Many estimating systems export an estimate as a CIECA BMS file (XML). Pop Dispatch reads the vehicle damage estimate message and adds its lines to a repair order. You see every line before anything is added.
Before you start #
- Export the estimate from your estimating system as BMS (XML). Choose one estimate per file.
- The repair order must be open.
Steps #
- Open the repair order, choose Order work and go to Estimate file (BMS).
- Choose the file. The page lists the estimate number, claim number, insurer, vehicle and every line with its kind, quantity and price.
- Lines that were left out show under Lines left out with the reason, such as a line with no price.
- Choose Add these lines to the order. Part lines come in as parts, labour lines as labour (refinish hours as paint labour) and sublet lines as sublet.
- Insurer name and claim number fill the order's blank insurance fields.
Supplements in the file #
A supplement file adds its lines as a numbered supplement that waits for the insurer's answer. A supplement that already exists on the order is refused.
Reading the same file twice #
The same file cannot be read into the same order twice.
Technical details
- The reader follows the element paths of the CIECA BMS vehicle damage estimate message:
DocumentInfo,ClaimInfo,AdminInfo,VehicleInfo, and oneDamageLineInfoper line withPartInfo,LaborInfoorSubletInfo. Namespace prefixes are ignored. - Labour type codes: LAR is paint, LAM mechanical, LAE electrical, LAD diagnostic, and the rest body.
POST /shop/orders/:id/bmswithcontent(the XML text),file_nameanddry_run.
If something goes wrong #
- The file holds a different kind of message. Export the estimate again as BMS (XML).
- This estimate file was already read into this repair order. Open the order's lines to see them.