Agent Category Availability Check

Agent Category Availability Check

Purpose


You can check any of the changes that you make to your Agent setup by using the Category Availability Check screen. This screen will show you the information that will come back through the Agent API.

This option allows the user to see what categories are available between certain date ranges and locations for specific Agent Branches. This can also be filtered down, driver age, campaign code and brand. 
Once the results have been run, you will also be able to see the selected category number of days available, rates, discounts, free days and free days amount. Further to this, any mandatory, optional and insurance fees will be shown.

Accessing Agent Category Availability Check

Agent Bookings Setup > Agent Categories > Agent Category Availability Check



Parameters/Filters 

Pickup and Dropoff Location
Select the pickup and dropoff locations on each of the drop down lists.
Category Type
Select the category type you want to display the results for. After this, select the vehicle category. "All Category" can also be selected.
Agent Branch
Select the relevant agent branch.
Pickup and Dropoff Date
Select both the pickup and dropoff dropdown lists to filter the dates of what results you want to see.
Driver Age
Select the minimum driver age.
Campaign Code
If you wish, select a pre existing campaign code.
Brand
Select the relevant brand.

Once you have selected the parameters/filters, click "View".

Example 



The results above show you what will appear for selection for that agency if a customer were to enter the parameters as specified.

In this case, if they select the given dates for Sydney Airport for the Car - Compact Category, there will be availability.  They will also see the Mandatory, Optional and Insurance fees (if any) associated with this vehicle as above. 

Printing/Exporting

Click here for details on how to print or export a report from RCM.


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