Any Alldata Management Users ?

[Extracareman]

Hello Everybody,

 

We use Alldata Managment system and I'm trying to build packages using "Custom Jobs" then "Job Description". The problem is that it limits you to 255 characters which isn't nearly enough for most any job..

For example, I'm trying to make a custom job for a pre-purchase inspection but, again there isn't enough room to list everything we'd inspect during a prepurchase inspection..

Can anybody familiar with Alldata give me any hints on what I can do? How do you do it?

 

Thanks in Advance

 

[Twilight]

there's a note tab where you add parts and labor

[Extracareman]

Hi Twilight, Thanks for replyig to my post. Would you mind expanding on your comment?

[Twilight]

I'm not using all data online

click shop jobs

click new

then it pops up the select new job items page

there are 5 tabs the far left one is notes

type what you want click add item

if you use up the space in that note add more notes

maybe brake the notes up as engine, suspension, interior and so on

[chasauto]

You can try to add a second labor line to the job. That will give you more space to add description, if you filled the space in the initial labor line.

[Extracareman]

Thanks for the replies , but, what I'm trying to do is add a "Canned Job" a "Package" to our system that all we'll need to do is click on the job to print it on the invoice automatically. Meaning I know I can do it manually, but, there just has to be a way to have it automatically come up as a canned job.

Below for example, is a draft of our pre-purchase inspection. It is 725 characters too much to fit in a pre-packaged job. I've spent hours looking into this with Alldata and they seem bewildered. I'm assuming and hoping there are other Alldata users out here that can tell me how they do it.

 

Thanks Again

 

Perform Visual Maintenance Inspection of the following components:

Drive/ Serpentine Belts - Battery Cables - Air Filter (If easily Accessible) - Air Intake Tubes/Hoses- Cooling System Hoses, Rotate tires ( as needed), C.V. Axles- Boots, Brake Pad/Shoe Thickness ( front and rear) , Underhood Fluids (As Needed/ Possible), Note any Fluid Leaks, Shocks and Struts, Suspension Linkage, Steering Gear, Tire Condition and Tire Wear, Exhaust system, Wiper Blades, Note Fluid Leaks, Exterior lights, Test Battery, Note Timing Belt interval, Radiator, Transmission fluid (if applicable dip stick type only) , Note Transmission Operation,

Tire Condition, Dash Warning Lights, Inspect for Signs of Rust and or Major Collision Damage.

[Twilight]

my bad i get my right and left mixed up. notes in on right side, passenger side i copied and pasted your words and it fit in to notes. then i added some labor time. i named it prepurchase inspection. In the description i put some like inspect costumer's potential new car. save it. grabed a random car from my list and add this generic job and saved as a pd but not sure how to up load the image. but it works.

[cdhowell]

You do not need all that on the invoice. Use a separate inspection sheet with tech notes and recommendations you can hand over with the invoice.

[Extracareman]

Cdhowell,

Thanks, for the reply and that is certainly is an option. but, not what I'm trying to accomplish.