System Records API: Gb controls quotes vehicle report
Gb_* API endpoints for system record operations
Gb controls quotes vehicle report
Gb controls sp
Gb controls web services access flag
Gb dmz upload file destinations
Gb mail
Warning: This feature has been deprecated. Please contact your Account Manager if you wish to use this feature.
You can import email messages into the Catch-e mail queue from a spreadsheet template. These emails can then be sent out from the Mail Queue.
The benefits of this feature are that you have a stored record of the email and it allows you the flexibility to design and send a bulk email without needed help from Catch-e staff.
Mail Import Features
- Multiple To, Cc and Bcc recipients.
- Read receipt flag for To address.
- User definable sender and reply to addresses.
- Email can be associated with a table and record id, e.g. Contracts, Drivers or Clients for linking to Events.
- Date and Time to send. A scheduled service then sends the emails. If left blank the emails are sent immediately.
Workflow
Go to Fleet / Export Data / Whole Table and download a sample file of the table gbmailimport
Do this by ticking ON the checkboxes for "Include Field Headers" and "5 Sample Rows Only?"
This will give you a file in the correct layout and format to use as a template for your email file.Populate the spreadsheet with the email you wish to send (remember to delete the 5 sample rows)
Save the import file as .csv
Go to Fleet / Import Data / Whole Table and import the file into the table gbmailimport
Go to System / Mail Queue to view the mail in the queue!
Field Descriptions
Special characters can be inserted in the construction of excel formulas, e.g:
&CHAR(13)&CHAR(10) represents a carriage return and line break.
Gb tables
The tables that can be imported or exported can be restricted by updating entries in gb_tables.
This table also controls the sort order that the tables list displays in, if you have tables you use often, you can adjust gb_tables to put these at the top.
If an export is long running, it will be stopped if it exceeds the timeout stored in )
File size limits to the export file process apply.
gb_tables restriction flags and behaviour
Restricted tables
Some tables are hard-coded, so modifying the settings and uploading them here will not update the table for the records or change their behaviour here. In addition tables can be restricted to the Super role only.