Maintain External Resource URL

An external resource URL can be defined to provide more information about a bulk or non-bulk rental product.
This feature utilizes a QR (Quick Response) image to supply resource reference that is used by the 'Texada Web' In-Yard Returns.

This SRM utility can be used to view and update URLs for rental products by Class or by Group, also providing the ability to assign a URL to a bulk list of products.
Access to update the Resource URL field and to this utility is controlled by the operator Security Role Permissions to Assign/Remove External Resource URL in the "Miscellaneous" controls window.

The 'Resource URL' field can be assigned in the Rental Information window of the Rental Inventory for bulk and non-bulk rental equipment that is flagged to as 'Inventory', and in Update Product Rental Information, and the URL is displayed in the Detailed Inventory Inquiry and Inventory Inquiry.

Note: Rental Product Classes flagged as 'Re-Rent' classes cannot be updated by this utility.

The prompts are:

CLASS

Leave this field blank to include products from all Rental Product Classes, or to use a class filter enter the specific Class or select it from the Product Class Search window.

GROUP

Leave this field blank to include rental products from all Groups, or to use a class filter enter the specific Group or select it from the Group Search window.

Note: If neither the Class or Group filter are used, the operator must confirm that the output is to be generated for all products as this could be a length table.

Resulting Product List:
The resulting list of products includes bulk and non-bulk rental products flagged in Rental Inventory as in 'Inventory'.

PRODUCT#

The rental products are listed in product number order.

DESCRIPTION

The rental product primary descriptions are displayed.

EXTERNAL RESOURCE URL

Any existing URL is displayed and this can be modified as required.
The URL path needs to be valid and work in a browser, where Linux web servers are case sensitive and Windows web servers are not.

VIEW

Once a 'Resource URL' is assigned, click the Link icon in this column to view / test the URL link.

ACTIONS:
Additional actions provided by buttons on the Maintain External Resource URL screen include:

• Assign a URL to all Products in the Displayed List
  Click the SET button at the bottom left of this screen to setup a bulk URL using a Prefix and Suffix around the product numbers as follows:

  URL PREFIX

  Enter the Prefix for this group of products.
  The Prefix must end in a / or =

  URL SUFFIX

  Enter the Suffix for this group of products.
  The Suffix must start with a / or &

  REMOVE LEADING SPACES FROM NUMBERS

  Initially the product number is inserted in the URL between the Prefix and Suffix using %20 to allow for leading spaces.

  Check this box to remove the leading spaces (%20s) in the encoded product number for the URL.
  Uncheck this box to include a %20 for each leading space, in the URL.

  SAMPLE PRODUCT NO

  The product number currently in focus in the product list is displayed as the example product, but when the format is accepted all products in the list will be assigned a URL.

  SAMPLE EXTERNAL RESOURCE URL

  An example of the URL is displayed for the "Sample Product No" with the Prefix, the product number with/without the leading zeros, and the Suffix.
  Any special characters in the product number are replaced with '%' encoded characters to ensure it is a valid URL.

• Expand or Contract the Product Detail Records:
  Click the EXP/CON button to view/hide the product's Class and Group information.

• Export/Import URLs:
  This action is only available for Linux systems and is only enabled before defining the Class/Group filters on this maintenance screen.

  • Export Current External Resource Values:
    Click the EXPORT button to generate a text file listing the selected rental products with their External Resource URLs as outlined in the Export QR Codes to Tab-delimited Text File utility.
    After updating the text file save it as a tab-delimited text file in preparation for importing the data back into SRM.

  • Move the File of Resource URLs from the Client to the Linux Server:
    Click the UPLOAD button to select a tab-delimited text file on the local workstation, moving it to the fileserver so it can be imported as outlined in Select a File to Upload.

  • Import New External Resource Values:
    After uploading the file to the server, click the IMPORT button to update the product records in SRM with the new External Resource URLs (whether they were previously blank or not).