7     The shopping basket

The Shopping basket mask field contains the items selcted by the user during navigation in ePER in any one of the catalogues available on the ePER Home Page (Parts, Accessories, etc.).

 

This mask field can be accessed by clicking on the "Basket" icon present in the menu at the top of each maske field.

 

Fig. 47: Shopping basket

 

The products are organised in groups that have the specifications of the vehicle defined at the time the product is selected in their heading. The quantity, price in the currency of the country and possible Parts table in which the product has been selected are given for each product.

Each product is put in the basket with a quantity of 1. To increase the quantity enter the new figure in the related field and press the “Update page” button (“Apply changes” in the figure).

To remove a product from the basket click the  icon at the side of the actual product.

To remove an entire group of products click the  icon in the top right corner of the actual group.

To make notes which are then printed in the order, use the special "Additional notes" field displayed before the summary fields for the order and click the "Update page" button.

The right side section of the mask field contains a series of fields or buttons which correspond to the same number of functions which can be activated in the basket: 

 

No.1 : Username (“User” in the figure)

The current basket can be associated with a user from those defined in function No. 2 (User list). This information, if present, is memorised if the basket is saved.

 

No.2 : User list ("User list” in the figure)

This button activates a mask field where it is possible to enter or show the users in a dealership/workshop. It is possible to indicate a code and a name/surname for each user.

 

No.3 : Load basket ("Load basket" in the figure)

This button activates a mask field containing the list of baskets previously memorised by the user. The mask field makes it possible to select a basket and load the contents. For each basket memorised previously the system shows some information including the last saved date, the number of products entered and other information.

 

No.4 : New Basket (“New basket” in the figure)

This button creates a new empty basket replacing the current one.

 

No.5 : Save Basket (“Save basket” in the figure)

This button makes it possible to memorise the current basket so that it can be recalled later on using button no. 3. During the saving the system asks you to enter a name or identification for the actual basket. 

 

No.6 : Print Estimate (“Print estimate” in the figure)

By clicking on this button the system displays a document in pdf format, in a new window, containing the information about the basket.   To use this function, remember that it is necessary to have installed Acrobat Reader.

 

No.7 : Print Order ("Print order” in the figure)

By clicking on this button the system will display a document in pdf format, in a new window, containing a single list of all the products in the basket with a description and quantities. Unlike function no. 5, this type of printout does not contain groups of products by vehicle or additional details of each product.

To use this function, remember that it is necessary to have installed Acrobat Reader.

 

No.8 : Export Data (“Export data” in the diagram)

This function makes it possible to export the contents of the basket to a file on the user PC so that the file can then be used, if necessary, to import the contents of the baskets into another application in use at the dealership (e.g. "DMS") To continue:

 

»      Click the “Export data” button. At this point the system will show a request window with various buttons.

»      Click the “Save” button. At this point the system will show a new window for selecting a local file to save the contents of the basket to. 

»      Select the path and the name of the file to be saved, for example "c:\basket.txt", and confirm using the dedicated button

 

The file produced by this function is in a text format and contains one line for each product in the basket.

Each line contains the following fields, separated by the character "|" (pipe):

 

PRODUCT CODE  | PRODUCT DESCRIPTION  | LIST PRICE

 

 

No.9 : CSPS Order (“CSPS Order” in the figure)

If present, this button makes it possible to start a session for entering the order in the CSPS system. The contents of the basket are automatically transferred to the CSPS system and are then shown for the CSPS mask fields which allow the finalisation and confirmation of the order.