Pulse Guide

 

Welcome

Welcome to the Pulse Guide. This is one of several useful articles about the product.

 

What can you do with Pulse?

Secure opportunities before the competition with Pulse, the AI-driven solution for charterers. 

Pulse sits on top of the email inbox, transforming its data into a single, consolidated and customisable view. 

This allows charterers to find deals  faster than the competition - transforming challenges into opportunities. It shortens the entire analysis process by consolidating all market data from multiple systems into one space and displaying it in structured, deduplicated data lists - ready for analysis and further action. 

Pulse unlocks critical data that lives in the charterer’s inbox so you never miss an opportunity.

 

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Who can use it?

Pulse is purpose-built for maritime charterers. Pulse shortens the market analysis process by consolidating market data from multiple systems into one structured view - ready for further action by the charterer.

 

Don't have Pulse yet?

If you are an existing customer, please reach out to your Sedna Customer Success Manager if you are interested in learning more. For new customers, get a demo.

 

Navigating Pulse

Where to find it

You can access Pulse in the Sidebar of your Stream app. It is split into three areas: Tonnage, Cargo and Workspaces. We go into detail about how to use each below.

 

 

Tonnage

Pulse’s Tonnage module shows all extracted position lists in one centralised table. If you receive the same position list emailed from multiple brokers, Pulse will deduplicate those into one single tonnage presented in one row.

This saves you from having to dig through duplicate emails for the same vessel and presents all opportunities in one glance.

 

Most recent tonnage

​​Filter and Sort

You can filter the position list by different characteristics, making it easy to find the most relevant opportunities without having to scroll through hundreds of emails.

Filters can be applied by clicking into the relevant column header for the field you want to narrow down.

Filters include:

• Vessel owner: Filter by text you that you type in
• Vessel name: Filter by text you that you type in
• Open position: You can filter by as many regions as you’d like, including or excluding them as indicated in the filter actions. 
  • We can assist creating a pre-set list of preferred regions in a drop-down list if you prefer. These are created by Sedna as Polygon Areas. This can be discussed with your Customer Success Manager. 
• Open date: There are two ways you can filter by a tonnage open date:
  • From/to: Enter date range manually
  • Next # of days: Filter by open dates that are within a specified number of days, from today (the day you’re adding the filter).
• DWT: Filter by deadweight tonnage (DWT). Input minimum and maximum tonnage values into the designated fields (“Filter by condition”). 
• IMO Number: Filter by All, Is blank, Is not blank or fill in a specific number (Contains)

You can also sort certain fields by clicking into the column headers.

Sorting options include:

• Vessel owner: Sort ascending or descending
• Vessel name: Sort ascending or descending
• Open position: Sort ascending or descending
• Open date: Sort ascending or descending
• Last cargo: Sort ascending or descending by clicking the column header
• DWT: Sort ascending or descending
• IMO Number: Sort ascending or descending
• Created at: Sort ascending or descending
• Updated at: Sort ascending or descending
• Last received: Sort ascending or descending by clicking the column header

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Custom Fields

Please note the above is not an exhaustive list of available fields/columns. Depending on your organisation’s add-ons, integrations and preferences you can add custom fields in new columns. We can assist in creating these.

 

There are additional actions you can take, including:

• Adjust column width: You can drag the divider between columns - customising the width of both sections
• Inline editing in custom columns: Quickly make desired changes to custom fields
• Reset: To clear any filters that are currently applied
• Refresh: Reload the table, with filters remaining applied
• Save new:

1. If there are filters you would like to come back to regularly, click “Save new”
2. A window will then appear asking you to input the Saved filter’s information. Input a useful name in the text box. It will show you a preview of the filters as well. 
3. Click “Create Saved filter” to complete 

• Update current: You can make changes to an existing Saved filter by selecting its name at the top of the interface, making your filter changes and then clicking “Update current”
• View and manage Saved filters:

1. To manage your Saved filters any time, click “Manage” next to the Saved filters label
2. A window will appear where you can see all of your Saved filters
3. To permanently delete a Saved filter, simply click the Bin icon next to its name

• Show: At the top of the position list, you will see the “Show” field. With this you can filter both:
  • Read and unread: Shows all tonnage whether read or unread by anyone
  • Unread by me: Shows tonnage which has not been read by you
  • Unread by all: Shows tonnage that nobody in your team has seen
  • Show hidden items: a tickbox for showing items you previously hid
  • Last updated: Select a maximum time period

 

Add to Workspace

Select the tickbox next to each tonnage to add it to an existing Workspace, or create a new Workspace to add it to. 

