After minimal setup, the Automation Mole provides the following for single or multiple Actinic Sites:
Scheduled downloading of orders
Automated Stock Control
Automated exporting of order information to external applications
Automated order processing
This is done by installing one of our Batch Order Processors. These can perform a variety of tasks on multiple orders, including: printing, emailing or exporting invoices, packing lists, marking orders as shipped or printed.
Daily upload of site

If Run Program at Start of Processing is selected an external program can be run. If you have an existing system, planning to integrate Actinic with an external product that cant be handled by Actinics Export or you require additional order handling you can specify an external program (or Access database or Excel spreadsheet). This can be particularly useful if you are running a system using multiple Actinic sites that integrate with an external system. This program will be run before any of the Mole End Batch Order Processors or Actinics Export is run.

When the external program is run you can specify details about the current time period being processed, the current site being updated. There is also an advanced option where the Automation Moles details can be passed to the external program to allow it to display information in the Automation Moles status window.

For example, C:Program FilesEPOS UtilitiesCheckSoldTotals.bat Site will call a program to check the current stock levels for the current site before any orders are processed.

After the external program has been run the Automation Mole can either:

. Run immediately. The Automation Mole does not wait for the program to exit and continues processing.
. When the program exits. The Automation Mole waits for the program to exit before continuing.
. After a defined amount of time. If the external process can take a variable amount of time (or the Automation Mole has problems determining when the process has completed) you can define a certain number of minutes to wait.

IF the Run Mole End Batch Order Processing checkbox is selected the information will be passed to the Batch Order Processing program. This is a separate product, from Mole End Software, that can perform any of the following tasks on the orders:
. Mark shipped
. Print Reports
. Export Reports
. Email Reports
. Mark Printed
. Mark Deleted

If Run Actinic Export is selected this runs the Outstanding Exports feature of Actinic. This is configured within Actinics Business settings.

If Run Program at End of Processing is selected you can run an external program after the Mole End Batch Order Processors or Actinics Export. If you are not running any of the Mole End Batch Order Processors or Actinics Export you can specify a program to run in either the Start or End of processing sections.

When the external program is run you can specify details about the current time period being processed, the current site being updated. There is also an advanced option where the Automation Moles details can be passed to the external program to allow it to display information in the Automation Moles status window.

For example, C:Program FilesEPOS UtilitiesUploadOrders.bat To From will call a program to transfer any of the current orders to an external system.

After the external program has been run the Automation Mole can either:

. Run immediately. The Automation Mole does not wait for the program to exit and continues processing.
. When the program exits. The Automation Mole waits for the program to exit before continuing.
. After a defined amount of time. If the external process can take a variable amount of time (or the Automation Mole has problems determining when the process has completed) you can define a certain number of minutes to wait.

Once the orders have been downloaded you can decide under what conditions to upload your Catalog. This can be used to update the stock levels on your website. You can also decide to only upload your site once a day. When uploading your site you can select either Update or Refresh.