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Every night GM generates a snapshot of all vehicles on order for a given dealer that have moved along the build schedule far enough to generate a new event code. The data is transmitted via DCS2 and can be extracted either directly using an ODBC client connection, or via FTP if the dealer has the Perl scripts or DMSPACK installed on the server. The file contains vehicle configuration data and consignment information for each order. We call the data contained within this file vehicle acknowledgements.
You should check for such data each working day.
To check for new order acknowledgements:
From the Vehicle Order Acknowledgements menu select the Process acknowledgements option.
A Select VS Company menu may be displayed. If not, proceed to step 4.
Select the appropriate VSB company and click OK.
A Toggle dealer codes menu is displayed.
Select the appropriate dealer code or codes and click OK.
The Vehicle Order Acknowledgements form is displayed.
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 text box does not necessarily correspond with all the records in the Acknowledgements grid.
Check that the File text box lists the correct source file and click Load.
Tip: To change the File from the default, enter the new directory path, click the Ellipsis button ![[...]](Ellipsis.gif){kind=small}
, or select File > Retrieve acknowledgements... from the menu bar to pick from a list of available acknowledgement files. A copy of the last file processed has the suffix old.
Autoline accesses the file, the Progress bar indicating how much of it has been read as an approximate proportion of the whole. On completion, an Information dialog displays the following message:
Acknowledgement file loaded
Click the Information dialog's OK button.
You are returned to the Vehicle Order Acknowledgements form, the grid listing unprocessed acknowledgement records (indicated by the Unprocessed option button being selected).
