Definitions: Vehicle maintenance and repairs can be tracked in CARS+ by using Service Codes to enter these events as Vehicle History Records. In addition, some vehicle history records are automatically written by CARS+ such as rental agreements and missing mileage

Use this program to:

Before using this program:

To access the Vehicle Maintenance Cost Report program, type MNTRPT (RET) at any menu "OPTION:" field or the appropriate line number from the History/Maintenance menu. The screen will display as follows:


OPTION:__________ VEHICLE MAINTENANCE COST REPORT

1 Starting Vehicle FIRST 19 Fleet Type ALL
2 Ending Vehicle LAST 20 Charge Location ALL
3 Start Purch Date EARLIEST
4 End Purch Date LATEST
5 Owning Location FAR01
6 Foreign I (I=Include, E=Exclude, O=Only)
7 Model Year
8 Vehicle Make ALL
9 Vehicle Model ALL
10 Vehicle Class ALL
11 VIN selection
12 Starting Svc Code 01
13 Ending Svc Code 89
14 Starting Svc Date EARLIEST
15 Ending Svc Date LATEST
16 Detail Level 1 (1=Each, 2=SC/Veh, 3=Veh/Model, 4=SC/Model, 5=Model/
Make,6=SC/Make,7=ChgLoc/SC)
17 Print Description Y/N N
18 Print/Display P Printer: /dev/tty



1BEGIN 2 3ERASE 4 5BACKUP 6 7HELP 8

Enter data as follows:

1. STARTING VEHICLE

Enter up to 6 alphanumeric characters to indicate which vehicle should be the first included in the report. Press RET to default to the FIRST Vehicle Number.

EXAMPLE: Type 14090 (RET)

2. ENDING VEHICLE

Enter up to 6 alphanumeric characters to indicate which vehicle should be the last included the report. Press RET to default to the LAST Vehicle Number.

EXAMPLE: Type 14250 (RET)

3. START PURCH DATE

Enter the Starting Purchase Date to be used for selecting vehicles for this report. Press RET to default to the EARLIEST Purchase Date.

EXAMPLE: Type 010104 (RET)

4. ENDING PURCH DATE

Enter the Ending Purchase Date to be used for selecting vehicles for this report. Press RET to default to the LATEST Purchase Date.

EXAMPLE: Type 033104 (RET)

5. OWNING LOCATION

Enter up to 6 alphanumeric characters to limit the report to vehicles owned by a particular location. Press RET to accept your default location.

EXAMPLE: Type TUS (RET)

6. FOREIGN

Indicate one of the following:

I = Include foreign vehicles in the report
E = Exclude foreign vehicles from the report
O = Report only on foreign vehicles

EXAMPLE: Type E (RET)

7. MODEL YEAR

Enter 2 numeric characters to limit the report to a particular Model Year or leave this field blank to include all Model years.

EXAMPLE: Type 03 (RET)

8. VEHICLE MAKE

Enter up to 8 alphanumeric characters to limit the report to a particular Make of vehicle, or press RET to default to ALL Makes.

EXAMPLE: Type FORD (RET)

9. VEHICLE MODEL

Enter up to 8 alphanumeric characters to limit the report to a particular Model of vehicle, or press RET to default to ALL Models.

EXAMPLE: Press (RET)

10. VEHICLE CLASS

Enter up to 4 alphanumeric characters to limit the report to a particular Class of vehicle, or press RET to default to ALL Classes.

EXAMPLE: Press (RET)

11. VIN SELECTION

This field is used to select vehicles by VIN numbers. See the Introduction to the Fleet Menu section for instructions on the use of this field. Leave this field blank to include ALL VIN numbers.

12. STARTING SERV CODE

This field and the next one refer to Vehicle History Service Codes. It is the cost associated with these history records that will be examined in this report. Enter up to 2 numeric characters to indicate the Starting Service Code. Press RET to default to 01.

EXAMPLE: Type 01` (RET)

13. ENDING SERV CODE

Enter up to 2 numeric characters to indicate the Ending Service Code. Press RET to default to 89.

EXAMPLE: Type 89 (RET)

14. STARTING SERV DTE

Enter the Starting Service Date to be considered. Press RET to default to the EARLIEST date.

