Setup Wizard - Miscellaneous Options

You can allow the system to auto log out of your account if inactive for a period of time, this is set in minutes and the default is 60 minutes.  We recommend using this feature to ensure your system remains secure during in-activity.

As a protective measure, the system will also shut down 4 hours after auto logging out, this helps prevent data corruption in case of a power cut, especially if your computer systems are permanently left on

There are also a variety of other options available in this section as shown below.

Although most are self explanatory, there is an individual help button to give you guidance on some of the items.

For instance : Display a Cost price of parts when creating documents.

Having this set to Yes, will clearly show on screen the cost price, however turning it off, will change the text colour so it becomes invisible, to view the price you have to click into the field, or hover your mouse over the field.

Garage Assistant gives you the ability to add credit card surcharge amounts to invoices over a specific amount.

The setup wizard allows you to specify the percentage, whether this should be vat exempt or not (usually set to No unless you are not vat registered) and also the minimum amount an invoice should be, before the surcharge notice is displayed

Once this is set, any new documents created will store a reference to the percentage and allow you to add or remove the surcharge as you see fit.  Changing the percentage will not affect any existing documents on system.

An example of a surcharge in use

Above shows the total invoice, with the payment set to Card, to include a surcharge to this document you can now click the + Surcharge option, this will change the figures to those shown below and give a notice on screen that the surcharge is now added

There are also some additional options involving the mail shot system, allowing you to specify which reminders will re-schedule and which will not, this allows more control over the 4 different vehicle reminders in the system.

And finally, you can force GA3 to automatically set a reminder, if you select an MOT test option.

This will not set a date, if one already exists in the system, it will only set one if the current reminder is empty.