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What does each icon and coloured block mean? | Driver's "Activities" graph

In the Activities section, there is different colors, icons, and symbols (such as letters and numbers) help you quickly understand what happened during a shift — here's what they all mean!

📘The driver's activities graph can be found:

  • Personal account: Tachograph data → Activities

  • Company acct. driver user: Tachograph data → Activities

  • Company acct. admin and manager: Drivers → select a driver → Activities


Activities

Rest

Shown on the graph with a teal color and a chair icon on the graph.

This makes it easy to quickly see when rest periods happened. Clear visibility of rest time helps you check that required breaks were taken, understand work-rest patterns, and spot potential compliance issues at a glance.

Driving

Shown with in red colorand a circle with a dot in the middle as its icon.

This allows you to clearly see when the vehicle was in motion and how long driving periods lasted. Having a visual overview of driving time helps you monitor daily and weekly limits, identify extended driving periods, and quickly detect situations that may lead to infringements.

Work

Shown on the graph with an orange color and tools icon.

This includes other work activities that are not driving, such as loading, unloading, or administrative tasks. Seeing work periods clearly on the timeline helps you understand the full working day, assess workload balance, and ensure that total working time follows the applicable rules.

Available

Shown on the graph with yellow color and icon.

This activity means the driver was available for work but not actively driving or performing other work tasks. It may include waiting time or periods where the driver is ready to start working. Seeing “Available” time helps you understand how the day is structured and how much time was spent waiting versus actively working.

Unknown periods

Shown on the graph with a grey color and a question mark .

These appear on the graph when there is missing or unclear activity data.

This can happen if no activity was recorded or if data is incomplete. Identifying unknown periods is important because gaps in data may raise questions during inspections or audits. Reviewing these periods helps you detect possible data issues and take corrective action if needed.

Out of scope

Shown with a light grey colorand no icon.

When activities fall outside the tachograph regulations.

This usually means the vehicle or driver was operating in a situation where driving and rest time rules do not apply. Clearly seeing out-of-scope periods helps you separate regulated driving time from non-regulated activity and avoid confusion when reviewing compliance.

Manual entry

Shown with a letter icon of a capitalized M.

Manual entry is displayed when the driver has manually entered activity data into the tachograph.

This is typically used to record activities that happened while the card was not inserted. Seeing manual entries on the graph helps you understand the full timeline of activities and verify that missing periods were correctly recorded, reducing the risk of incomplete records.


Daily working period

Shift

Shown with a light green color on the graph.

It represents the full working period from the start to the end of a driver’s day. On the graph, the total shift duration is displayed in hours and minutes. Next to it, in parentheses, you will also see the total driving time for that shift, marked with a small circle and dot icon that represents driving.

For example, a shift may show 12:28 (⊙ 06:59) — meaning the total working period was 12 hours and 28 minutes, and 6 hours and 59 minutes of that time was spent driving. This makes it easy to quickly understand how long the working day lasted and how much of it was actual driving.

Also, you can see the abbreviations of the countries where the daily working period started and where it ended on top of the green bar.

Daily working period start

Marked on the graph with a dot icon and black arrow.
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It shows the exact moment the driver’s working day begins. This helps you clearly identify when the shift started and understand how the 24-hour period is calculated. Having this marker visible makes it easier to review compliance with daily driving and rest rules.

Daily working period end

Marked with a black arrow and dot icon.

It indicates when the driver’s working day finished. Seeing the shift end clearly on the graph helps you understand the total length of the working period and verify that the required daily rest follows correctly.


Events

Driver card insertion

Marked on the graph with a downward arrow icon and a black vertical line.
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It shows the exact moment a driver card was inserted into the tachograph. This helps you clearly see when a driver began recording activities. Having this marker visible makes it easier to verify that driving and work were properly recorded and that no activity took place without a card inserted.

Driver card withdrawal

Marked on the graph with an upward arrow icon and a black vertical line.

It indicates when the driver card was removed from the tachograph. This helps you identify when recording stopped and review whether the shift ended correctly. Seeing card withdrawal events on the timeline also makes it easier to detect gaps, missing data, or unusual activity patterns.

Digital map / border crossing

Marked on the graph with a flag icon.

It shows when the vehicle crossed into another country, based on tachograph records. This helps you clearly see where international trips occurred and match activities with the correct country. Having this information visible is especially useful for compliance, reporting, and calculating travel allowances.

