Working with ToolLink – 4.2: How to check items

When you receive an item, you will see a combination of green ticks, yellow ticks and red crosses to give you a first impression of the check results. What kind of information your customer asks for is dependent on the system they are using, how that system is set up and what downstream systems are […]

Working with ToolLink – 4.1: How the ToolLink database works

How the ToolLink data base works So now that we know where to find everything, let’s go in-depth. First let’s talk about how exactly ToolLink will work on your customers side. Your customer will upload a list with hundreds or thousands of items that they need in their system. Using the item ID and company […]

Features & GUI – 3.6: Actions

There are multiple ways and areas, where actions can be triggered. For the detailed explanations of the functions of those actions, go to the “working with ToolLink section”. The first, most obvious and most general action area, are the action buttons on the top left. New Import With this button, you can import items and […]

Features & GUI – 3.5 Filter Options

There are two areas for you to browse or filter through your item list. The search bar at the top center allows you to search through any text field in the item list. For most fields it will only be a direct search, but for the item ID the field is able to do the […]

Features & GUI – 3.3: Item list

In the center of the screen is the main area. Most importantly, the list of items that have been requested by your customer. On the very left are the filter options, that we will discuss in another video. Let’s hide them by clicking this little arrow. Each item must have a item ID and the […]

Features & GUI – 3.2: The Navigation Bar

This is the element that you are probably most familiar with, at least if you’ve ever visited ToolsUnited or your company uses a SalesSupport Server. The navigation bar helps you to You’re now in the parametric search of ToolsUnited. You can also switch to “My Items” to instead search for items in the ToolLink data […]

Features & GUI – 3.1 Overview: User Interface

The GUI is divided into different sections. The navigation bar is at the very top. The general action buttons (Actions) and the search bar (Filter Options) are right below that. In the center is the item list (Item list). Every item has an item ID, a Company Code and a request date. The rest is […]