This section describes how to download Best Rewards® promotion information using EFM. Promotion information is available for transmission on the fifteenth of each month. Therefore, you must begin running EFM weekly if you are not already doing so. You can queue the EFM to run in a weekly queue.
For more information about queues, see the topics on End of Day Queues in online help, or see the "Using Queues" document on the Epicor Software Corporation™ website at www.activant.com.
If you need more information about EFM, refer to the Do it Best User’s Guide (available at www.activant.com)
At the Network Access Main Menu, type EFM and press <Enter>.
The Electronic File Maintenance (EFM) Screen displays.
At Transmission Control Stream, type HWIEFM (or the name you use if it’s other than "HWIEFM") and press <Enter>.
Multistore users: Enter the control stream for your store. For example, you are Store 2 and are receiving EFM data for Store 2. Type HWIEFM2 (or the name you use if it’s other than "HWIEFM2")and press <Enter>.
The Price Change Transmission Screen displays.
Fill in the screen as you normally would and press <Run>. For more information about this screen, refer to Chapter 5,"Price Changes," in the Do it Best User’s Guide.
The Item File Maintenance Transmission Screen displays.
Fill in the screen as you normally would and press <Run>. For more information about this screen, refer to Chapter 4,"Receiving Data from Do it Best" in the Do it Best User’s Guide.
The Promotion Pricing Transmission Screen displays.
Fill in the fields on the screen.
Press <Run> to start the transmission.
The message displays, REQUEST HAS BEEN SENT TO CHANNEL. PLEASE PRESS ENTER TO EXIT.
Press <Enter>.
This will initiate the call from your Epicor system to the system at Do it Best Corp. The Main Menu displays.
Wait a few minutes, and then check the transmission in ASYMSG.