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• Login to the Knowledge Base and press the [edit] button, add your page name to the list below (order does not matter) in between [[<your page name>]] below.
• Save the page.
• Click on the Red link you have created to start creating your page.
• Follow the rules outlined in the [guide] for how to write your article.

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Knowledge Base

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Title Suggestion

When an article name is entered here, you must tag the line with todays date - this date must NOT be changed (this allows us to see how long an article has been waiting to be completed).

• The article should sit in this section until it has been approved, it is then moved the 'Title Confirmed' section below, before allocation.

• '27/03/2015' - How do I Deal with a Part Exchange that Arrives Early? - CWA OK

Suggestions from Programming!

• '21/04/2015' - How do I Add Pictures to a Workshop Job using Platinum Mobile?
• '21/04/2015' - How do I Add Parts to a Workshop Job using Platinum Mobile?
  • Could include section about when a problem status is set on the job if the they add an unknown stock code
  • Could include section "Why does Platinum Mobile not list some of my parts?" due to the 1000 part limit
• '21/04/2015' - How do I Add Notes to a Workshop Job using Platinum Mobile?
  • Could include section about when a problem status is set on the job if configured to do so
• '21/04/2015' - How do I Record Labour in the Workshop using Platinum Mobile? could include:
  • "How to record labour to a job"
  • "How to record labour to job activities" (aka labour items. I couldn't find any existing documentation on this, so maybe it needs to go in a more general section?)
  • "How to record downtime"
  • "Why does 'Your current activity' change to red sometimes on the job details page?" - because you're viewing a job to which you are not currently recording time.
• '21/04/2015' - How do I Change my Downtime Activity Colours in Platinum Mobile?

Title Confirmed

• '04/02/2015' - How do I Deal with an Early Return from Maternity\Paternity Leave? - RG - CWA OK
• '04/02/2015' - How do I Create, Sell & Manage a Service Plan? - RH - CWA OK
• '04/02/2015' - What does the Account Summary Screen Show? - RH - CWA OK (there are a few of these..ST/SO/PO/TI)
• '04/02/2015' - How do I Edit my Vehicle Health Check sheet? - RH - CWA OK

• '04/02/2015' - How can I Print to PDF Remotely? - KR - RH - CWA OK

• '04/02/2015' - How do I Deal with Fixed Asset Disposals? TL - CWA OK
• '04/02/2015' - Using the Inter Company Transfer Option TL - CWA OK
• '04/02/2015' - How do I Start Platinum with a Specific Module or Menu? - SJ - CWA OK
• '04/02/2015' - How do I Deal with a Subscription Invoice? - TL - CWA OK - go for a more general approach for regular invoices

• '04/02/2015' - How do I Set Specific Printers for my Machine? - RG (Changing term spec alts) - CWA OK

• '04/02/2015' - How can I Check that my Retention Centre Isn't Sending too Many Messages to the Same Customer? - RG - CWA - Needs a shorter, snappier title
• '25/02/2015' - How do I Deal with Credit Charges? - CWA OK
• '08/04/2015' - How do I Upload Items to eBay via Turbo Lister?
• '08/04/2015' - How do I Deal with Acquisitions from Within the EU? - TL

On Hold

Waiting for Mantis

• '#0006024' - How can I Upload Information only to my Website? - CWA OK