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Editing and regenerating a route

The Router's first pass is rarely your final tour. Iterate.

When you'd use this​

You have a Router-generated route but want to tweak: swap one venue, remove a stop, shift a date.

Three levels of editing​

1. Per-stop edits (light touch)​

For single-stop adjustments:

  • Swap venue. Click a stop → Alternatives → pick a different venue in the same city.
  • Shift date by ±1–2 days. Drag on the calendar. Router auto-checks for conflicts.
  • Remove a stop. Click → Remove. Drive leg adjacent stops auto-recalculate.

No Router re-run needed for these — changes apply instantly to the existing route.

2. Local re-routing (medium)​

If you're making changes that affect multiple stops (e.g., removing 2 stops + adding a new city):

  1. Make your changes.
  2. Click Re-optimize at the top of the route.
  3. Router re-runs JUST on the changed region, preserving other stops.

Faster than a full re-run (~5–10 seconds).

3. Full regeneration (heavy)​

For fundamental changes — different constraints, new anchors, wider regions:

  1. Adjust constraints via Constraints tab.
  2. Click Regenerate full route.
  3. Router starts over. The new route replaces the current draft.

Takes the full 15–45 seconds. Route history and version compare aren't built yet — if you want to preserve a prior draft for reference, export it first.

What to iterate on​

Common iterations after the first run:

  • Remove a stop you don't actually want (old Router versions might include a venue you've had bad experiences with — flag it as "avoid" and regenerate)
  • Add a second anchor (e.g., you just confirmed a show while the Router was running)
  • Tighten drive-time cap (the Router made a 9-hour leg and you realize you don't want to do that)
  • Swap a single venue (use the per-stop Alternatives picker to change one stop without re-running the whole route)

Preserving good parts​

If one section of the Router's route is great but another isn't:

  1. Pin the good stops (right-click → Pin to route).
  2. Regenerate. Router respects pins as hard constraints.

Pinned stops are distinct from anchors — pins are "I already accepted this stop, don't touch it on re-run." Anchors are "this is a commitment from day one."

Keeping a draft you like​

Router runs replace the current draft, so if you want to keep a version before iterating:

  • Lock the tour to freeze the current route, then duplicate the tour for further experiments.
  • Export the P&L and stop list as PDF or CSV before re-running.

A built-in route history with version compare and revert is on the roadmap but not in the app today.

Still stuck?​

  • Edits not sticking? Check you're in Draft state. Once you transition to Outreach, editing is locked for stops with live inquiries.
  • Router keeps suggesting the same "bad" venue. Flag it as "avoid" in Venues → directory → your saved list. Router skips flagged venues on re-runs.