AFTER YOU HAVE SIGNED-ON TO ABGA ONLINE MEMBER SERVICES AND YOU CHOOSE TO REGISTER A GOAT, YOU WILL SEE THE FOLLOWING SCREEN.
THIS SCREEN SHOWS ALL OF YOUR BATCHES AND THEIR STATUS (ie. whether they’ve been validated, are in route to the server, or have been submitted, or you’re still working on them). YOU CAN EITHER CHOOSE TO WORK ON A BATCH YOU’VE ALREADY STARTED, OR CREATE A NEW BATCH.
IF YOU CHOOSE TO CREATE A NEW BATCH, YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO THIS SCREEN.
THIS SCREEN IS WHERE YOU ENTER INFORMATION ON YOUR GOAT. WHEN YOU CHOOSE “GO” AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE NEXT SCREEN WHERE YOU CAN ENTER ANOTHER GOAT, OR SUBMIT YOUR BATCH.
THIS SCREEN SUMMARIZES YOUR WORK. NOTE THAT THE STATUS SECTION SAYS “VALIDATED.” THAT MEANS THE DATABASE THINKS YOUR INFORMATION IS OK TO PROCESS. IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE ENTERED, CLICK “VIEW RECORDS IN THIS BATCH.”
IF YOU ARE READY TO SUBMIT YOUR BATCH, GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE AND CHOOSE “SUBMIT.”
THIS IS THE SUMMARY SCREEN YOU WILL SEE AFTER SUBMITTING YOUR WORK ORDER FOR REGISTRATIONS. NOTE THE STATUS SECTION SAYS “SENDING.”
THIS IS THE STATUS SCREEN YOU WILL SEE WHEN YOUR WORK HAS REACHED THE DATABASE SERVER. THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT HAS REACHED THE OFFICE REGISTRATION DESK YET. IT CAN BE SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THAT DEPENDING ON WHEN YOU DO YOUR WORK AND WHETHER IT IS A BUSINESS DAY, WEEKEND OR HOLIDAY.
NOTE THE STATUS SECTION SHOWS “SUBMITTED.”
THIS IS THE CONFIRMATION YOU WILL RECEIVE SHOWING THAT YOUR WORK IS COMPLETE. YOU CAN NOW GO TO THE ONLINE PAYMENT CENTER TO PAY FOR YOUR WORK WITH A CREDIT CARD. THIS WILL SPEED UP THE PROCESSING OF YOUR WORK ORDER. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN ITEMIZED INVOICE WHEN THE WORK IS COMPLETE.
IF YOU WAIT TO PAY UNTIL YOU’RE CALLED FOR PAYMENT OR ARE INVOICED, YOUR WORK WILL BE DELAYED. ANY ERRORS IN YOUR WORK THAT WAS NOT CAUGHT BY THE DATABASE WILL ALSO DELAY YOUR WORK.
WHEN THE NEW DATABASE IS OPERATIONAL ERRORS WILL BE CAUGHT WHEN YOU ENTER INFORMATION AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO MAKE A CORRECTION THEN, OR HOLD THAT WORK ORDER UNTIL YOU CAN LOCATE THE CORRECT INFORMATION.
