The Showroom Find Similar Settings form (if installed) is displayed when the Weightings button is selected. A search on 'similar' vehicles can be performed by selecting records that do not exactly match the original selection criteria. A priority can be entered to decide which selection requirements to ignore and in which order.
There are 13 priority options to obtain similar searches. Not all the options need to be entered. They can all be set to the same priority or selected 1-13 depending on the customer requirements
Note: Any details entered are retained for subsequent vehicle searches.
User: This field cannot be amended and displays the user details.
Stock Settings
Minimum number results: Enter the 'minimum' number of results to be found. Each attempt at finding vehicles continues until the minimum is found. For example, if the first pass finds 1 vehicle then it will continue on to the next pass, if the 2nd pass finds 19 vehicles then it has found its minimum of 5 vehicles and returns 20 vehicles.
Note: This parameter is not "Maximum number of vehicles to find".
Mileage priority: Enter a number between 1 -13 of the mileage priority.
Year priority: Enter a number between 1 -13 of the year of the vehicle priority. If a priority has been entered two further fields are enabled allowing a minus and plus figure to be entered.
Variant priority: Enter a number between 1 -13 of the year of the variant priority.
Price priority: Enter a number between 1 -13 of the year of the vehicle price. If a priority has been entered two further fields are enabled allowing a minus and plus figure to be entered.
New/used vehicle priority: Enter a number between 1 -13 of the priority of whether the vehicle is New or Used.
Model priority: Enter a number between 1 -13 of the customer's model priority.
Franchise priority: Enter a number between 1 -13 of the customer's franchise priority.
Quick pick: Click the drop down to select one of the following options:
PUSH BUTTON:
Help: Displays help on the current application in your default company browser
OK: Sets the search according to your chosen criteria and displays the results in a grid format
Cancel: Returns you to the Select A Vehicle From Stock form.