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# Command Bar

> Dispatch units, set statuses, create calls and add notes by typing short commands.

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## What is the Command Bar?

The Command Bar lets you control units and calls by typing short commands instead of clicking through menus. It's optional and built for experienced dispatchers, but it works on every service panel too.

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## Opening the Command Bar

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pin it">
    Click **⋮** at the end of your [quick bar favourites](/CAD/Intro/layouts#quick-bar-favourites) and star **Command Bar**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open it">
    Click **Command Bar** on the quick bar, or add it as a pane in your [layout](/CAD/Intro/layouts).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type a command">
    Suggestions for commands, units, calls and saved calls appear as you type. Press `Tab` to autocomplete and `Enter` to run.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Wrap anything with spaces in double quotes, for example `NEW "Traffic Collision" 1A-12`.

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## Commands

| Command | Also | What it does | Usage |
| - | - | - | - |
| `D` | `DISPATCH` | Assign a unit to a call | `D <UNIT> [CALL]` |
| `C` | `CLEARUNIT` | Remove a unit from a call | `C <UNIT> [CALL]` |
| `IS` | `IN` | Set Available | `IS <UNIT>` |
| `OOS` | `OUT` | Set Unavailable | `OOS <UNIT>` |
| `B` | `BUSY` | Set Busy | `B <UNIT>` |
| `ER` | `E` | Set En route | `ER <UNIT>` |
| `A` | `OS`, `S` | Set On scene | `A <UNIT>` |
| `NEW` | `NC` | Create a call from a saved call | `NEW <SAVED CALL> [UNIT] [POSTAL] [DESCRIPTION]` |
| `SI` | | Create a self-initiated call assigned to you | `SI <SAVED CALL> [POSTAL] [DESCRIPTION]` |
| `CP` | `CF`, `CE`, `CLOSE` | Close a call | `CP [CALL]` |
| `V` | `VIEW` | Open a call in the call viewer | `V <CALL>` |
| `N` | `NOTE` | Add a note to a call | `N <CALL> <NOTE>` |
| `CLR` | | Clear the call viewer | `CLR` |

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## Picking Units and Calls

Each unit or call you type has to match exactly one. If several match, the command asks you to be more specific.

| Argument | You can type |
| - | - |
| Unit | A unit's callsign, or a group's name |
| Call | The call number (like `#12345`), part of its title, or its postal |

After you view a call with `V`, you can leave the call out of later commands and they use the viewed call. `V` can also open closed calls. Use `CLR` to stop viewing it.

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## Saved Calls

`NEW` and `SI` use your [saved call templates](/CAD/User/calls/self-dispatching) from the call editor. They follow your account, so a template saved on one device works in the Command Bar on another.

* `NEW` can assign a unit as the call is created.
* `SI` assigns your own unit or group and marks the call as coming from Radio. You need to be in a unit to use it.

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