Connect your DAT seat
Last updated: October 23, 2026
To see DAT rates in Quick Quote, enter the email address of your DAT Connexion seat once, in the DAT box in Quick Quote, and click Enable. A regular DAT.com login isn't enough. The email has to have a Connexion seat.
Connexion seat vs. DAT.com login
- DAT.com login: the email and password you use to look at load boards and rates on DAT.com. Most reps have one.
- DAT Connexion seat: a separate DAT subscription that lets tools like Drumkit pull DAT rates through DAT's API. Companies usually buy fewer Connexion seats than DAT.com logins.
Drumkit gets DAT rates through Connexion, so Quick Quote needs an email with a Connexion seat. Not sure which email that is? Ask the DAT admin at your company.
Connect your seat
- Open a quote request and go to Quick Quote. If DAT isn't connected yet, you'll see a blue DAT box with an Email Address field, just above Get Quick Quote.
- Type the email address that has your DAT Connexion seat.
- Click Enable.
You'll see Successfully enabled DAT! and the box goes away. Your next quote includes the DAT RateView card.
If you don't see the DAT box at all, either DAT is already connected for you or your team doesn't use DAT in Drumkit.
If it doesn't work
What you see | What to do |
|---|---|
DAT reported an issue: Please input an email address that has a DAT Connexion seat. | That email doesn't have a Connexion seat. Ask your company's DAT admin which email does, and enter that one. |
Failed to validate DAT credentials | Check the email for typos and try again. If it keeps failing, email support@drumkit.ai. |
On the rate card: DAT - … needs to have a Connexion seat in order to use RateView data | The seat you connected has stopped working, usually because it was removed or reassigned. Drumkit disconnects it, so the DAT box comes back. Enter an email with an active seat. |
On the rate card: The DAT user … does not have a valid DAT Connexion seat. | Same cause. Ask your DAT admin to check the seat, and loop in support@drumkit.ai. |
For other DAT messages, such as RateView does not have data for this lane, see Rate errors: DAT, SONAR, “no data for this lane”.
For managers
- Cutting Connexion seats affects reps right away. If a rep's seat is removed or reassigned, DAT rates stop showing in their Quick Quote with no warning. Email support@drumkit.ai before you change your seat count so we can help you plan who keeps DAT.
- Reps often don't know which email has the seat. Share the right Connexion email with each rep who should see DAT rates.
FAQs
DAT rates work for my teammate but not for me.
Your team probably has fewer Connexion seats than reps, and your Drumkit account isn't connected to one. Ask your manager which seat you should use.
DAT rates were working and then stopped.
The seat you were connected to was most likely removed, reassigned, or belonged to someone who left. Check whether your other rate sources still show. If they do, it's the DAT seat. Connect an active seat, or ask your manager to email support@drumkit.ai.
Can I use my DAT.com email if it's not a Connexion seat?
No. DAT only gives rates to tools like Drumkit through Connexion.
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