QUICK START GUIDE FOR THE TREB CONNECT INTERFACE

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1 QUICK START GUIDE FOR THE TREB CONNECT INTERFACE CONNECT is a jint venture f the Trnt Real Estate Bard, REALTORS Assciatin f Hamiltn-Burlingtn, the Lndn and St. Thmas Assciatin f REALTORS and the Ottawa Real Estate Bard. It ffers all REALTOR members, Unlicensed Assistants and Brkerage Administratrs frm participating Bards the ability t search and view active listings and recent sales histry f all ther participating Bards in their wn lcal MLS frmat. Security is paramunt and minimum standards must be maintained. CONNECT is nt an MLS system it prvides access t mre infrmatin in an efficient manner. Search frms n the system are dynamic and will change depending n the specifics frm each participating Bard. Reprts frm the varius Bards will differ accrding t lcal requirements and naming cnventins (e.g. abbreviatins), and field values will vary as well. Printing f reprts in bth Client and Brker frmat is available, hwever, there is n functinality. One pht per listing will be available thrugh the transfer, hwever additinal phts fr active prperties may be linked frm REALTOR.ca. Access will be read nly. LOGIN Access fr TREB Members will be achieved by autmatic pass-thrugh f lgin infrmatin when users click the CONNECT buttn near the tp right f the TrntMLS Inf Centre screen. The user will be prmpted t accept the Terms and Cnditins f the site each time they wish t gain access.

2 MENU OPTIONS Once lgged in, the user is presented with the principle search criteria. A series f menu ptins extends acrss the tp f the applicatin windw. On the tp left hand side, the ptins will include: Listings Search REALTOR Search Office Search Open Huse Search Clicking n Listings Search will cause the main Listings Search criteria page t be displayed. Clicking n any f REALTOR Search, Office Search, r Open Huse Search links will result in a new windw being pened, and the apprpriate REALTOR.ca search page will be presented. On the right hand side, the ptins will include: Help Print Lg Out The Help ptin can be used t find ut mre infrmatin regarding the varius features f CONNECT. The Print ptin utilizes the standard Windws print dialg t facilitate printing the cntents f the displayed web page. Lg Out is, f curse, self explanatry.

3 The CONNECT interface prvides access t data frm three ther real estate Bards/Assciatins. By clicking n the available Bard/Assciatin radi buttn ptins, TREB Members can select frm the fllwing: REALTORS Assciatin f Hamiltn-Burlingtn Lndn & St. Thmas Assciatin f REALTORS Ottawa Real Estate Bard / Renfrew Cunty Real Estate Bard On the main Search Listings screen the search is als narrwed by selecting ne f the seven Classes frm the fllwing list: Residential Cnd Lease Farm Lts and Land Multi-Family Cmmercial The resulting presentatin f selectin criteria will vary depending n the Class that is chsen. The available criteria will als vary slightly frm ne Bard/Assciatin t the next within the same Class, hwever, the selectin prcess has been designed t be as unifrm as pssible. T the right f the Frm Title, which defines the Bard-specific search screen by Class, there are fur cmmand buttns: Clear, Preview, Cunt and Submit.

4 The Preview buttn can be used t recall a summary f the criteria that have already been selected up t that pint. Clicking n the Cunt buttn will present that same infrmatin alng with an additinal tally f hw much each selectin is cnstricting the final search result. Clicking n the Submit buttn will call up the Results screen, which cnsists f ne line reprts fr the listings that are matches fr the selected criteria. The Clear buttn can be used t re-initialize the criteria fields, when starting a fresh search is desired. The Results screen is very similar t the standard TMLS Results screen; a list f ne line reprts presented with a rw f cmmand buttns abve the clumn headers. Nte that fr perfrmance cnsideratins, CONNECT limits search results t 100 listings. In such cases, the fllwing message will be displayed: With CONNECT, Members have the ability t search and view 2 years f Active, Sld, Cnditinal Sld and Pending Sld infrmatin fr all listing Classes except fr Cmmercial, which will have 4 years f histry. The cmmand buttns acrss the tp f the Results screen include View, Map, Phts, Narrw (greyed ut at first), <<First, <Previus, Next>, Last>> and <Revise Criteria. Clicking n the <Revise Criteria buttn, r n the Criteria breadcrumb allws the user t return t the Listings Search>Criteria screen t perfrm mdificatins t the active query. Nte that n the Results screen, the list f recrds can be srted by clicking n any f the field headers.

5 View Generates a cllectin f reprts that the user can step thrugh (all checked listings). Cmmand buttns fr <Return t List, Map, Phts, Virtual Tur, Mre Phts, <<First, <Previus, Next>, Last>> and Revise Criteria remain available in this mde. Clicking the Mre Phts buttn pens a new REALTOR.ca windw with the listing f that prperty displayed, and the user can subsequently view multiple phts f the prperty there. Nte that the listing must be Active n REALTOR.ca fr this feature t wrk. Map Utilizes Micrsft Virtual Earth t plt lcatins f the listings n a map. Perfrming a muse-ver n the map s icns results in basic inf pp-ups being generated fr thse listings. A pp-up message bx will nte any listings that culd nt be pltted befre the map is actually displayed. Cmmand buttns fr <Return t List, View, Phts and Revise Criteria are available here. The Lcate bx can be used t lcate Places f Interest, by typing the search criteria and hitting Enter n the keybard. Phts Clicking this buttn generates a web page presentatin f the principal phts f all listings. Clicking n any pht will generate a larger pht f that prperty. Clicking n the large pht will then return the user back t the pht list. On this page the selectin can be narrwed by activating the check bxes fr the desired listings and then clicking n the <Return t List buttn. Cmmand buttns fr View, Map and Revise Criteria are als available n this screen. Narrw Clicking this will eliminate thse listings which have nt been checked ff. If nthing has been checked, then nthing will be eliminated. Expand This will becme visible nce the Narrw buttn has been used. Clicking it will return the listings that were eliminated by the Narrw buttn back t the ne line reprt screen. Nte that mre than ne level f narrwing can be recalled by using this buttn. The <<First, <Previus, Next> and Last>> buttns functin in a manner that is essentially the same as the familiar TMLS interface. Nte that the number f recrds displayed n each results page can als be set using the available Page Size drpdwn list bx. The available ptins are 20, 50 and 100, with the default having been set t 20. The ttal number f listings returned by the entered query, as well as the page number are als displayed t the right f the cmmand buttns. SELECTING CRITERIA The prcess f selecting criteria fr the varius searches is essentially the same as TMLS, with sme very minr differences. At the tp f the frm ne r mre MLS numbers can be entered, and used t zer in n desired listings. It is imprtant t nte that when cnducting an MLS number search, the results that are returned by this query will be cnstrained by whichever f the seven Classes has been selected at the start.

6 Als, at the bttm f the frm, there is the add a field ptin that allws the users t select ne r mre fields frm the prvided drpdwn list in rder t dynamically custmize their query. As the fields are selected, the apprpriate data entry bxes are added t the criteria screen, alng with their identifying label, whether they happen t be textbxes, listbxes r drpdwn lists. If insufficient criteria have been selected fr the system t successfully perfrm a query, the labels f the required fields will turn red after the submit buttn is clicked. Als, messages at the bttm f the screen in red fnt will utline the query s mandatry field requirements, s that the user can address the shrtcmings. The cmmand buttns fr Clear, Preview, Cunt and Submit are repeated at the bttm f the screen in rder t minimize the need fr scrlling. District Maps At the tp f the screen, there is a ht link prviding access t Bard District Maps. Here, the interactive district maps fr the Bard being searched can be fund.