Item Properties

This screen allows you to define properties that are specific to an Item.  Property titles are user-defined in screen General>Settings>Standard Properties

 

List Tab

 

This displays the current list of Items in the system.

 

Display fields

 

Item Code: Display only field showing all Item Numbers in your database

 

Description: Display only field showing descriptions of the Items

 

Unit: Display only field showing the Unit of Measure of the displayed Items

 

Data Display Options

 

Field Position - On the List screen you can move the field position by dragging the column heading left or right to the position where you want it to appear.

 

Filtering and Sorting - If you ‘check’ the checkbox then the displayed data is available for filtering and sorting:

To sort the data in a selected column simply click on the column heading.  Clicking against will sort in descending order.

Click on the black ‘down arrow’ to the right of your selected column heading and you can either select a specific entry to display all records containing that entry, or you can select (Custom…) to enter detailed selection criteria.

 

Searching - If you enter some text into the ‘Search’ field and click on the ‘binoculars’ Icon then all records will be interrogated and those records that contain the entered text will be displayed.  To revert back to displaying all records click on the ‘Eraser’ Icon

 

Buttons

 

Close: This will close the Item Properties screen.  If you have any unsaved data then you will be asked if you wish to save it before the screen is closed.

 

Add: This will bring up the ‘Detail’ tab for entry of new Item Properties.

 

Save: Not applicable to the List panel

 

Cancel: Not applicable to the List panel

 

Delete: Not applicable to the List panel

 

 

Detail Tab

 

Entry and Display fields

 

Item Code: Display only field showing the Item selected in the List screen

 

Description: Display only field showing the description of Item selected in the List screen

 

Unit: Display only field showing the Unit of Measure of the Item selected in the List screen

 

Property: From the drop-down list select the Standard Property against which a value specific to this Item will be made.

 

Value: Enter the value against the selected property.  The content will be validated against the Property Type as follows:

Text

Decimal

Integer

Currency

Yes/No

Date

Time

If the Standard Property contains a pre-defined list of values then the specific value must be selected from a drop-down list.   

 

Copy to SO Lines: If this checkbox is ‘checked’ then this property will be copied to a Sales Order Line along with the Item

 

Copy to Job Lines: If this checkbox is ‘checked’ then this property will be copied to a Job Order Line along with the Item

 

Copy to PO Lines: If this checkbox is ‘checked’ then this property will be copied to a Purchase Order Line along with the Item

 

Copy to Assy Lines: If this checkbox is ‘checked’ then this property will be copied to an Assembly Order Line along with the Item

 

 

Buttons

 

Close: This will close the Item Properties screen.  If you have any unsaved data then you will be asked if you wish to save it before the screen is closed.

 

Add: Moves the cursor to the lower panel for creation of a new Item Property record.

 

Save: This will save the current data without exiting the screen

 

Cancel: Any changes made to the current Item Property record or the last time the ‘Save’ Button was pressed will be lost.

 

Delete: This enables you to delete the selected Item Property record.