Instructions on Submitting
SMARTLINK Queries
To send a SmartLINK Query:
- Select the type of inquiry you want to make. The default is
Item Information. Select another option by clicking on the selection with your mouse. If
you want to select more than one option, hold down on you <Ctrl> key and select your
other options with your mouse.
- Item Information
- Excess Assets
- Wholesale Assets
- Retail Assets
- Enter the query data. Type the 13 position National Stock
Number of the item.
- You can enter many queries at one time. After entering your
first query, click on the 'Next' button. This will clear the input field for you to enter
your next query. Repeat this procedure until you have entered all your queries. You can
review your queries by using the 'Previous' and 'Next' buttons. You can also go to a
specific query by entering the query number in the 'Go to Record #' field and clicking on
the button. You can delete individual queries by using the 'Delete Items' button. You can
delete all your queries with the 'Delete All Items' button.
- Submit the query or queries by clicking on the 'Submit'
button. At this point, WebLINK will forward your query or queries for processing.
Getting Your Responses
- To get responses to your queries, click on the 'Responses'
button. WebLINK will check to see if responses to your queries have processed. If there
are responses, you will get a display that lists all of the databases. Next to each
database will be the number of responses you have received. If there is a number next to
SmartLINK, you have responses. Click on SmartLINK to get a listing of the response files.
Click on the response file to view your response.
- Use your web browser's 'Print' function to print the
response. Use your web browser's 'Save' function to save the response. Please note
that after viewing the response file, WebLINK will delete the file. So, if you want to
print or save the file, you must do so before moving onto the next response file.
- Click on your web browser's 'Back' button to continue
viewing your responses.
- If you have not received all your responses, you can click on the 'Responses'
button. This will instruct WebLINK to check for new responses.
- You may also receive responses via Email by clicking the Email
button. This will send your responses directly to your email address recorded in your
System Access Request (SAR). Response data in the e-mail message may not line up properly,
depending on the default type-style of your e-mail software. Should this happen, highlight
the entire response and change the font to Courier New and the columns should align
themselves properly.
Automatic Queries WebLINK can automatically send queries for you.
- Click on the 'Start' button to perform Auto Query on the
specified query.
- Choose the days of the week on which you want queries
processed. You do this by clicking the 'On' radial button. Make sure you select the 'Off'
radial button for the days you do not want queries processed.
- Specify the number of weeks you want the queries to process. Click
on the box under 'Weeks/Cycles' and type in the number of weeks.
- Specify when you want your queries to process. Click on the box
under 'Hour' and enter a two-digit number from 00 to 23 (time is in Greenwich Mean
Time).
- Click on the 'Stop' button to stop a previous Auto Query
selection on the specified query.
- Click on the 'Stop all Previous SmartLINK Auto Queries' to
stop all previous Auto Query selections throughout the SMARTLINK database.
- Click on the 'Auto Query Off' button to perform a query
without any Auto Query functions.