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  1. Open a new record from the Orders service.

  2. Enter Ship To and Bill To information on the Customer tab.
    • This section topic provides only an overview of the order entry process. It is intended to focus on how ordering an Expo product differs from ordering a basic product. See the Entering Customer and Order Information section in the "Taking Orders" chapter of the Aptify Order Entry Guide for  for complete information on how to specify customer information on an order.

  3. In the Lines area of the Orders form, enter the expo in the Find Product field.

  4. In the Quantity field enter 1.
    • For Expo products, the quantity field refers to the number of units that corresponds to the assigned booth. When adding an order line for an Expo product, enter 1 as the quantity. If the customer selects a booth whose number of units is greater than 1, then Aptify automatically updates the order line to reflect the correct number of units.
    • Expo pricing is calculated per unit. See "Pricing Expos" for  for details.

  5. Click Add to add an order line to the form.

    Order for Expo Product
  6. Double-click in the far left column of the order line to open its Order Lines record.
  7. Click the Expos tab.
  8. On the General sub-tab, the Ship To company from the Order appears in the Exhibitor field and the Ship To person appears in the Contact field. Modify this information if - necessary.
  9. If the booth has a second contact person, enter the name in the Secondary Contact field.
  10. Enter the Application Date and the exhibitor's anticipated Arrival Date.
  11. Enter the registration number and the phone number for the booth, if applicable. 

    Expo Order Lines Form
  12. Click the Booths sub-tab and select the appropriate floorplan from the list. Floorplans available in this list are associated with the expo selected.
    • Note that you can only assign a booth for a floorplan that has a current floorplan status that allows booth assignment. See "About the Default Floorplan Statuses" for  for more information.

  13. In the Booth field, select a booth for the customer.
    • If you need to modify a booth size to meet this customer's needs, click the - Configure... button to launch the Booth Combination wizard to combine or break apart booths as needed.

    Note

    If ordering a booth that is linked to a Floorplan System (like ExpoCAD), do not use the Configure button to modify the booth's layout. All booth layout should occur within the third-party Floorplan System. See "Linking a Floorplan to ExpoCAD" EXPOCAD Desktop for details.

     

    • If the number of units for the selected booth is more than one, a message displays asking whether to adjust the quantity. Click Yes to adjust the quantity. Selecting No allows the user to choose another booth number.

    Booth with More than 1 Unit

    • Likewise, if the booth has an associated surcharge, Aptify automatically displays a message stating that this surcharge will be added to the product's extended price. Click Yes to access the surcharge.

    Surcharge Message

  14. Modify the name of the booth in the Booth Name field, if necessary.

    Expo Order Line's Booths Tab
  15. Finish entering other data, if applicable. For example, use Booth Options to select whether the booth needs utilities such as electricity or water.

    Note

    A user does not need to specify a booth when creating an Expo order. A booth assignment can be specified later if unknown at the time the order is created. Note that once an order has shipped, the price of a selected booth must equal the order line's extended price in order to select that booth. A user can make any changes to the booth selection or Expo order if an order is not shipped. 

  16. If this exhibitor is sharing the booth with other companies, specify these other companies on the Co-Exhibitors sub-tab.

  17. If this exhibitor intends to sell or market products at the booth, you can track information about these products on the Products sub-tab.
  18. Enter any additional information about the booth assignment on the Comments sub-tab.

  19. Specify any additional information on the other tabs of the Order Lines form.
    • See the Specifying Order Line Details section in the "Taking Orders" chapter of the Aptify Order Entry Guide for  for information on the Order Lines form and the configuration options that are common to all products. This section only describes the configuration options that are specific to expos.

  20. Click OK to save and close the Order Lines form.

  21. Continue processing the order as necessary.
  22. Ship the order. 
    • See the "See Shipping Orders and Placing Back Orders" chapter of the Aptify Order Entry Guide for details.
    • Aptify automatically updates the Booths record to indicate that it is occupied once the order has shipped.
    • Once an order has been Shipped, a user can only modify the Expo order line and its booth assignment to the extent that changes do not impact the order line total.
    • If Priority Points are configured, Aptify automatically calculates the priority points earned for each order line on that order for an Expo product (using the Priority Point settings from the Expos record). See "Configuring an Expo to Calculate Priority Points" for  for more details.

Occupied Booth