Requesting New Publications

1. From the Administration menu, select Distribution, select Connectivity Messages, and then select Channel Publication.

2. Click Create Channel Publication and select following details:

   1. Begin Date: Enter the start date of the publication. This field is required.

   2. End Date: Enter the end date of the publication. This field is required.

   3. Number of Days: This field is automatically filled based on your date range but can be modified, and the end date updates automatically.

   4. Channels: Select one or multiple channels. This field is required. Only channels with Active, Test, and Maintenance status are available for selection. 

   5. Message Type: Select one or multiple message types. This field is required. Allowed Messages types are Inventory, Rate Schedules, Restriction

   6. Room Types: Select one or multiple Room Types you want to process the publication for. This field is required.

   7. Rate Plans: Select one or multiple Rate Plans you want to process the publication for. The field is required when the message type is Rate Schedules or Restrictions. 

3. Click Create to request the publication.

Viewing Publication Details

1. From the Administration menu, select Distribution, select Connectivity Messages, and then select Channel Publication.

   The results are auto populated for all channels.

2. Select the search criteria to filter the results. Following search criteria is supported:

   1. Channel: Select one or more channels for which the publication need to be viewed for. 

   2. Status: Select one or more Statuses. Allowed statuses are NEW, SUCCESS, WARNING, FAILED.

3. Click the  icon to refresh your Channel Publication data.

4. From the search results, select a record from the left panel to view the Publication details.

5. To view the details of a specific task, click the  icon in the Actions column.

6. Click to see the next offer details.

7. Click to see the previous offer details.

8. Click  icon to return to the Channel Publication details.