What each Project field means, whether it copies to new Orders, and where it appears. - [Phase Codes](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/phase-codes.md): Tag Jobs, Loads, and hours with your customer's cost codes so your reports match their cost coding. - [Tickets & Timesheets (per Shift or Hourly)](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/tickets-timesheets.md): The proof-of-work records — Tickets and Timesheets — and how they feed approvals, billing, and pay. - [Settlements & Driver Pay](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/settlements-driver-pay.md): Invoices to Customers and pay statements for Drivers and Vendors. - [Rates, Add-Ons & Fuel Surcharges](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/rates-add-ons.md): How Tread prices work — by site, equipment type, and material. - [Roles & Permissions](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/roles-permissions.md): Every Tread role, what it can do, and who can see rates. - [Driver Lifecycle](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/driver-lifecycle.md): How Drivers are invited, moved between Vendors, and deactivated — and why phone numbers stay locked. - [Dispatching to Drivers and Vendors](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/dispatching-drivers-vendors.md): The three ways to send a dispatch — an internal driver, a shared driver, or a vendor. - [Compliance Documents](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/compliance-documents.md): Document Types, expiration tracking, and how Dispatch Gating warns dispatchers at assignment. - [Reporting](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/omni-reports.md): Tread reports cover export files, scheduled report deliveries, dashboards, and visualizations. Build your own with Build a Report. - [Build a Report fields](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/build-a-report-fields.md): Every field in the Customer Reports topic of Build a Report, by view, with its type and what it means. - [Custom Labels](https://docs.tread.ai/concepts/custom-labels.md): Tag Drivers, Users, Customers, Vendors, and Equipment with your own labels for filtering and search. ### Onboarding - [Confirm Company Hierarchy](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/company-hierarchy.md): Flat or parent/child — decide the structure with your Tread implementation lead before uploading data. - [Integrations Setup](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/integrations.md): Connect telematics and Paver Tracker during onboarding. - [Agent Configurations](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/agent-configurations.md): Configure Tread's AI agents — AI Ticket Scanning, AI Reviews, and the Driver Agent. - [Platform Configurations](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/platform-configurations.md): Set the company-wide defaults that drive geofencing, order entry, and quotes. - [Go-Live Checklist](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/go-live-checklist.md): The QA pass to run before flipping your fleet to Tread — data, integrations, mobile, billing setup, training. #### Master Data Prep - [Master Data Overview](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/overview.md): The data sets you'll prepare, in the order they need to be uploaded. - [Users](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/users.md): Add the people who will log into Tread. - [Drivers](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/drivers.md): Add the drivers who will receive dispatches. - [Customers](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/customers.md): Add the customers you bill. - [Vendors](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/vendors.md): Add the third-party hauling companies you dispatch to. - [Equipment Types](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/equipment-types.md): Set up types before equipment — capacity and UoM live here. - [Equipment](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/equipment.md): Add the trucks and trailers that show up on tickets. - [Materials](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/materials.md): Pull from your accounting system, grouped under Material Types. - [Sites](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/sites.md): Locations with lat/long and geofences — circle or polygon. - [Departments, Labels & Service Classes](https://docs.tread.ai/onboarding/master-data/departments-labels-classes.md): Optional categorization for reporting and dispatch flow. ### Workflow Guides - [Create a Project - Detailed Guide](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/create-a-project.md) - [Common Types of Orders](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/order-types.md): A guide on setting up common types of orders in Tread. - [Track Drivers & Collect Tickets](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/track-drivers-collect-tickets.md): Live truck visibility plus automatic ticket capture from the field. - [Exports & Reports ](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/exports-reports.md): Get the data out — to your accounting system, to ops dashboards, to your team. - [Foreman: Run the Day from the Jobsite](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/foreman.md): Create orders, dispatch trucks, track progress live, and approve work — all from the Foreman App. - [Vendors: Adding Drivers & Trucks](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendors-adding-drivers-and-trucks.md) - [Vendors: Accept & Dispatch Jobs](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendors.md) - [Vendors: Vendor Job Splitting](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-job-splitting.md): Let a vendor divide one job into several, so they set their own truck count without asking you to redo the order. - [Vendors: Connecting a Vendor Using Tread ID](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/connect-vendor-tread-id.md): Connect an external vendor to your account using their unique Tread ID. - [Drivers: Accept & Start Jobs](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/drivers-accept-and-start-jobs.md) - [Driver: Adding Timesheets to Completed Jobs](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/drivers-add-timesheets.md): Upload a photo of a paper timesheet to a job from the driver app, as an attachment with the Timesheet category. - [Drivers: Attach Files to an Order](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/order-attachments.md): Add a route map or PDF to an order so every driver on it can open the file in the driver app. - [Sales Quotes](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/sales-quotes.md): Quote a job, share pricing, and convert straight to a project — no re-entry. #### Approvals - [Approving Loads & Tickets](https://docs.tread.ai/workflow/approvals/loads.md) - [Approving Jobs](https://docs.tread.ai/workflow/approvals/jobs.md) - [Approving Shifts](https://docs.tread.ai/workflow/approvals/shifts.md) - [Finding Work & Downloading Tickets](https://docs.tread.ai/workflow/approvals/find-and-download-tickets.md): Narrow the Approve Jobs list, then pull ticket files out in bulk. #### Billing - [Dynamic Rates - Project to Invoice](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/billing/dynamic-rates.md): Define a pricing rulebook on a project once — Tread matches the right rate to every job. - [How Rate Changes Flow Through Tread](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/how-rate-changes-flow.md) - [Approve Payables & Receivables](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/billing/approve-payables-and-receivables.md) - [Create & Send Settlements](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/billing/create-and-send-settlements.md) - [Payment Terms](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/billing/payment-terms.md): Set payment terms once so every settlement gets a due date automatically — in Tread and in QuickBooks. - [Redo a Approved Settlement](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/billing/redo-a-approved-settlement.md) #### Vendor Management - [Vendor Management](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-management/overview.md): Add and edit a vendor's drivers, trucks, and users from your own account — without waiting on the vendor to do it. - [Create a Vendor Account](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-management/create-account.md): Set up a new vendor from Settings so you can dispatch to them the same day. - [Add Equipment to a Vendor's Account](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-management/add-equipment.md): Create a truck in a vendor's Tread account and share it back to yourself so you can dispatch it. - [Edit & Delete Equipment from a Vendor's Account](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-management/edit-equipment.md): Correct a vendor's truck details, or remove a truck the vendor no longer owns. - [Add Drivers to a Vendor's Account](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-management/add-drivers.md): Create a driver in a vendor's Tread account so you can dispatch to them right away. - [Edit & Remove Drivers from a Vendor's Account](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-management/edit-drivers.md): Update a vendor's driver details, or remove a driver who no longer works for them. - [Enable Driver Direct Dispatch](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-management/enable-direct-dispatch.md): Share a vendor's driver to your own account so you can assign them jobs without waiting on their dispatcher. - [Add, Edit, or Deactivate a User in a Vendor's Account](https://docs.tread.ai/workflows/vendor-management/manage-users.md): Manage who can sign in to a vendor's Tread account — a foreman, a dispatcher, or a company driver. ### Specialized Workflows - [Approve Tickets, Payables, Receivables & Settlements](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/approving-tickets-and-settlements.md): The full daily sequence from ticket approval through payable, receivable, and settlement creation. - [Prevailing Wage](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/prevailing-wage.md): Flag public-works projects as prevailing wage and manage PW rates, benefit credits, and overtime rules. - [Driver E-Signatures](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/driver-esignature.md): Capture signatures on shifts, jobs, and loads. - [AI Ticket Chaser](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/ai-ticket-chaser.md): Automatically text a driver when their load is missing a ticket, so it gets uploaded without a dispatcher following up. - [Tread for Connected Customers](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/tread-for-connected-customers.md): Sign in, track your dispatched jobs, download tickets, and manage your team's users as a Connected