Extended Search 

Use

The extended search provides the option of executing queries for car rentals in more detail by adding additional selection criteria. It lets you restrict the selection to vehicles that suit your specific requirements before running the availability query.

Prerequisites

You have activated the extended search for displaying car rental offers. You do this in Customizing for SAP Travel Planning under Dialog and Planning Control ® Travel Planning Control® Define Price and Availability Strategies.

The extended search is available if you have created a travel plan and started a car rental request.

 

Features

If you use the Amadeus global reservation system, you can carry out the search based on one of the following selection criteria or a combination of criteria: If your company is connected to the Sabre reservation system, you must specify the car rental provider. 

The Branch Office option allows you to choose a specific car rental office as the pickup and/or dropoff location. The default value in the standard system is the branch office at the relevant airport terminal.

If you specifically enter a certain car rental provider in the extended search, this overwrites any possible provider list with most economical vehicle that may have been activated in Customizing. In this case the query does not return a list of the most economical vehicles provided by all car rental providers, but rather a list of all available vehicles for the specified provider according to your search criteria.

 

Activities

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       1.      In the Car Rental Request dialog box, choose the Extended Search pushbutton.

The Extended Search screen appears.

       2.      Enter your search criteria (see options above) and choose  Query with quick info Car Rental Availability Query (F8) to display the available car rental providers or rental cars.

You see the Car Rental Availability: Provider List (if you only specified vehicle data) or  Car Rental Availability: Vehicle List (if you chose a specific provider). 

1.       In the Car Rental Availability: Provider List you first have to select a provider. Choose  with quick info Choose to see the Car Rental Availability: Vehicle List.

2.       Select the relevant car in the vehicle list and choose  to select the vehicle.
 

The vehicle request is added to your travel plan.

 

You can skip the editing step Query and choose a rental car directly from the Extended Search dialog box, by specifying the provider code and all vehicle data and choosing Reserve. The system selects an appropriate vehicle and enters it in your travel plan with the status Requested.