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Who uses this: Admins — geofences are managed under Admin > Geofences in Pulse Fleet Tracking. Availability: United States and Canada · Requires the Pulse Fleet Tracking add-on.
A geofence is a virtual boundary you draw around a location — a job site, a customer address, or your office. When a vehicle enters or exits that boundary, Pulse Fleet Tracking logs it automatically, so you can set alerts and run a report showing every arrival and departure. This page covers creating a geofence and running the geofence report.

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Overview

Geofences turn “I think the tech got there around 10” into a logged fact. With a geofence, every entry and exit is timestamped, alerts can notify you the moment a vehicle arrives or leaves, and the geofence report shows how long each vehicle spent inside the boundary. You create geofences and run their reports from inside your Pulse Fleet Tracking account.

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Before you begin

  • You need an active Pulse Fleet Tracking account. If it isn’t set up yet, start with Setting Up Pulse Fleet Tracking.
  • Open Pulse Fleet Tracking first: from the left-side navigation in FieldPulse, select Fleet Tracking under Management. This opens your Pulse Fleet Tracking account.
Fleet Tracking highlighted under Management in the FieldPulse left-side navigation, opening the Pulse Fleet Tracking live map

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Create a geofence

  1. Go to Admin > Geofences and select Add Geofence. The Admin tab and Geofences menu highlighted in Pulse Fleet Tracking, with the Add Geofence button on the Geofences page
  2. Enter a Geofence Name and Address. You can use a street address or latitude/longitude coordinates. The Add Geofence window with the Geofence Name, Address, and latitude/longitude fields highlighted
  3. Under Track When, choose how the geofence triggers:
    • Vehicle enters or exits the geofence — logs entry and exit events. Set the boundary as a circle or a polygon.
    • Vehicle makes a stop at the geofence — logs when a vehicle stops at the location. Best for known addresses like home, office, or customer sites. The default radius is 50 meters.
    The Track When options in the Add Geofence window: Vehicle enters or exits the geofence, and Vehicle makes a stop at the geofence
  4. Choose the Group or individual Vehicles to monitor with this geofence. The Group/Vehicle selector in the Add Geofence window with a group and its vehicles checked
  5. Choose the Category, Icon, and Time Frame — 24/7, or Custom hours to limit the geofence to specific days and times. The Category, Icon, and Time Frame options in the Add Geofence window, with the geofence boundary drawn on the map
  6. Select Next to configure alerts:
    • Toggle Alert Notifications on.
    • Add any extra recipients in the CC field.
    • Choose the alert frequency — As soon as each alert occurs, or A summary of alert once every X hours.
    • Under Send alerts to, select who receives them: Group Admin, Paired Driver, or both.
    The Alerts step of the Add Geofence window with the Alert Notifications toggle, CC field, alert frequency, and Send alerts to options
  7. Select Submit to create the geofence.

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Run a geofence report

The geofence report shows entry and exit history for your vehicles, including timestamps and how long each vehicle spent inside a geofence.
  1. Go to Reports > Geofences. The Reports tab and Geofences report highlighted in Pulse Fleet Tracking, opening the Geofences Report page
  2. Use the date picker to select your reporting period. Date ranges must be 93 days or less.
  3. Under Choose Groups/Vehicles to include in the report, select the groups or vehicles to include. The Geofences Report page with the From and To date pickers and the Groups/Vehicles selection highlighted
  4. Under Choose Geofence to include in the report, select the geofence to report on.
  5. Under Filters, select which event types to include:
    • Geofence Entry & Exit
    • Geofence Entry Only
    • Geofence Exit Only
    • Geofence Exit & Entry
  6. Optionally, set a Minimum time spent in the Geofence to filter out brief stops. The geofence selection, Minimum time spent in the Geofence fields, event type Filters, and Generate Report button on the Geofences Report page
  7. Select Generate Report. To save the report, select Export to download it as a PDF or XLSX file.
Quick Tip: You can schedule the geofence report to run automatically and have it delivered to your inbox on a regular basis.
Your geofence is working when a monitored vehicle crosses the boundary, the alert you configured arrives, and the entry shows up with a timestamp on the geofence report.