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Getting Started
Getting Started
14
Setting Up Your Blackpurl Account
Getting Ready for Accounting Integration - Xero
Getting Ready for Accounting Integration - QuickBooks Online
Blackpurl Homepage
What is the Blackpurl Header?
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Sell: Parts, Service and Units
Unit Deals
21
How to Add Deal Financing and Pay with Financing on a Unit
Using a Fee for Unit Sale Rebates
How to Print Offer to Purchase (Unit Contract) or Bill of Sale from a Customer Order Unit Deal
Deal Unit Specific Tax Rates / Deal Unit Tax Control Option
Order Fulfilment Document
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Service Jobs / Internal Service Jobs / Third Party Service Jobs
11
Service Job - Understanding 'Who is paying for the job?" (ie Third Party - Insurance & Warranty Claims) / Changing Applicable Tax
Appointment Scheduler / Job Scheduler / Assigning Technician & Job Clocking from Customer Order / Log Technician Leave Time
Additional Information - Third Party Service Jobs (ie Warranty Jobs or Insurance Claims - Deductible are taxable etc)
How to Process an Internal Service (Service or Repair Jobs for units the dealership owns)
How to Process a Service Job
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Part Sales
4
Summary section on Part & Accessories - Change Transaction Types (including Layby/Layaway) / Change Tax / Commit Parts / Totals
Customer Order - Parts Picklist Section / Parts Pick Ticket
How to do a Quick Cash Sale
How to Create a Quick Part Sale for a known Customer for Stock on Hand Parts
General Information about Customer Orders
22
How to Finalize a Customer Order for a Special Order Part
How to Create a Customer Order for a Special Order Part
Change an active Customer Order back to Quote
How to Finalize a Customer Order and Create an Invoice
Allowing for Discounts on Customer Orders
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Order: Unit and Parts - Ordering / Receiving / Invoicing
Unit Ordering and Receiving
9
How to process a Unit Receiving (Single Unit Receiving or Bulk Unit Receiving)
How to Stock a Unit
How to Remove / Delete / Edit an existing Unit Order
How to View Unit Orders
Floorplan Units in Blackpurl
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Part Orders / Parts Receiving / Part Invoices
22
Parts from Multiple Vendors
Vendor Order - Ordering Packaged Parts as Individual Items
How to Create A Vendor Order for a Customer Special Order (Parts and Sublets)
Print / Email / Export / Import - Vendor Orders
Finance Products on a Unit Deal (Finance Insurance or Extended Warranties etc)
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Parts Return
1
How to Create a Vendor Return for Parts and How to Report on Vendor Returns
Schedule
Scheduler
2
Scheduler
Deleting Assigned Appointments
Reporting
Reporting
41
Reporting - Customer Payments (How to Process the End of Day Balancing of Cash Drawers)
Reporting - Invoice Summary (Invoice Profitability Reporting)
Reporting - Invoice Detail
Reporting - Tax Detail
Reporting - Technician Performance / Technician Hours / Payroll Hours (Technician Productivity Reports)
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Workshop Dashboard
1
Reporting - Workshop Dashboard
General Information about Reporting
2
Reporting Tips - Totals / Changing Columns / Changing Parameters / Exporting Search Results
Reporting - Where are the Reports?
Payroll Clocking / Job Clocking
Payroll clocking
5
What is Payroll Clocking / Job Clocking and Productivity Reporting
Payroll Clocking and Job Clocking Setup
How to Manage Payroll Clocking
Payroll Clocking ON / OFF
Will Payroll Clocking in Blackpurl Integrate to a Payroll Program?
Job Clocking
5
Service Job - Job Clocking and How to Assign a Technician
Service Job - Job Clocking On / Off
How to Manage or Change Job Clocking on a Service Job
Other Tasks - Job Clocking On / Off
Technician Hours - Manual Log Entry on Customer Order - Hours only or Time in/Time out
Cash Reconciliation
Cash Reconciliation
1
What is a Cash Reconciliation / How to process a Cash Reconciliation
Other Tools
Part Counting Tool
5
Part Counting Tool - Overview
Part Counting Tool - Random Count
Part Counting Tool - Cycle Count
Part Counting Tool - Full Inventory Count
Using a Barcode Scanning App to Help with Counting Your Part Inventory
Price file import
1
How to Manually Import a Vendor Price File
Processed Price Files (formerly Automated Price Files)
1
Processed Price Files Tool (previously known as Automated Price File)
Add New
Add New
9
How to Create / Add a New Part
How to Create / Add a New Fee and How to edit an existing Fee
What is a Kit?
