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Process / Helpful Hint

Custom Field Collection

Configure pending queue under Custom PNR

• Under the Service tab click on Travel Agency

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• Click on Custom PNR

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• Click on Mapping which you would like to update

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• Move to the bottom of the mapping and click on Add PNR Line

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• Under Line No. enter line number which script will reside in your mapping. In this example we are using line 159

• PNR Field Type: select Pre-Trip Approval

• Custom PNR Requirement: Enter Script

• Requirement Type: Select Script

• GDS: Click on GDS your mapping should write to

The below example Is for a Sabre client, script written to line 159 follows the screen shot. You can adjust the output based on the GDS you are writing to

PNR Script:

//Ticketing Field for PTA Pending Approval

function zeroPad(num,count)

{ 

var numZeropad = num + '';

while(numZeropad.length < count) {

numZeropad = "0" + numZeropad; 

}

return numZeropad;

}

if ((UserPnrData.DataType=="new" || UserPnrData.DataType=="purchase_hold")&&(UserPnrData.UserBooking.PreTripApprovalInfo.CurrentApprovalState=="WAITING_FOR_APPROVAL")){with (UserPnrData.UserBooking.AgencyTransactionDate)

{

var day=UserPnrData.UserBooking.AgencyTransactionDate.Day;

day=zeroPad(day,2);

out.print("7TAW" + day + Month + "/HOLD");}}

Approved, Ticketed/Declined and Expired Queues

Programmed under Agency Configurations

• Go to Service tab click on Travel Agency

• Click on Agency Settings

• Click on Setting Name to be configured

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• Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Add PTA Configurations

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• Enter Pseudo-city and Queue for each Approved, Declined and Expired bookings

• Enter the time window for the primary approver to approve or decline the trip, and the time window for the secondary approver. The primary approver window is best set to 4 – 6 hours, with the alternate approver well before the 24-hour void window

  • Tip: The time windows should total less than 24 hours. Declined flights can be automatically canceled within 24 hours of purchase. If the flight is declined within the 24-hour void window, the ticket cost can be fully refunded.

• Click on Save

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Task

Process / Helpful Hint

Creating Custom Field Collection

• Enter the collection name into the Name field for each collection, such as PTA, pretripapproval or pretripnotification. Use a label which clearly defines the collection.

• Be sure to click the checkbox for Ask for User Input on the Purchase Page. This will display on the Trip Purchase page, allowing travelers to enter additional notes to approver.

Creating Custom Fields

• Click the radio button for Approval required or Notification only

• Decide whether to send the approval email to the manager within the profile, or to a default approver

  • If you would like the manager listed in the traveler’s profile to receive the approval/notification email, click the box next to Send approval email to traveler’s profiled approver

  • Leave unchecked if you would like the approval/notification email to be sent to the default approver email, which you will need to provide in the next section

  • Note: If the setting for "Send approval email to traveler’s profiled approver" is used, the default approver email value is ignored unless the traveler doesn't have a profiled approver (secondary approver field is still applicable)

• Enter the email addresses for the default approver and the secondary approver. If the default approver has not approved or declined the itinerary within the defined period, an email is sent to the secondary approver default email address

• Decide whether or not to automatically cancel declined itineraries

  • Click the box next to action you would like the system to take

    • Note: Offline-generated or offline-changed PNRs and itineraries with expired approvals are not auto-canceled

• Click the Advanced link at the bottom of the Field Type Preference section to enter the JavaScript criteria for this field

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Use Case JavaScripts

• PNR and Pre-Trip Approvals JavaScript are in many cases interchangeable. For further Information: JavaScript Examples

• Need further help creating a script, please open a Support Case

Example Script

• Flying to specific airport

//Alaska and Hawaii

if((UserPnrData.UserSession.AirSearch.FlightLeg[0].DestinationAirportCode=="ANC")||

(UserPnrData.UserSession.AirSearch.FlightLeg[0].DestinationAirportCode=="FAI") ||

(UserPnrData.UserSession.AirSearch.FlightLeg[0].DestinationAirportCodee=="HOM")||

(UserPnrData.UserSession.AirSearch.FlightLeg[0].DestinationAirportCode=="JNU") ||

(UserPnrData.UserSession.AirSearch.FlightLeg[0].DestinationAirportCode=="HNL") ||

(UserPnrData.UserSession.AirSearch.FlightLeg[0].DestinationAirportCode=="KOA") ||

(UserPnrData.UserSession.AirSearch.FlightLeg[0].DestinationAirportCode=="LIH") ||

(UserPnrData.UserSession.AirSearch.FlightLeg[0].DestinationAirportCode=="ITO"))

{out.print("true");}else

{out.print("false");}

Add to Custom Field Set

Once you have completed programming PTA collection, you will then need to add it to the custom field set

• Go back to Custom Field Configurations, and Click on Custom Field Sets

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• Click on Set which you would like to add PTA

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• Click on Add Collection to Set

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• Click check box next to collection you would like to add to the set and click on Add

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• You can adjust the order in which the fields appear and select Save

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• Confirm you have Service Rules updated as well 

  • Ensure you have the correct custom field sets assigned to the correct groups

• Commit Changes shown at the top of the screen

• Please be sure to test.