Re: Dealer List

Posted by BH On 2009/8/13 12:31:47

O_D's sample page reminds me of my days as a DM for Chrysler back in the 1980s. The Zone office provided us with printed lists of contact info on the dealers for which they/we were "responsible" - derived as a subset from a greater corporate computerized database. Years later, I had the privilege of looking over a photocopies of a similar dealer lists from a couple of PMCC Zone offices, but I don't have access to those - let alone originals.

Let me tell you, from my experience with the Service Index and Bookshelf features, if someone would be willing to take the time and convert the data from such a dealer list into a spreadsheet matrix, BigKev's "kung-fu" programming could produce a searchable database in relatively short order.

I'm cofindent that BigKev could assimilate the distinctiveness of the existing entries from the user-driven form of the Packard Dealers feature into a greater collective, yet allow for future additions of detail from the members.

THEN, if other lists come to light, we could similarly merge those.

Yet, before anyone jumps in with data entry, we should first discuss exactly what fields to include in the spreadsheet and the target database - beyond the obvious dealer name and address info.

This could be a very interesting and fruitful upgrade to the existing feature.

Any takers?