Setting Up A Lot To Be Visible and Available To The End User
This instruction outlines the six factors that come into play when creating a lot for permit sales that will determine if the lot is visible and available to the user when selecting lots to purchase permits for.
Quick Steps:
- Hover over System Configuration and click on System Settings
,.ensureClickthatonThisPermitslotandisfind Show Only Visible lots. Enable Show Only Visible Lots to only view visible lots and leave it disabled tositeviewusers.visible and non-visible lots. EnsureReturn to thelotDashboardisandnothoverTemporaryoverOnly.Parking GoManagementtothen Lot Administration>clickAllocate, assign permit numbers (e.g., 520–619), and save.Go toAllocations>Sales Windows, create a new allocation, and save.Go toAllocations>Active Sales Window, select the allocation, and activate it.Log in as a user with the same type as the lot (e.g., Full Time Staff), and verify the lot shows in the user interface.
Quick Step List
Create the Lot as Visible:Go toLot Administration>on Pricing & LotAdminAdmin. This>will direct you to the Lot Administration page.- Click on Add New
LotLot..Check CheckVisibleThisto
lotallowis visibleusers tositetheusers.lot. - Fill out any remaining details and click
Insert thisUpdate Lot. Ensure the Lot is Not Temporary-Only:- Ensure the lot is not marked as Temporary Only.
- Hover
over
AllocateParkingPermitsManagement:Go tothen Lot Administration>and click Allocate. Find your lot and add permits.SetHoveraoverpermitPermitsrange (e.g., 520-619) andthen click onUpdateSalesLotWindows..This
take - you
to the
page.Set UpManage Permit Sales Window:- Click
Go toonAllocationsAdd>Sales Windows>Insert New Allocation.Set theAllocation Title,Type, andStart/End Dates, then clickInsert New.
Activate the Permit Allocation:Go toAllocations>Active SalesSale Window.SelectFill in thenewrequiredallocationfields then click Save Changes. Set the lot as active.Lots who's end date has passed will be located under Past Permit Sales Window and cannot be set as active. Ensure that the End date has not already passed.
- Hover over User Management and click on
Update Current Allocation.
orMatchUserTypeRegistration.toFindLot:Log in ascreate a testuseruser.(e.g.,EnsureJohn Doe).Setthat theUseruserTypetype matches a type that is allowed to see the lot. Click onFullLoginTimeasStaffUser.Testand check if the lotvisibilityyou created is available to be reserved.
If the user type you are testing does not match the lot user type, the lot will not be visible on the user side.