How to Generate the Proper Report Format Using A.A.I.N. POS Software 2007 released Dec 2006 - AAIN Website

Limitations: Dealer ID on Mall-Central is limited to 8 characters while the Dealer ID within the POS is not limited. x
It is important to not go over 8 characters to maintain compatibility with Mall-Central.com.

Section 1 is for new users with 2007 software.  
Section 2 is for users upgrading to 2007 software.

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Instructions for new AAIN 2007 users.

from Main Menu select:

1. Financial Reports

2. login as needed

3. from Financial Reports Menu select:

MALL CENTRAL ON-LINE SALES REPORT

4. type valid dates for the beginning and ending dates for the current 
month (ie MM/01/YY to MM/31/YY).  If the month does not have 31 days 
then you will get an error and a chance to type in the correct ending date.

   Even if your store opened for part of the month you can specify the whole 
   month.  Feel free to upload up to two months worth of data.  Dealers
   like to see their past sales.

   Hint: to keep things simple, try specifying the 1st day of last month 
   and the end of this year.

5. Click on Preview

THIS NEXT STEP IS VERY HARD

6. After a moment a report will appear in it's own window.  Click on the 
blue "W" icon (in the toolbar next to the green X) to save (export) 
the file in WORD (.rtf) format.  This will save the file in your 
DOCUMENTS (or MY DOCUMENTS) folder.

This is hard because it is very hard to see the Blue W next to the Green X 
because both are so small that you can't tell what they are. The Blue W is
to the right of the word "FIT" and the Green X is to the left of the 
binoculars. Or, you may NOT be able to see the tool bar until you click 
on Add-Ins.

7. Close report and return to the Main Menu.

8. Launch SALES_UPLOAD.BAT configured for the VendorSalesQr_MallCentral.rtf file 
and your Upload Directory.  A copy of SALES_UPLOAD.BAT file specifically 
configured for your account is available for download from your Store Page.

For your convenience, you may make a shortcut of the SALES_UPLOAD.BAT file
and save it on your desktop.

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For those who have upgraded from 2006 or earlier software:

*** New Feature:  Mall-Central now supports 8 character Vendor ID Numbers (was 6)


Here are the set up instructions which you only need to do once:

1) Go to your Store Page
2) Select Upload File type: as AAIN-2007.RTF (was AAIN.RTF or AAIN-MC.RTF)
3) Click on Update Store Info button
4) If you uploaded before making this change you may have to upload again

That's it!

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published 12/24/2006


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Troubleshooting (MAR 2, 2013):

The report file: VendorSalesQr_MallCentral.rtf

needs to be saved in the Documents or My Documents directory.

As you know, there are changes between XP and 7 and how the Document folder works and a Library and 
Users. I dont get it but maybe you do.

For the upload to continue to work three files need to co-exist in the same directory:

VendorSalesQr_MallCentral.rtf
MALLUPLD.EXE
SALES_UPLOAD.BAT

That's it and it's that simple.

Another catch is stores create a shortcut and place it on their desktop. What some stores 
do is they create the shortcut and place the original on the desktop. That wont work.

AAIN upgrades, Office upgrades, XP to 7 upgrades causes the simple requirement not 
to be met and stores aren't uploading right.