How do I report my property occupancy to Apartments.com using Yardi?

Reporting Occupancy Using Yardi

Reporting Occupancy to Apartments.com using Yardi requires the following:

1. ILS & Guest Card Configuration
2. Creating a Property List
3. Configuring Admin Permissions
4. Applying Property Configurations in Bulk

ILS & Guest Card Configuration

1. Navigate to the Yardi Voyager portal and log into your account.



2. Select Interfaces, Configuration, and then Review Interface Vendors in the left navigation dashboard.

The Interface Configuration page appears.

3. Select the Entity Type dropdown and select ILS/Guest Card. Select Submit to continue.



The ILS & Guest Card Configuration page appears.

4.  Search for and select Apartments.com in the Interface Configuration pop-up.



The Apartments.com ILS & Guest Card Configuration page appears.

5. Verify that the Name, Code, and Type fields match the content in the screenshot below.



6. Configure the Export Resident/Guest Activity options to match your preferences.
7. Verify that the Use floor plan data and Export all guest cards, ignore interface association boxes are checked.
8. Verify that your Tenant and Prospect Import/Export options are complete.
9. Select Save to finalize the ILS & Guest Card Configuration. 

Creating a Property List

1. Select Setup, Property, and then Review Property List in the left navigation dashboard.

The Property List Page appears.

2. Select Submit to continue.



The Property/Entity List page appears.

3. Search for an existing property list where you want to report occupancy to Apartments.com and select it.



4. Enter .apts in the Property List field and Apartments.com Property List in the Description field.



5. Select Save As to create an Apartments.com copy of the original property list.

Configuring Admin Permissions

1. Select Roles and then Administration in the left navigation dashboard.



The System Administration page appears.

2. Select Add Users under the Security options.

The Employee / User Setup page appears.

3. Enter Apartments.com user information in the User Setup fields.
   1. Enter apts.com in the Code field.
   2. Enter .com in the Lastname field.
   3. Enter Apartments in the Firstname field.



4. Enter interfac and select interfac (Interface User) in the Group field under the Security tab.



5. Enter .apt and select .apts (Apartments.com Property List, , ,) in the Property field.



6. Enter a username and password for your Apartments.com account.



7. Select Save to save your progress.



8. Select the Privileges tab and check the Interface User and Receive Stack/SQL Trace Messages boxes.





9. Select Save to save your progress.
10. Select the Program Rights tab and check the Property Mgmt. box.



11. Select Save to save your progress.
12. Select the Regional Settings tab and select us under the Country dropdown.



13. Select Save to finalize your Apartments.com admin permissions.

Applying Property Configurations in Bulk

1. Select Interfaces, Configuration, and then Bulk Property Interface Configuration in the left navigation dashboard.



The Interface Configuration page appears.

2. Enter .apts into the Property field and select .apts (Apartments.com Property List, , ,). 



3. Select the Interface Type dropdown and select ILS/Guest Card.



4. Verify the Configure/Remove dropdown is set to Configure and Apartments.com selected in the Available Agencies list.



5. Select Save to apply all property configurations and start reporting occupancy to Apartments.com.