Ferry / Train crossing

Ferry or train crossing is marked on the graph with a wave-like icon.

It indicates when the vehicle was transported by ferry or train. These periods are important because special driving and rest rules may apply. Seeing ferry or train crossings on the timeline helps you correctly interpret rest periods and ensure compliance during multimodal transport.

Events registered by tachograph

Events registered by tachograph are system-recorded notifications generated automatically by the tachograph.

These events may include situations such as driving without a card, card conflicts, overspeeding, or other system-detected irregularities. Seeing these events on the graph helps you understand what happened at specific moments and review situations that may require attention or further investigation.

Faults registered by tachograph

Faults registered by tachograph indicate technical issues detected by the device.

These may include sensor problems, communication errors, power interruptions, or other equipment-related issues. Identifying faults is important because technical problems can affect data accuracy and compliance. By seeing faults clearly on the timeline, you can take action early and prevent larger issues during inspections or audits.


Infringements

Infringements are shown on the graph as colored flag icons, with each color representing a different severity level:

  • Blue for minor infringements

  • Yellow for serious infringements

  • Orange for very serious infringements

  • Red for most serious infringements

These flags make it easy to immediately recognize the level of risk on the timeline. When multiple infringements occur in the same section, they are grouped into a small black square displaying the total number.

You can click any flag to see more details. If several infringements are grouped together, hover over the black square to view the list, then click on an infringements to open its details.

You can adjust how infringements are displayed and calculated from the configuration settings. This includes options such as filtering certain violations, defining how rest periods are interpreted, adjusting night work rules, and setting working time limits.


Rest periods

Daily rest

Daily rest is shown on the graph in light blue.

It highlights the periods when a driver takes their required daily rest. Seeing daily rest clearly on the timeline helps you confirm that minimum rest requirements are met, understand how rest fits within the 24-hour period, and quickly identify reduced or missing daily rest that may lead to infringements.

Weekly rest

Weekly rest is shown on the graph in bright blue.

It marks the longer rest period required after a working week. Seeing weekly rest clearly on the timeline helps you verify that weekly rest rules are followed, check that it is assigned to the correct week, and quickly identify missing or insufficient weekly rest that could result in serious infringements.

Compensation

Compensation is shown on the graph in bright pink.

It marks rest time taken to compensate for a previously reduced weekly rest. Clear visibility of compensation periods helps you verify that reduced rests are properly balanced within the required timeframe and ensures compliance with weekly rest regulations.

Number of reduced daily rests

The number of reduced daily rests is shown in the same light blue color as daily rest, with a small indicator such as (1×) displayed on the rest period.

This number shows how many reduced daily rests have been used within the current week. Having this visible directly on the graph helps you quickly monitor how many reductions remain, avoid exceeding the allowed limit, and stay compliant without needing to calculate it manually.

Which week is the weekly rest assigned to

In the weekly rest there is the number od the week displayed in brackets, for exmaple: [40].

This number indicates which calendar week the weekly rest is counted toward. Showing this directly on the graph helps you clearly understand how rest periods are allocated, avoid confusion between weeks, and ensure weekly rest requirements are correctly fulfilled.


Crew driving status

Driver slot

Shown as a single black horizontal line at the bottom of the graph.

It indicates when the driver was active in the main driver position. This makes it easy to see who was responsible for driving at any given time, especially during crew operations, and helps you review compliance with driving and rest rules.

Co-driver slot

Shown as a double black horizontal line at the bottom of the graph.

It marks periods when the driver was recorded as a co-driver. This helps you clearly distinguish between main driver and co-driver activity, ensuring crew driving is properly recorded and reviewed.


Vertical dashed lines

The end of a 24 and 30 hour period after the start of a shift

Shown on the graph as a green vertical dashed line.

This line marks the legal time limits calculated from the beginning of the daily working period. It helps you clearly see the boundaries for taking daily rest and extended driving allowances, making it easier to understand compliance requirements without manual time calculations.

The end of a 6 x 24 hour periods after the previous weekly rest

Shown on the graph as an orange vertical dashed line.

This line marks the legal deadline by which a new weekly rest must start. Seeing this boundary directly on the timeline helps you clearly understand the weekly cycle, avoid exceeding the allowed working period, and stay compliant without having to calculate the limit manually.

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