EXAMPLE: Type 010104 (RET)

15. ENDING SERV. DTE

Enter the Ending Service Date to be considered. Press RET to default to the LATEST date.

EXAMPLE: Press RET.

16. DETAIL LEVEL

Choose one of the following selections which govern the amount of information that will be shown on the report. In general, these choices start with the most detailed (#1) and become more summarized (#6).

1 = Each. This is the most detailed version of the report. Each individual service record is printed. Each service code is subtotaled and averaged. Each vehicle is subtotaled and averaged. Each Model is subtotaled and averaged. Each Make is subtotaled and averaged.

2 = SC/Veh. All service records for a single service Code per vehicle are subtotaled and averaged. Each vehicle is subtotaled and averaged. Each Model is subtotaled and averaged. Each Make is subtotaled and averaged.

3 = Veh/Model. All service records for a single vehicle are subtotaled and averaged. Each Model is subtotaled and averaged. Each Make is subtotaled and averaged.

4 = SC/Model. All service records for a single service code for all vehicles of this make and model are subtotaled and averaged. Each Model is subtotaled and averaged. Each Make is subtotaled and averaged.

5 = Model. All service codes for all vehicles of the make and model are subtotaled and averaged. Each Make is subtotaled and averaged.

6 = SC/Make. All service codes for all vehicles are subtotaled and averaged by Make.

7 = ChgLoc/SC. Data is sorted by Charge Location first and then by Service Code

EXAMPLE: Type 3 (RET)

User tips:

Choosing "1, 2, or 3" causes the vehicle license plate number to be the first column of the report.

Choosing "1" causes the final 4 columns of the report to be: Purchase Date, Odometer reading at the time of service, vendor name, and invoice number (these last 2 fields coming from data entered on the Vendor Invoice Entry screen.)

Choosing "7" causes the first column of the report to contain service code description rather than vehicle data.

17.PRINT DESCRIPTION Y/N

For those times when choice # 1 is selected in Field 16, this field determines whether or not the Service Code description should print.

Y = Yes, the Service Code description will print after each history record reported.

N = No, the Service Code description is not necessary.

EXAMPLE: Type N (RET)

18 PRINT/ DISPLAY

Indicate whether you want to print a hard copy of the report or display it to your screen.

P = Print a hard copy to your terminal's assigned printer.

D = Display the report on the terminal screen.

EXAMPLE: Type P (RET)

19. FLEET TYPE

To limit the report to a Fleet Type, enter one alpha character. Press RET to default to ALL fleet types.

EXAMPLE: Type C (RET)

20. CHARGE LOCATION

To limit the report to a particular location identified on the history records as the charge location (the location responsible for incurring the charge), enter

1. Up to 6 alphanumeric characters to select a single location.

2. A Group Name representing several locations (see the Chapter Edit Group Names for a discussion on location groups). Remember, the first character of a Group Name is the plus sign "+".

Press RETURN to accept the default of ALL charge locations.

EXAMPLE: Type TUS (RET)

The screen will then display:

OPTION:__________ VEHICLE MAINTENANCE COST REPORT 07-25-91

1 Starting Vehicle 14090 19 Fleet Type C
2 Ending Vehicle 14250 20 Charge Location TUS
3 Start Purch Date 01-01-04
4 End Purch Date 03-31-04
5 Owning Location TUS
6 Foreign E (I=Include, E=Exclude, O=Only)
7 Model Year
8 Vehicle Make FORD
9 Vehicle Model ALL
10 Vehicle Class ALL
11 VIN selection
12 Starting Svc Code 01
13 Ending Svc Code 89
14 Starting Svc Date 01-01-04
15 Ending Svc Date LATEST
16 Detail Level 1 (1=Each, 2=SC/Veh, 3=Veh/Model, 4=SC/Model, 5=Model/
Make,6=SC/Make,7=ChgLoc/SC)
17 Print Description Y/N N
18 Print/Display P Printer: /dev/tty


1BEGIN 2 3ERASE 4 5BACKUP 6 7HELP 8

PRESS "F1" AT "OPTION:" TO BEGIN PRINTING.

Note: The left hand group of columns of the report show the actual costs. The right hand group of columns are computed averages based on your selections.