This form is displayed when you select the Process acknowledgements option (followed by VS Company and dealer code, if any) from the Vehicle Order Acknowledgements menu.
When the form is first displayed, the grid contains unprocessed acknowledgements (indicated by the selection of the Unprocessed option button). All unprocessed acknowledgements are selected for processing (indicated by their check boxes being ticked).
Menu Bar and Toolbar:
| Menu bar | Shortcut | Toolbar | Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| File > Retrieve Acknowledgements | Retrieves the daily file and displays a list of acknowledgement files available for selection | ||
| File > Exit | ESC |  |
Returns you to the Vehicle Order Acknowledgements menu |
| Edit > Select All |  |
Ticks all grid lines so that the acknowledgements they represent are included in the action initiated when you click the Hold, Update, or Clear push-button | |
| Edit > Deselect All |  |
Unticks all grid lines so that the acknowledgements they represent are excluded from the action initiated when you click the Hold, Update, or Clear push-button | |
| Edit > Hold acknowledgements | Prevents selected acknowledgements from updating VSB until later, and automatically selects the Hold option button | ||
| Edit > Update vehicles | Processes selected acknowledgements by updating any existing orders and creating new VSB records for new ones | ||
| Edit > Clear acknowledgements | Removes acknowledgements whose lines are ticked from whichever list you are viewing | ||
| View > Factory | Indicates that acknowledgements originate from GM (always selected) | ||
| View > Unprocessed | Displays in the grid only acknowledgement records yet to be processed | ||
| View > Exceptions | Displays in the grid only acknowledgement records marked as exceptions | ||
| View > On-hold | Displays in the grid only acknowledgement records on hold | ||
| Tools > Search Acknowledgements |  |
Finds records constituting an acknowledgement history for a specified dealer and commission number | |
| Tools > Standard Report | Displays a set of default criteria that can be modified to meet your requirements | ||
| Tools > Options |  |
Not used | |
| Help > Help |  |
Displays this help page in a web browser | |
| Help > About | Provides version and copyright information about Vehicle Order Acknowledgements | ||
File:
File box: Acknowledgements source file name and folder path, which you can select with the ellipsis button
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Note: The default file folder path is set by a parameter.
Acknowledgements:
Source:
OPTION BUTTONS:
Factory: Indicates that acknowledgements originate from GM (always selected)
View:
OPTION BUTTONS:
Unprocessed: Displays in the grid only acknowledgement records yet to be processed
Exceptions: Displays in the grid only acknowledgement records marked as exceptions
On-hold: Displays in the grid only acknowledgement records on hold
Results: Displays the results of a search, constituting an acknowledgement history for a specified dealer and commission number. Normally greyed-out, this option button becomes selected on return from a Search.
GRID:
Note: It may be that the grid is populated with lines representing unprocessed records from previous raw data files loaded. Loading a new file adds to the unprocessed list. Therefore, the raw data file named in the File box does not necessarily correspond with all the records in the grid.
Date: Date when the acknowledgement was imported
Commission number: Unique number, assigned by GM's software, on which all lists displayed in the grid are sorted
Seq: Sequence - Number of times Kerridge has received an acknowledgement for a vehicle
Batch no.: Number uniquely identifying an acknowledgement file
St: Status (Unprocessed, Exceptions or On-hold)
Text: Not used
Note:The Text field is shown for Unprocessed or Held records only.
Reason code: Exception code indicating why the record failed in the VSB update
Note: The Reason code field is shown for Exceptions records only.
Check: A tick character
indicates the inclusion of an acknowledgement in the subsequent action (VSB Update, Hold, or Clear).
Tip: All acknowledgements are included in the action by default, but can be toggled in/out by either a left-double-click or using the Select acknowledgement option from the right-click context menu.
GRID RIGHT-CLICK MENU:
Select acknowledgement: Ticks the line's check column (or removes the tick if the column is already ticked) to include/exclude the acknowledgement record in any subsequent action (VSB Update, Hold, or Clear)
View acknowledgement: Displays a Vehicle Order Acknowledgement Details form, listing the file's contents, record by record, with the option to print the file
Attach to stock record: Displays an Attach order to stock record form, enabling you to link an acknowledgement record to an existing stock record if the link has not been formed automatically
Note: Strict validation rules govern the vehicles to which an acknowledgement can be linked, so use Attach to stock record with caution.
View exception detail: Displays a list of the acknowledgement record's exception details, including its identification code and one-line summary, for example Vehicle primary build failed (this option is available only when Exceptions records are displayed)
Vehicle details
Note: This group box contains additional information relating to the selected grid line.
Vehicle: Vehicle number
Chassis: Vehicle chassis identification number
Model: Vehicle type
Progress
Indicates the progress of an operation
PUSH BUTTONS:
View: Displays the raw data in the acknowledgements file, with the option to print it
Note: The View button is intended for use primarily by those familiar with the structure of the data being exchanged.
Load: Reads the acknowledgements File, populating the Acknowledgements grid with unprocessed acknowledgement records (indicated by the Unprocessed option button being selected)
Tip: To pick from a list of raw data files, click the File box's Ellipsis button
Hold: Moves Unprocessed acknowledgements whose lines are ticked to the On-hold list, preventing them from updating VSB
Update: Updates Vehicle Stock Books (VSB) with acknowledgement records represented by selected (ticked) lines in the grid
Clear: Removes acknowledgements whose lines are selected from whichever list you are viewing
Note: Cleared acknowledgements cannot subsequently be actioned.
