How do I report my property occupancy to Apartments.com Canada using Yardi?
Reporting Occupancy Using Yardi
Reporting Occupancy to Apartments.com using Yardi requires the following:
- ILS & Guest Card Configuration
- Creating a Property List
- Configuring Admin Permissions
- Applying Property Configurations in Bulk
ILS & Guest Card Configuration
- Navigate to the Yardi Voyager portal and log in to your account.
- Select Interfaces, navigate to Configuration, and then Review Interface Vendors in the left navigation dashboard. The Interface Configuration page appears.
- Select the Entity Type dropdown and select ILS/Guest Card. Select Submit to continue.
- Search for and select Apartments.com in the Interface Configuration pop-up.
- Verify that the Name, Code, and Type fields match the content in the screenshot below.
- Configure the Export Resident/Guest Activity options to match your preferences.
- Verify that the Use floor plan data and Export all guest cards, ignore interface association boxes that are checked.
- Verify that your Tenant and Prospect Import/Export options are complete.
- Select Save to finalize the ILS & Guest Card Configuration.
The ILS & Guest Card Configuration page appears.
The Apartments.com ILS & Guest Card Configuration page appears.
Creating a Property List
- Select Setup, navigate to Property, and then Review Property List in the left navigation dashboard. The Property List Page appears.
- Select Submit to continue.
- Search for an existing property list where you want to report occupancy to Apartments.com and select it.
- Enter ".apts" in the Property List field and "Apartments.com Property List" in the Description field.
- Select Save As to create an Apartments.com copy of the original property list.
The Property/Entity List page appears.
Configuring Admin Permissions
- Select Roles and then Administration in the left navigation dashboard.
- Select Add Users under the Security options. The Employee / User Setup page appears.
- Enter Apartments.com user information in the User Setup fields.
- Enter "apts.com" in the Code field.
- Enter ".com" in the Lastname field.
- Enter "Apartments" in the Firstname field.
- Enter "interfac" and select "interfac (Interface User)" in the Group field under the Security tab.
- Enter ".apt" and select .apts (Apartments.com Property List, , ,) in the Property field.
- Enter a username and password for your Apartments.com account.
- Select Save to save your progress.
- Select the Privileges tab and check the Interface User and Receive Stack/SQL Trace Messages boxes.
- Select Save to save your progress.
- Select the Program Rights tab and check the Property Mgmt. box.
- Select Save to save your progress.
- Select the Regional Settings tab and select ca under the Country dropdown.
- Select Save to finalize your Apartments.com admin permissions.
The System Administration page appears.
Applying Property Configurations in Bulk
- Select Interfaces, navigate to Configuration, and then Bulk Property Interface Configuration in the left navigation dashboard.
- Enter ".apts" into the Property field and select .apts (Apartments.com Property List, , ,).
- Select the Interface Type dropdown and select ILS/Guest Card.
- Verify the Configure/Remove dropdown is set to Configure and Apartments.com is selected in the Available Agencies list.
- Select Save to apply all property configurations and start reporting occupancy to Apartments.com.
The Interface Configuration page appears.