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Loan car diary administration

Creating, editing or deleting a loan car

NOTE: Deleting a loan car that has history is not recommended. Set the vehicle to inactive

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Create a new or edit existing vehicle

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Active Is vehicle available in the calendar
Authorization required  To add or edit a booking a password is required The password is specified in system settings loan_car_override

Moving bookings to another vehicle

If you are making a vehicle inactive, use the "Move bookings" option to reassigned bookings to another vehicle.

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Loan car forms

Locate the document that matches the Loan car document drop down name in system documents.

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Use the export and import buttons to obtain the word document and replace it as needed.

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Loan Form Fields (Merge Fields)

The following fields can be placed onto a loan form and data will automatically be merged.

Field name Description
:customer_name: Customer name
:ro_number: Repair Order Number
:customer_license_number: Drivers license number
:customer_license_expiry_date: License expiry date
:car_details: Vehicle Description
:booking_start_date: Booking start date
:booking_end_date: Booking end date
:booking_start_time: Booking start time
:booking_end_time: Booking end time
:car_registration: Vehicle Registration

System settings

System settings related to the loan car diary

Key Description
loan_car_calendar_days Number of days to show on the loan car calendar (eg 5 or 7 days)
loan_car_delete_password The password used to delete an entry
loan_car_override The password use to modify bookings on a vehicle with 

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