How to Create / Add a New Kit
How to Create / Add a New Customer or Edit Customer Record
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System Settings
System Settings
39
Multi Factor Authentication for User Logins
What is Branding / How to Setup Branding in Blackpurl (Branding Management)
How to Access your Business Profile
How to Change your Shipping Address
Setting up Multiple Cash Drawers / Handling of Multiple Cash Drawers
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Accounting Integration - Videos
9
QuickBooks Accounting Integration Video 1 of 9 - Granting Blackpurl Access to your QuickBooks Online
QuickBooks Accounting Integration Video 2 of 9 - How to Connect Blackpurl to QuickBooks Online
QuickBooks Accounting Integration Video 3 of 9 - Chart of Accounts
QuickBooks Accounting Integration Video 4 of 9 - Blackpurl Control Accounts
QuickBooks Accounting Integration Video 5 of 9 - Blackpurl Default Accounts
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Account Integration - Understanding with examples
32
Overview - Understanding Accounting Integration
Step 1 - Understanding Accounting Integration - Getting Connected
Step 2 - Understanding Accounting Integration - Chart of Accounts
Step 3 (Australian / NZ Dealers only) - Understanding Accounting Integration - Tax Code Mapping
Step 4 Overview - Understanding Accounting Integration - Control Accounts
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Accounting Integration - Tips & Other Information
11
Basic Overview of Accounting Integration
Understanding Accounting Integration - Unit Deals
Accounting Integration - Testing Connection
QuickBooks Online - Transferring Customer Invoice over to be a Suppliers Credit Note
You are now disconnected from QuickBooks Online
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Manage Your Dealership
Manage Your Dealership
11
Recommended End of Month Tasks (QuickBooks Online)
Recommended End of Month Tasks (Xero)
How to Receive a Customer Payment through Blackpurl for Future Purchases (Prepayments)
How to Receive a Customer Payment through Bank Account for Future Purchases (Prepayments)
Time Clocking Staff Restrictions (Payroll Clocking and Job Clocking)
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Unit / Customer / Part / Vendor Records
Unit Records
6
How to Add Images on Unit Records / How to Delete Images from Unit Records
New Field Options on Customer Owned Units and Unit Records
How to Deal with Core Charges in Blackpurl
Customer Owned Units - Transfer of Ownership
How to Process a Unit Cost Adjustment
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Part Records
10
How to Complete a Part Stock Adjustment
How to Complete a Parts Cost Adjustment
How to Delete / Make Inactive - Part Records / Vendor Records / Customer Records
Publish in Data Feeds - Part Records and Unit Records
How to Manually Amend a Part Record (For example - change price / change to packaged part / add auto reordering / lock down prices)
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Customer Records
3
How to process a Store Credit on a Customer Record / How to Report on Store Credits
Invoices that have been closed as Payment Method: Charge on Account - Receiving Payment of Account in Blackpurl (Accounting Integration)
Change Price Level on Customer Record
Consignment
2
Consignment Units
Consignment Parts
Other Tips and Tricks
Other
12
How to Manage Oversold Stock (Short Sales / Oversell)
Removing Headers and Footers from Printing on Customer Order Invoices
Searching in Blackpurl
How to Refund Overpayment on Account to Store Credit
Importing a Picklist File into Blackpurl (PartSmart / SnapOn / Generic / Other)
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Peripherals
Peripherals
6
Recommended Peripherals (Printers / Barcode Scanners)
Barcode Printing (Label Printing)
Dymo Connect Software
Troubleshoot - Dymo LabelWriter Barcode Label Printer Issues
Troubleshoot - Barcode Scanner Issues
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Feature Releases
Feature Releases
38
Feature Releases - 2.78.0 and 2.78.X
Feature Releases - 2.77.0 and 2.77.X
Feature Releases - 2.76.0 and 2.76.X
Feature Releases - 2.75.0 and 2.75.x
Feature Releases - 2.74.0 and 2.74.X
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Best Practice Information / Recommendations
Best Practice Information / Recommendation
3
Operating during Power or IT Infrastructure Failure
Live with Blackpurl
Rental Units
Third Party Integrations
Ecommerce Store (Shopify) / Website Products Management
6
Overview - Blackpurl / Website Product Management Tool / Shopify / Training Videos
How to Install the Super Connector for Blackpurl and Shopify
Setup Configuration - Blackpurl / Shopify Store
Website Product Management Tool
Blackpurl - Processing a Sale made in your Shopify Store
See all 6 articles
Preferred Payments
1
Preferred Payments Integration - Setup / How to use Preferred Payments on a Customer Order / Time Out Error
FTP / Data Feeds
1
FTP Data Feed
DP360
1
Dealership Performance 360CRM (DP360) Integration
BRP Integration
1
BRP Integration (USA and Canadian Dealers Only)
Other
2
Setting up Honda Web API Integration and How Does It Work
Vendor: Cassons - Parts Availability (Australia Only)
