How to Setup 3rd Party Data Feed using vAuto Provision
The objective is to use vAuto to send VIN IQ a report (feed) of the 3rd party VDP views each vehicle is receiving from CarGurus, TrueCar, etc.
Before proceeding, have the the FTP credentials provided by VIN IQ ready. If you don’t have them yet, please email clientcare@viniq.io.
Create a new report in vAuto Provision
1. Log into vAuto Provision
2. Hover over the Pricing header
3. Click the View Inventory option:
4. From the Vehicle Inventory screen, find the Reports/Customize menu item directly above the inventory list and click it to expand the menu:
If the menu does not appear, check for a pop-up blocker message and allow the pop-up.
5. From the menu that appears, choose Create New Report:
6. From the screen that appears, you now set the fields you want to appear in the file. There will be some default fields already present.
Fields appear as gray boxes at the bottom of the screen. Click and drag to move them around, or click the X to remove them.
We only need VIN and Stock # from the default set of fields
Optional: remove the extra fields if desired
7. In the section labelled "Fields", click on the Merchandising folder. The folder will expand to show the 3rd party platforms currently sending data to vAuto.
8. For each of the 3rd party providers listed, drag the field named SRP / VDP onto the empty gray box at the end of the list of enabled fields:
9. We also want to receive the VIN Leads field. We aren’t sure which folder this lives in, but assume using the “Quick Search” bar should find it.
Enter “leads” into Quick Search and click Go
If found, drag it down to an open spot (empty gray box) in the fields list
10. Once you have added all of the fields, populate the TITLE field with a name for your report.
We suggest: VIN IQ 3rd Party VDP
11. Click the blue SAVE button.
12. Once you have saved it, the Schedule button becomes available.
13. Click the Schedule button and a menu will appear.
14. Click the FTP option.
15. Configure the FTP delivery details:
Hostname: sftp.viniq.io
Protocol: SFTP
Port: 22
Username: <provided by VIN IQ>
Password: <provided by VIN IQ>
16. Configure the delivery schedule.
Select all 7 days of the week
Select any time of day.
This will deliver the file to us once a day.
17. Press save/schedule to complete the configuration.
