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Chapter 5. Inventory
Adding Items
1
From the
DIMENSIONS MAIN MENU
shown in Getting Into Inventory , select 2 for
Inventory
. Remember to press Enter after entering your menu selection.
2
Select 2 for
File Maintenance
.
3
Select 1 for
Add Inventory Items
.
4
Select 1 for
Add New Inventory Items
.
)
NOTE
:
If you have multiple stores, you will first be asked:
Do You Wish to Add to All Stores (Y/N): Y
Enter Y to add to all stores. Or enter N and the computer will ask:
Enter Store to Add: 0
Enter the appropriate store number and press Enter. Enter any other store numbers
requiring the items you will be adding. Press
Enter when you are done selecting store
numbers.
5
The computer displays:
DS03011A Special Inventory Add DIM11 DATA Date mm/dd/yy
11.0.1 Port 36
Store 01
Do You Wish to Add to All Stores (Y/N): Y
Inventory Template <Ent> = None :
A template provides default values for certain inventory fields for different
categories of items. Once a template for hardware items is set up, for instance,
with the desired item type, unit description, price basis, and so on, that template
can be used to enter new hardware items quickly by just providing the
information that is unique to that item. The other information which is the same
for all hardware items is already entered. This features uses FL1.D (Fine Line
Class-Group Section File). You have the following options:
Esc
Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
<Ent>=None
Do not use an inventory template for entering an item.
Continue to the next screen (Step 4).
Enter an inventory
Use this template as a basis for the item you wish
template number
to enter. Continue to the next step.
<UpA>=Search
If you do not know the template number you wish to use,
press to search the template list. The computer
displays a list of the templates found in FL1.D and the
standard search/select routine:
DS03011A Special Inventory Add DIM11 DATA Date mm/dd/yy
Port 39
Store 01
Inventory Template :
<Ent>=Select <UpA/DnA>=Scroll (.)=Page Down (,)=Page Up <Esc>=Exit
L# <Ent>=Select
L# Template# Description Grp Sec
1 1 HARDWARE 0 0
2 A123 HAND TOOLS 23 0
Highlight the desired template and press Enter .
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