When do we use this?
OperationsCommander has the ability to validate temporary parkers for permission to park in designated lot zones at specified times and dates either as one time, or repeating instances.
This ability is available as a permission that can be added to any administrator's role and can also be made available to Company Managers. Examples might include hotel parking, daycare drop-off and pick-up parkers, or any company client who wish to administer permissions to park in lots they themselves manage.
- You will need to create a new role to apply the permissions correctly. For more information refer to this article on "Setting Up Roles & Permissions"
2. In our example we created a Role entitles Parking Validator. The new role will appear in the list of roles.
3. You must add the "Create Temp Permit Entries" permission to the role you just created.
4. Create or edit an Admin user who will manage the parking validation. For more information refer to this article on "Managing Admin Users".
5. Select the lot zone/s this Admin will manage and save the user. These will be the lots that you intend to use the Parking Validator utility for.
6. Log in as this user. Only one menu item entitled 'Validate Parking' will be available.
8. Click 'Validate Parking'. From this page you can:
- Enter plate number/s
- Select the lot zone you want to validate the vehicle for
- Set the Valid Time Frame
- Click Validate to apply the validation.
In this example we are validating three vehicles to park in the Garage Level 1 zone, between the hours of 8:00pm to 10:00pm, for the six week period between March 23rd to May 4th, on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
9. The list of valid vehicles appears below the submit form. 
10. Validation can also be resricted to one vehicle at a time. To deselect the ability to enter bulk plate numbers, deselect Maultiple Plate Validator in system settings which is located in ther Permits tab.
The interface will change slightly: Note the Plate field is now single entry only.
How Do Temporary Validated Parkers Appear on the Handheld Devices
- Parkers who are validated through this tool will appear as a "Temp Parker" on the Android version of OPS-COM.
- By tapping on the plate number you will get an expanded view with further detailed information. In our example we see the parker has a Validator created permission to park in the Day Care Lot Zone.
- To see even finer detail on this permission, tap the green rectangle labled Validator - Day Care. A pop up will appear showing the Expiery date of the permission.
A closer look: