Air carrier dispatcher reported some shortcomings with their software tool.

Attributes
ACN	1513755
Time
Date	201801
Place
Locale Reference	MIA.Airport
State Reference	FL
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	No Aircraft
Person 1
Function	Dispatcher
Qualification	Dispatch Dispatcher
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

Government taf for mia was showing in sabre. Wsi (private weather service) taf for mia was not showing in sabre; but was issued. Government taf did not require an alternate. Wsi taf did require an alternate. Wsi taf is controlling. Some flights into mia were not holding alternates when they were required to.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Dispatcher reported some shortcomings with their software tool.

Narrative: Government TAF for MIA was showing in Sabre. WSI (private weather service) TAF for MIA was not showing in sabre; but was issued. Government TAF did not require an alternate. WSI TAF did require an alternate. WSI TAF is controlling. Some flights into MIA were not holding alternates when they were required to.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.