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Add Listing Overview

Use Add Listing to enter listings in the MLS listing database. See "Listing Detail Edit Form" for more information.

Drafts

Because it is not always practical to enter listing data in a single session, the system creates a draft for each new listing. You can add information to the draft over a number of sessions.

As you enter information, the system auto-saves your draft once every minute; the system also saves the draft when you leave Add/Edit. You may prefer to click the Save Draft action to be sure the draft is saved. To return to the draft, click the Draft tab, where a list of your drafts displays.

Once you complete all listing information, click Submit to add the listing.

Notes:

The draft is a temporary document, purged according to a schedule set by the MLS.
The draft is available only to the user who creates it. If you create the listing draft on behalf of another salesperson, you alone can update it.

Data Entry

Tab

Moves to next field.

F11

Enlarges the Stratus MLS window by removing the browser toolbar.

Reset Action

Restores all fields to the last-loaded defaults.

Help for Data Fields

Click any field label for a dialog box that shows an explanation of the field and information about the type of value you should enter. Click off the dialog box to close pop-up help.

Required Fields

The system indicates required fields with a blue asterisk (*). If you submit a listing before completing all required fields, the system displays an alert for the first required field that is empty, flagging the field label in red. Enter the information, then resubmit the listing until the system accepts it.

A complete list of all required fields that are empty, along with incorrect values displays, displays in red at the bottom of the form. Click any alert to go directly to the field that needs correction.

Data Entry Errors

The system helps prevent incorrect entry in certain fields. For example, at price fields you cannot enter a non-numeric character. The system rejects dollar signs, commas, and periods and deletes these characters as you enter them.

At other fields, the system flags errors when you press Tab or click away from a field. For example, an alert displays when you move to another field after entering an expiry date earlier than the listing entry date. The system flags the field label in red and requires that you change the data before you submit the listing.

Dates

You can enter dates in the following formats:

Date Format: 6/30/2007; 6/3/11; June 30, 2011; 6/30; 6-30.

Today Format: T (today's date); T+1 (tomorrow's date); T-1 (yesterday's date); T+90 (three months from today). Type T or t; the system accepts both upper and lower case.

Responsive Data Fields

The system sometimes customizes input fields depending on your entry at an earlier field.

Dependent Data Fields

Some fields are dependent on your entry at another field. For example, when you select a Municipality, the system allows only valid Communities for that Municipality.

Clear Entries

To clear your entries, click the Reset action.

Navigate Fields

Press the Tab key to move from field to field, or click the mouse at the desired field.

You can scroll through the form or click the tabs at the top of the form to jump to a particular section of the Listing Detail Edit Form.

Photos and Attachments

Add and manage photos and attachments in the "Listing Detail Edit Form". The Upload action is available at both sections.