Upload Damage Images
Overview
Rental Car Manager allows you to upload an image of any damaged vehicles, these images will be saved against the damage record.
Please note: With RCMs data detention policy, these images will only be saved for 6 months after they were uploaded.
Adding an Image
Before uploading an image of a vehicle damage, the vehicle must have an existing damage record for the image to be saved against. See the article; Add, Update and View Damage Record for more details.
To add an image to a damage record you must view the damage record in the Damage Management page (Vehicle Maintenance >> Damage Management). After you have search for and found the damage record/s you want to save an image against, you simply click the Display button in the Damage Images column, see below.
This will open the Uploaded Documents page, see below. To upload an image, click the "New Image/Document" option shown below.
You can then choose to enter a description of the image before clicking on the Upload button.
Once you have clicked on the Upload button, you are presented with a screen where you can choose to either upload an existing image file or take a photo with your device to upload.
To take a photo, simply click on the Camera option at the top of the screen.
To upload an existing image file, you can either drag and drop the file onto the screen shown below, or click on the Browse button to find the file to upload.
Once the file has been uploaded, you will be able to see it in the list under the Vehicle Damage Record section on the screen shown below.
Viewing an Image
To view an image for a damage record, you must find the damage record in the Damage Management page (Vehicle Maintenance >> Damage Management).
Once the damage record/s you want to view an image against are displayed, you simply click the Display button in the Damage Images column, see below.
You can then see all of the damage images that have been uploaded for this damage record, see below.
Note: This will include images saved using the method shown above. If the damage was created through RCM lite, it will also include any images that were taken when the record was created.
Deleting an Image
On this same Uploaded Documents screen, an image can be deleted by clicking the Delete button.
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