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GSF Integrations in Garage Hive

GSF integrations allow you to link Garage Hive to the GSF Allicat Online, where you may directly place an order for the parts that need to be ordered from the Garage Hive system.

In this article

  1. Getting the System Integration Customer ID
  2. Linking GSF to Garage Hive system
  3. Ordering Parts from the GSF Allicat Online using the Garage Hive system
  4. Ordering Parts from the Purchase Order
  5. Receiving Parts from the GSF Invoice into the System
  6. Ordering Service Package Items from GSF

Getting the System Integration Customer ID

You will require a System Integration Customer ID before you can begin the process of linking the Garage Hive system to GSF. If you have multiple locations, you should get a System Integration Customer ID for each location. You will need to do the following to obtain this information:

  1. Existing GSF Customer

    If you are an existing GSF Customer please complete the form within the link below. You will then receive your System Integration Customer ID back via email.

    GSF existing customer registration form: Hive Direct Integration Form

    Alternatively, you can contact your local GSF Branch with your GSF Account No. and request your System Integration Customer ID directly from them. Use this GSF Branch Finder to find your local branch.

  2. New GSF Customer

    As a new GSF customer, you will need to contact your local GSF Branch to create an account and advise them that you would like a System Integration Customer ID. Use this GSF Branch Finder to find your local branch.

After getting the System Integration Customer ID, continue to Linking GSF to Garage Hive System.

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Linking GSF to Garage Hive system

Follow the steps below to link GSF to the Garage Hive System using the System Integration Customer ID you received:

  1. In the top-right corner, choose the icon, enter GSF Integrations, and choose the related link.

  2. Select New to add the location to which you want to link GSF, then choose the Location Code and enter the System Integration Customer ID that you received in the Customer ID field.

  3. Under the Additional FastTab, enter the Placeholder Item No. for the items you order from GSF.
  4. Choose the Vendor No. to which you want to link the items, when making a Special Order, then select the Vendor Reference Format as the Purchase Order Number or VRM/KEYNO/SA to assist GSF in referencing your order when the items are delivered.

  5. Slide the Enable slider to the right to enable the integration, and then exit the page.

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Ordering Parts from the GSF Allicat Online using the Garage Hive system

To order parts from the GSF website:

  1. You may add the items from the external data lookup to the Jobsheet that you want to work on. Choose Lookup, followed by Repair Times and/or Service Interval Matrix. Choose the type of labour and items required for the vehicle.

  2. MISC will be used as a placeholder for the added items.

  3. Choose Parts from the menu bar, then Open AlliCat Online. This redirects you to your account at the AlliCat Online Catalogue Portal and opens the page where the items in the Jobsheet have been looked up using the Vehicle Registration Number.

  4. Add the items from your Shopping List to your Basket, then open the Basket and choose Send Quote to Garage Hive.

  5. Open the Jobsheet you’re working on and, from the menu bar, choose Parts, then Get AlliCat Basket.

  6. Return to the Garage Hive system, select an item to add to the Jobsheet from the page that opens, then scroll to the right and click the Action column. You can add it as a New line, New line to a group, or Update an existing line. When you’re finished, click OK.

  7. The Description, Quantity, and Unit Cost of the Item lines will be updated, but the Item No. will remain as MISC.

  8. The Item lines will also be marked as Purchase (Special) with the Vendor No. and the Vendor Item No. added.

  9. When the customer approves the work, create a purchase order from the menu bar by selecting Parts and then Create Purchase Order(s).
  10. In the pop-up notification, you have the option to select Yes and place an order from Allicat which also creates a Purchase Order for the items, or No and simply create the Purchase Order.

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Ordering Parts from the Purchase Order

  1. Open the Purchase Order.

  2. To make an order through GSF’s AlliCat Online Catalogue Portal, select Process from the menu bar, followed by GSF Order Parts. The order will be placed, and more details will be received from GSF.

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Receiving Parts from the GSF Invoice into the System

When the items arrive, you may now convert the placeholder items to the actual item number. To do this, use the Convert Placeholder Items action, which is available in both the Purchase Order and the Jobsheet. Learn more here.


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Ordering Service Package Items from GSF

  1. When items from the Service Packages are added to a document and you try to place an order from GSF, the items are not automatically added to the Shopping List as they are when items from the Autodata Repair Times are added. This is because the items have not yet been linked with the General Part No. that the system uses for item identification in the GSF Allicat Online system. Here is an example.

  2. The General Part No. is automatically added to items via the Autodata Repair Times or the GSF Allicat Online, therefore any other item that is not from these sources does not have the General Part No..

  3. To ensure the Shopping List in GSF Allicat Online is automatically generated for items within a Service Packages, you need to manually link them to the relevant General Part No.. And this number can be added to/found in the column General Part Nos. When you add it, the items will be added to the shopping list in GSF Allicat Online.

So, here is the complete process flow.

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