 

Add tonnage 

In the top right hand corner of the position list table, you will see a “+ Tonnage” button. Clicking this allows you to manually add a tonnage you want to include in the list. A window will appear, and you can input the desired information - then click “Add Tonnage” to complete.

 

Expand tonnage to show associated emails

Pulse intelligently groups emails associated with certain opportunities into one tonnage. If you want to see all the associated emails, simply click on the tonnage and it will show them in the Context Tray - a list at the bottom of the Pulse window. This anchored view is resizeable and opens with a single click, allowing you to choose preferred brokers from a clear list.

 

Open an email from the entry 

Want to read one of the emails and take action? Simply click the associate email from the list and you will instantly be brought into the Stream interface. From there, take action on the email however you wish. Learn about how the emails are grouped on the Pulse Configuration page.

TIP: You can enter “not:Position” and “not:Cargo” into Stream’s search to focus the inbox on emails that don’t exist in Pulse.

 

Hide/Show tonnages

You can hide tonnages you do not wish to see in the list, helping clean up your hunting experience. Simply select the desired tonnages and click “Hide here” above the table. If you want to show them again, select the “Show” dropdown menu, click “Show hidden items”, select the tonnages you want to show then finally click “Show here”.

 

Refresh 

At any time, you can click the Refresh button to return updated data, so you don’t miss any important information. 

 

Download 

By clicking the “Download” button, you can instantly download the tonnage list as a .csv file. 

 

Cargo

Pulse’s Cargo module shows all extracted cargo opportunities in one centralised table, similar to Tonnage. If you receive the same cargo list emailed from multiple brokers, Pulse will deduplicate those into one single row.

 

Most recent cargoes

​​Filter and Sort

You can filter the cargo list by different characteristics, making it easy to find the most relevant opportunities without having to scroll through hundreds of emails.

Filters can be applied by clicking into the relevant column header for the field you want to narrow down.

Filters include:

• Charterer: Filter by text you that you type in
• Contract type: A drop-down list where you can filter by Time Charter or Voyage Charter. (Note that selecting either option will also return cargoes with blank fields, i.e. no data). 
• Show: Filter by:
  • All
  • Contains: Type in what value the cargo should include
  • Is not: Type in what value(s) the cargo should exclude (exact matches)
• Amount (MT): Cargo quantity. Input minimum and maximum values into the designated fields (“Filter by condition”). 
• Laycan: There are two ways you can filter by a cargo’s laycan:
  • From/to: Enter date range manually
  • Next # of days: Filter by laycan that is within a specified number of days, from today (the day you’re adding the filter).
• Load area: You can filter by as many regions as you’d like, including or excluding them as indicated in the filter actions. 
  • We can assist creating a pre-set list of preferred regions in a drop-down list if you prefer. These are created by Sedna as Polygon Areas.
• Discharge area: Same as above, but for discharge areas.

 

Custom fields

Please note the above is not an exhaustive list of available fields/columns. Depending on your organisation’s add-ons, integrations and preferences you can add custom fields in new columns.

 

Sorting options include:

You can also sort certain fields by clicking into the column headers, just like when you go to filter them.

• Charterer: Sort ascending or descending
• Contract type: Sort ascending or descending
• Cargo: Sort ascending or descending
• Amount (MT): Sort ascending or descending
• Laycan: Sort ascending or descending
• Load area: Sort ascending or descending
• Discharge area: Sort ascending or descending
• Created at: Sort ascending or descending
• Updated at: Sort ascending or descending

There are additional actions you can take, including:

• Adjust column width: You can drag the divider between columns - customising the width of both sections
• Inline editing in custom columns: Quickly make desired changes to custom fields
• Reset: To clear any filters that are currently applied
• Refresh: Reload the table, with filters remaining applied
• Save new:

1. If there are filters you would like to come back to regularly, click “Save new”
2. A window will then appear asking you to input the Saved filter’s information. Input a useful name in the text box. It will show you a preview of the filters as well. 
3. Click “Create Saved filter” to complete

• Update current: You can make changes to an existing Saved filter by selecting its name at the top of the interface, making your filter changes and then clicking “Update current”
• View and manage Saved filters: 

1. To manage your Saved filters any time, click “Manage” next to the Saved filters label
2. A window will appear where you can see all of your Saved filters
3. To permanently delete a Saved filter, simply click the Bin icon next to its name

• Show: Filter by:
  • All
  • Contains: Type in what value the cargo should include
  • Is not: Type in what value(s) the cargo should exclude (exact matches)
  • Last received: Select a maximum time period

 

Add to Workspace

Select the tickbox next to each cargo to add it to an existing Workspace, or create a new Workspace to add it to. 

