Instant Quote Professional

Import your Cisco Systems Pricing .WEB files

Instant Quote Professional allows you to import Cisco Systems monthly .web / pricing files, then search through the parts contained in this file and add them to a configuration on the fly. Instant Quote Professional uses the term Quote to signify Bill of Materials or Configs.

Instant Quote Pro - External Parts Browser for Cisco Systems Parts

Using Instant Quote Pro, you can easily track your system config's off-line by customer, and generate a fully-functional Excel Spreadsheet for the materials required that you can then e-mail to your customer.

Instant Quote Pro - Generated Excel-Based Config

Additionally, you can associate parts in the Instant Quote Professional parts screen with .PDF, .DOC or other informational files, and then Automatically attach these to an e-mail for your customer. This feature alone can save countless hours of your time.

Instant Quote Pro - Automatically attach associated PDF Files to an e-mail

Pricing / Purchase

Instant Quote Professional V7.50 - $249.00 US

Cisco Employee's, Partner's and Resellers receive a $50 discount off the purchase of Instant Quote Professional.

Minor version releases are free (Ex: 6.3 to 6.4).

Free new-version notification via e-mail.

Quick Start Guide

Get up and running in less than 30 minutes by following the following instructions:

1) Download and install Instant Quote Professional.

2) Double-click the Instant Quote Professional icon that was placed on your desktop during the installation process.

3) When you run Instant Quote Professional for the first time, a Setup wizard will open. Go through the Setup Wizard, you will be prompted for information related to your company. After finishing the Setup wizard, you will be ready to begin.

4) Go the the Suppliers Screen. If "Cisco Systems" is not already a supplier in the supplier dropdown list, then click the Add button and add Cisco Systems. Click on the "Set as Default Supplier" button.

5) Download the latest .web pricing file from Cisco. Important: Make sure you download the ASCII version of this file, as all other versions can not be read correctly by Instant Quote Pro.

6) Click on the Parts button, then Browse External Parts menu option. Press the cancel button when you are asked to locate the files for Tech Data and Ingram Micro. The E-Parts button is an external parts browser that allows you to browse your Cisco Systems parts off-line.

7) Click the "Setup / Import External Data / Update Options" button on the External Parts Browser window. In the new window that opens, click on the "Cisco Systems Options" tab.

8) In the dropdown list "Use this supplier for...", select Cisco Systems.

9) Import your .web ascii file by clicking the browse button located in the next box under "Use this Supplier...". After browsing to the latest Web pricing file, click the "Import Web File for External Browsing" button. All Cisco parts contained in this file will be imported to the E-Parts window. Parts contained in the E-Parts window are not available for adding to a quote until you add them to Instant Quote Professional. It is not recommended that you add all 20,000+ parts, as this can slow database performance. The E-Parts window is designed to allow you to search Cisco parts, then you can simply right-click the desired part and select "Add to Current Quote". Or you may add entire categories of parts permanently to Instant Quote by clicking the bottom button on the main E-Parts screen.

Browse to your pricing.web file to import parts

10) Click on the "Combined Options" tab on the Advanced Setup screen. Uncheck the "Use Tech Data" and the "Use Ingram Micro" boxes. You will no longer be prompted to browse to their files. In the list "When opening the external parts browser, default to...", select "Cisco Systems".

11) After importing your Web file, you are now ready to create quotes for your customer. Go to the Customers screen and enter any customers required for entering new quotes.

12) Monthly, you will want to download the latest Cisco Systems ASCII Web file, then go into the E-Parts window, advanced setup button, and import the web file again as described in #9 above. After importing a new Web file, you will want to update the parts that have been added to the Parts screen in Instant Quote Pro. To do this, import the Web file, then open the E-Parts screen, and click the button "Update all matching CS Instant Quote Parts". All parts will be updated where a match is found in Instant Quote Pro.