Customer. - [Paving & Moving Geofences](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/paving-geofences.md): Geofences that travel with the paver, fed by the operator's phone or by Paver Tracker. - [Document Management & Dispatch Compliance](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/document-management.md): Driver and vendor docs, expiration tracking, dispatch gating. - [Intra-Day Changes](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/intra-day-changes.md): When a driver or foreman needs to change the plan mid-shift. - [Back-Hauls & Return Runs](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/back-hauls.md): Haul material out and a different material back — one order per direction, one driver switching between them. - [Multi-Contractor Projects](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/multi-contractor-projects.md): One project, multiple contractors — separate billing, shared dispatch, unified reporting. - [Mixed Loads](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/mixed-loads.md): Multiple customers on a single truck — how to dispatch and bill split loads. - [Shift Jobs (Hourly Cycling)](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/shift-jobs.md): Trucks that cycle between plant and lay-down crew on the clock — slurry, paving, plant-feed work. - [Multi-Entity Billing](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/multi-entity-billing.md): When money flows between parent, leasing, and terminal entities — set up the right shares. - [Plant-to-Plant Hauls](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/plant-to-plant.md): Cement, RAP, and other plant-feed flows where the customer and the supplier are both in your network. - [Fuel Surcharges](https://docs.tread.ai/specialized/fuel-surcharges.md): A guide to setup Fuel Surcharges based on index prices. ### Integrations - [Paver Tracker](https://docs.tread.ai/integrations/paver-tracker.md): Connect live paver position to drive moving geofences on paving orders. - [Webhooks](https://docs.tread.ai/integrations/webhooks.md): Real-time event subscriptions — receive Tread events for Orders, Jobs, Loads, Tickets, and imported records. - [Telematics](https://docs.tread.ai/integrations/telematics.md): Connect your telematics provider to stream live truck locations into Tread. - [Astec Scale](https://docs.tread.ai/integrations/astec-scale.md) - [WEM Scale](https://docs.tread.ai/integrations/wem-scale.md) - [APEX Scale, Command Alkon](https://docs.tread.ai/integrations/apex-command-alkon.md) ### Mobile App - [Driver App](https://docs.tread.ai/mobile/driver-app.md): What Drivers see on their phone — and how to onboard them. - [Messages & Broadcasts](https://docs.tread.ai/mobile/messaging.md): Message Drivers from an order or a dispatch in the Tread app, send broadcasts, and reply from the active job. - [Past Shifts & History](https://docs.tread.ai/mobile/past-shifts-history.md): How Drivers review past shifts, hours, and completed dispatches in the app. - [How to Edit Your Username in Tread ](https://docs.tread.ai/mobile/manage-users.md): Edit a user's name, phone, email, roles, and truck from the mobile app. - [Mobile Troubleshooting](https://docs.tread.ai/mobile/troubleshooting.md): Login codes, GPS permissions, missing jobs, app updates — fix the most common driver and foreman issues. - [Offline Mode in the Tread Driver App](https://docs.tread.ai/mobile/offline-mode.md) ### Resources - [FAQ](https://docs.tread.ai/resources/faq.md): Common questions from new customers. - [Glossary](https://docs.tread.ai/resources/glossary.md): Every Tread-specific term, in plain English. - [Common Setup Mistakes](https://docs.tread.ai/resources/common-mistakes.md): What customers wish they had known on day one. - [Changelog](https://docs.tread.ai/resources/changelog.md): Product updates and customer-facing changes to the Tread platform. ## Release Notes ### 2026 - [Release Notes · October 2026](https://docs.tread.ai/release-notes/2026-10.md): Tread releases in October 2026. Use the Web and Mobile filters to narrow the list. - [Release Notes · September 2026](https://docs.tread.ai/release-notes/2026-09.md): Tread releases in September 2026: 10 web, 1 mobile. Use the Web and Mobile filters to narrow the list. - [Release Notes · August 2026](https://docs.tread.ai/release-notes/2026-08.md): Tread releases in August 2026: 7 web, 1 mobile. Use the Web and Mobile filters to narrow the list. - [Release Notes · July 2026](https://docs.tread.ai/release-notes/2026-07.md): Tread releases in July 2026: 6 web, 5 mobile. Use the Web and Mobile filters to narrow the list. - [Release Notes · June 2026](https://docs.tread.ai/release-notes/2026-06.md): Tread releases in June 2026: 6 web, 3 mobile. Use the Web and Mobile filters to narrow the list. - [Release Notes · May 2026](https://docs.tread.ai/release-notes/2026-05.md): Tread releases in May 2026: 6 web, 2 mobile. Use the Web and Mobile filters to narrow the list. - [Release Notes · April 2026](https://docs.tread.ai/release-notes/2026-04.md): Tread releases in April 2026: 9 web, 3 mobile. Use the Web and Mobile filters to narrow the list. - [Release Notes · March 2026](https://docs.tread.ai/release-notes/2026-03.md): Tread releases in March 2026: 4 web, 1 mobile. Use the Web and Mobile filters to narrow the list. ## OpenAPI Specs - [openapi](/api-reference/openapi.json) > The links below point to documentation indexes. 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