Transferring Parts from the Federated Catalog to Smart eCat

After you find the part you want in the Federated catalog, those parts need to be transferred to the Posted Parts and Labor tab in Smart eCat.

Transferring Parts from the Federated Website

When you are searching the Federated website in the Catalog tab of Smart eCat, you need to transfer the part to Federated's shopping cart first. Then, you transfer the contents of the Federated shopping cart to the Posted Parts and Labor tab of Smart eCat by clicking the Transfer Parts button A picture of the Transfer Parts button. Click to transfer parts to the Posted Parts and Labor tab. on the Smart eCat toolbar.

To Transfer Parts

Complete these steps:

  1. Open a ticket.
  2. Click the Federated button to open the Federated website on the Catalog tab.
  3. Search for a part.
  4. In the list of search results, click the Add to Cart button inside the part section.
    This adds the part to the Federated shopping cart, which displays the number of parts and the price in the upper right corner.
    A picture appears of the part added to the Federated shopping cart.
  5. At this point, you can transfer the part to Posted Parts and Labor tab two ways:
    1. Click the Transfer Parts button on the Smart eCat toolbar A picture of the Transfer Parts button. Click to transfer parts to the Posted Parts and Labor tab. from the search window. Skip to Step 5.
    2. Click Federated's shopping cart button, then View Cart.
      A picture of the View Cart button circled.

      • The Federated shopping cart opens displaying all parts that have been added.

        A picture of the Federated shopping cart.

      • Review the items in the shopping cart.
      • Click the Transfer Parts button on the Smart eCat toolbar A picture of the Transfer Parts button. Click to transfer parts to the Posted Parts and Labor tab..

  6. The Posted Parts and Labor opens to the Parts tab. All parts transferred appear on the Parts tab in the Federated supplier section.

    The Federated parts on the Parts tab.

Transfer Parts Button

The Transfer Parts button appears on the Smart eCat toolbar only if

When the parts in the Federated shopping cart have been transferred,

When you add another part to the Federated shopping cart, the Transfer Parts button appears again.

The Transfer Parts button appearing after Add to Cart is clicked.

For the next step see, Posting Federated Parts to Open Tickets.

Transferring Federated Parts Retrieved in Smart eCat Searches

The parts are found in the Federated catalog, the results appear under the Federated heading on the Catalog tab.

To Select and Transfer Parts

Complete these steps:

  1. When there is a green checkmark on the phone button of the Federated section, that means parts were found in the Federated catalog.

    The Federated section with a green checkmark on the phone icon.

  2. Click the + button to expand the section. The part information appears.
  3. Check the gray box of a part that shows the adequate quantity in the Availability column to select it.
    If the quantity is blank, it means none of the Federated locations have any quantity on hand.

    a Federated part selected and the Next button circled.

  4. In the toolbar, click Next until all Federated parts are selected.

  5. When all parts have been selected, click Next. The Posted Parts and Labor tab appears displaying the selected parts in a Federated section.

    A picture of Federated parts on the Parts tab.

For the next step see, Posting Federated Parts to Open Tickets.