The Accident Management Costs set-up form is accessed via Miscellaneous Options / Product Management / Accident Management Costs and is used to create, edit and delete Accident Management Cost Types.
The form is split into three areas. These are the Titlebar, the Accident Management Costs Dialogue Box and the column of Command Buttons down the right-hand side of the form.
In addition to displaying the form name the Title Bar provides a number of useful buttons.
To create a new accident management cost type select the Create Command Button.
To view or amend an existing accident management cost use the following procedure:
The cursor is located in the Accident Management Cost Code field prompting selection of an accident management code/ description for the purposes of editing an existing cost type. A single-left-click of the ellipsis (...) box to the right of this field will display a Accident Management List Box from which the appropriate cost type is selected for the core calculation method (either Contract Hire or another commercial product). This code has a matching description and attached vehicle-type code (displaying either P for Private Light Goods vehicles or C for Commercials). A double-left-click selects and confirms the required Accident Management Cost (alternatively, single-left-click and select the OK command button).
The Details Tabdisplays a number of details relating to the selected Accident Management Cost Type, which are as follows:
- Description
Displays a free-format textual description for the selected Accident Management Cost Type e.g. Basic Cover
- Vehicle Type
This field displays the available default vehicle types for the selected Accident Management Cost Type. A single-click of the down-arrow to the right of this field enables selection from the current available options:
- P Private Light Goods
- C Commercial
- C Heavy
- Monthly Value
This field holds the total monthly cost for the selected level of accident management cover.
A number of command buttons are available. Some buttons are context sensitive and are greyed-out and only become available dependent upon the particular process that is being accessed. The full list of command buttons is as follows:
Exits the Accident Management Cost Details form and returns to the Product Management menu.
Provides online access to a context sensitive Help form.
Enables the creation of an additional Accident Management Cost Type. Mutually exclusive option buttons allow this to be done in one of the two following ways:
- Blank
Used if a new Accident Management Cost Type is to be set-up without utilising existing criteria.
- Copy
Copies the values within an existing "nearest match" Accident Management Cost Type so that only required values need be edited.
Provides the facility for editing the set-up options of the current Insurance Cost Type record. No edits can be made to a record until the Amend button has been selected.
Deletes the currently selected Accident Management Cost Type .
On first accessing the Accident Management Cost Details form this command button is greyed-out. Following selection of the Amend button the Confirm option then becomes available to enable any edits to be confirmed.
On first accessing the Accident Management Cost Details form this command button is greyed-out. Following selection of the Amend button the Cancel option then becomes available to enable any edits to be cancelled.
This is not a command button. This box is a way of displaying messages with regard to the status of the current record e.g. "Record Secured OK"
Selection of this button displays a further form that provides an Ad-hoc Report Generator for the creation of quick query reports to form..
Selection of this button displays a further form that provides an itemised display of all the selection criteria for the current Accident Management Cost Type .
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