 

Add cargo

In the top right hand corner of the position list table, you will see a “+ Cargo” button. Clicking this allows you to manually add a cargo you want to include in the list. A window will appear, and you can input the desired information - then click “Add Cargo” to complete.

 

Expand cargo to show associated emails

Pulse intelligently groups emails associated with certain opportunities into one cargo. If you want to see all the associated emails, simply click on the cargo and it will show them in the Context Tray - a list at the bottom of the Pulse window. This anchored view is resizeable and opens with a single click, allowing you to choose preferred brokers from a clear list.

 

Open an email from the entry 

Want to read one of the emails and take action? Simply click the associate email from the list and you will instantly be brought into the Stream interface. From there, take action on the email however you wish. Learn about how the emails are grouped on the Pulse Configuration page.

TIP: You can enter “not:Position” and “not:Cargo” into Stream’s search to focus the inbox on emails that don’t exist in Pulse.

 

Refresh 

At any time, you can click the Refresh button to return updated data, so you don’t miss any important information. 

 

Download 

By clicking the “Download” button, you can instantly download the cargo list as a .csv file.

 

 

Workspaces

Workspaces allow you to curate saved lists of tonnage or cargoes. These are separated into two types - Position Fixture or Cargo Fixture - and you can give each Workspace a unique name for a specific deal you are working on, for example.

It is important to note that Workspaces are custom to each individual user and are not shared with others.

Create a new Workspace

There are two ways to create a new Workspace:

• Access Your Workspaces from the sidebar, then click the “+ New Workspace” button
• From the Pulse tonnage or cargo list, select the tickbox next to each desired row, click “Add to Workspace”, then click “Create new”

Add to an existing Workspace

From the Pulse tonnage or cargo list, select the tickbox next to each desired opportunity, click “Add to Workspace”, then search and select the desired Workspace to add it.

 

Manage Your Workspaces

• Rename: Select the Workspace you want to rename, and click the edit icon next to the Workspace’s name
• Edit rows: At the end of each row, you can click the edit icon to change desired characteristics of the tonnage or cargo
• Remove rows: Select the tickbox of one or more rows, then click “Remove from current” to remove it from that Workspace
• Add to other: Select the tickbox of one or more rows, click “Add to other”, then select an existing Workspace or create a new one
• Download: Click the Download button to download the Workspace list as a .csv file

 

Preferences

In the Preferences for both Tonnage and Cargo, you can set certain preferences to make Pulse work best for you.

 

Table density

Control the density of your table and display, selecting either “Normal” or “Compact”.

 

Treatment of market emails 

In this section, you can decide whether all market emails related to a Tonnage or Cargo are marked as read in your Shared Inboxes after selecting them in Pulse. Note that once you set this, it will also apply when using keyboard shortcuts. It will be activated with a single checkbox.

 

Column display

In this section, you can customise how your lists are organised. You can tailor them for how you wish to work, making it easier to complete your tasks faster. 

• Decide which fields (columns) you want to pin to the left of your screen as you scroll to other fields, so your favourite ones stay visible at all times 
• Decide which fields you wish to hide, ideal for ones you are less interested to see at the moment
• Rearrange the order of visible fields by dragging them to the desired position 

Each time you make changes to your Preferences, you must click “Save” to lock them in. You can change them any time.

 

Selection of Shared Inboxes

In this section you can decide which Shared Inboxes' market emails should be included in the position or cargo list.

 

Keyboard shortcuts

Depending on your view (e.g. Most recent vs Preferences) there are certain keyboard shortcuts which can help you work faster and easier in Pulse.

At any time when you’re using Pulse, simply click “Command” + “j” and hold on your keyboard to show available shortcuts. 

 

Some examples of useful keyboard shortcuts include:

• “Shift” + left or right arrow key: Toggle between pages of the tonnage or cargo list 
• “Space bar”: Open and close a tonnage or cargo
• “r”: Mark as read 
• Backspace for hiding a row

How does it work? 

Pulse shortens the market analysis process by consolidating market data from multiple systems into one structured view - ready for further action by the charterer.

 

How it works

• Our Customer Success team works with the Pulse customer, who lets us know which Shared Inboxes they would like to feed data into Pulse.
• Once this is set up, Pulse gets to work. Powered by artificial intelligence, Pulse analyses incoming emails in real time and identifies open positions and cargo orders in those emails. Depending on the customer, a specified data partner assists in this analysis process.
• Pulse then imports all of the results into the consolidated, customizable Tonnage and Cargo lists in the Pulse interface.