This section contains instructions on how to use the ABI Directory service of Interactive:

To Begin:
Go to our website www.barbour-abi.com and enter your unique username and password in the quick login box.

This is the main Customer Area. Here you can choose which Active Service you require. Choose “ABI Directory” from the control panel to search for a particular profession’s activities.

Select the role you wish to search on and then use the check boxes to select the details of your search. There is an additional option for searching in this Edit Profile window. You are able to search on the following options under Location:

• The location of projects involving the role you have specified. E.g. A project based in Kent that has a Fire Protection Subcontractor working on it.
• The location of companies currently working on projects with the role you have specified. E.g. Companies based in Kent who employ a Fire Protection Subcontractor and are working on Projects in the UK reported on by Barbour ABI.

To search for the location of the project use the check boxes for the regions you wish to search on in the Project Location section. Please note the header lines when performing your search.

Once you have selected your search details, click on Apply Criteria on the control panel. A progress bar will be visible towards the bottom of your screen; this bar indicates that the system is generating your results.

Once your results have been generated you will see the number of Matching Companies indicated in the control panel. To view the Matching Companies, click on the List results button.

You will see a list of all the companies matching your search. To view a Company in more detail, click on the company name.

You will see the companies contact details and a list of all the projects they are working on which match your search criteria.

Below the list of projects the company is working on currently, there is another section outlining the other companies your selected company has worked with. This section enables you to see the relationships the company you have searched upon has with other companies in the industry.

You can set up a Company Watch on this screen allowing you to receive updates whenever Barbour ABI updates the company, any of the listed projects or adds any new projects linked to this company.

To add a project watch, click on the Watch button at the bottom of the page.

You can also look at the details for any projects listed by clicking on the project title.

Here you can see all the information about the project. You also have the opportunity to set up a watch request. If you choose to set up a project watch from this screen, you will only be updated on changes made to this individual project.

To return to the previous page, click on the Return to summary button at the bottom of the page.

You can then use the Return to summary button on the bottom of this page to return to the initial list of all the Matching Companies. This allows you to look at the details for each company matching your search criteria if you wish.

If you click on a Company name to look at the details you have some extra options.

Below you can see that there is an option to view a map of the location of the company, an email link and a website link (if we have this information for the company you are viewing).

If you click the link to view the map a separate browser window will open, take you to www.multimap.com and show you a map of the company location.

If you click on the company’s email address, Interactive will open a new message window through your email program and insert the companies email address into the message to field.

If you click on the company’s website link, Interactive will open a new browser window showing the company’s website.

To return to the list of Matching Companies click on the Return to summary button at the bottom of the page.

If you wish to start a new search, click on the Edit profile button on the control panel.

Alternatively, click the Select service button on the control panel if you wish to use a different Interactive service.

This will return you to the first page of Interactive where you can access Business leads and the Management Pack etc.