Note: This help system contains standard information, some of which might not apply to your franchise. There might be a help file specific to your Autoline configuration. It could be either in the help system specific to your manufacturer, or displayed when you click the Help button on the relevant form or menu.
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Note: This help system contains standard information, some of which might not apply to your franchise. Details of this form or menu specific to your Autoline configuration might be available in a separate help file. To display such a help file, if one has been provided, click the Help button for the form set out in this help file. The title of that form here is Labour Code Setup Parameters Form, but it is determined by the last level supplied by the manufacturer in the Level descriptions field on the Miscellaneous tab.
Before you upload and convert labour codes, you must ensure that the labour times parameters are set up.
This form is displayed when you select the Labour times parameters option from the Labour Code menu. Before you upload labour codes and times to Autoline, you must set up in this form the details appropriate to your business.
Note: The form might have a different name, depending on your particular Autoline installation (Operation setup parameters form, for example). The last level supplied by the manufacturer, in the Level descriptions field, determines the title of the program form you see displayed. The Labour Code menu option that displays this form might also be worded differently (Labour code setup parameters, for example).
Manufacturer: Identifies the manufacturer that supplies the labour codes and times files.
TABS:
Local xfer directory: Folder on the local host computer where source files are stored. This is normally the standard transfer folder, for example, /user4/packs/MSS/fran/MS/[franchise code]/xfer.
Source file names (1-5): Filenames of the labour codes and times files supplied by the manufacturer
Note: Source file names might need to be in the correct order for conversion to work.
Source mapping files (1-5): Names of source data files for mapping of labour sections (service, engine, body, and so on) to the labour code structure. During the conversion of labour codes, the system initializes the mapping file and builds a new mapping table using the generic index files entered in these fields.
Ascii, Csv or Special: Type of data in the source file
Delete local files: If this check box is selected, files are deleted from the local computer/Local xfer directory on the Autoline server after they have been converted.
Local backup directory: Folder on local computer where backup copies of files are stored, for example, /user4/packs/MSS/fran/MS/[franchise code]
Remote directory: Folder on remote computer from where update source files are copied
Remote system detail:
FTP or API: Method of file transfer from remote computer. One of:
Not required
FTP: File Transfer Protocol
API: Application Program Interface
FTP Host name: Name or IP address of the remote host computer when FTP or API is set to FTP
FTP user ID: User ID to log on to the remote computer when FTP or API is set to FTP
FTP password: Password to use with FTP user ID when logging on to the remote computer when FTP or API is set to FTP
Delete remote files: If this check box is selected, the system deletes the files from the remote computer after they have been retrieved.
No of levels requ.: Number of lookup levels in Point-of-Sale for labour codes - 4, for example. (This is the number of items in Level descriptions.)
Level descriptions: Description of lookup levels supplied by the manufacturer, each level being separated with a comma. The number of entries must be the same as No of levels requ.. The last level in this field determines the title of the program form you see displayed.
Use alternative operation code: This check box is not usually selected. If selected, the system can use alternative operation codes to allow the loading of operation codes onto a wip. Whether or not it is selected depends on how the system is set up for your franchise.
Use Long Descriptions in POS?: If this check box is selected, you can see more than 50 characters when the MS labour operation times form is displayed.
Allow Multiple Selection in POS?: Whether or not this check box can be selected depends on how the system is set up for your franchise. If it is selected, you have a final selection level of multiple operation codes in Point of Sale, to load into the WIP. This reduces the need to perform multiple searches for operation codes related to the same work area.
Keep changes to operation code descriptions?: Dictates whether any changes to operation codes made prior to the import of new data are applied to the newly converted data. One of:
A All
O Optional - ask first
N None
Offer manually-input labour codes before manufacturer's in P.O.S.?: If this check box is selected, business-defined, Point-of-Sale labour codes, held in a separate file, are offered before those in imported files.
Disable time allowed field on 'Labour Details' form in P.O.S.?: When a labour operation code has been selected from the MS labour operation times form, and its details are transferred to the Labour Details form, the Time allowed field is populated. If this check box is selected, you will be unable to amend the Time allowed field after the Load button has been clicked unless this value is 0 (zero).
Timed operation flags:
Load file(s) before conversion: If this check box is selected, raw files are uploaded from a remote computer before conversion is carried out.
Backup table(s) before conversion: If this check box is selected, the old labour codes and times files are backed up before conversion of the new files replaces them.
Note: In Point-of-Sale, these defaults are overridden by any values on the selected labour code record or on the Point-of-Sale labour line template.
Default VAT rate: Default rate of VAT. (If it is blank, a default value of S is used.)
Default load type: Default workshop load group
Default minutes per unit: Default number of minutes per unit. (If it is blank, a default value of 60 is used.)
Default unit: Default unit of time. (If it is blank, a default value of HOUR is used.)
Default valid labour rates: Default labour rate used when the labour code is created in Point-of-Sale
Note: Default valid labour rates is an obsolete parameter. It must always be blank. The definition here is for correctional purposes only.
It is used where the default valid labour rates in Point-of-Sale are not derived from any of:
Customer default
Sales Ledger account default
Labour rates in the labour code record
Default labour rates in the LTS parameter record
This can hold a maximum of 26 labour rate codes. Where it contains more than one item, the first in the list is the default value. If it is blank, the default labour rate is A and no validation is carried out. It overrides any default labour rate in the sales ledger account.
Commas separate the codes. For example, ABC, with a comma indicates that only ABC is valid, while ABC without a comma indicates that A, B, and C are all valid, as does A,B,C.
This tab displays a record of the date and time when data was last converted on the Autoline system, and shows who performed the update.
