Show Boxes
Show Boxes displays a column for Box in the Bill Of Materials Components window.
On an Item, you click the BOM tool to open the Component list and add components. The Components window shows Items and Qty's needed to Build or Bundle this item.
Box is an additional column for you to create packaging options to help with assembly. Click Show Boxes in Item Prefs and when you click the BOM tool it will Show Boxes.
Vendor Name
Vendor Name is now available in Add Columns in Items Search to help view and sort. Here's a way to find all Items that have a Vendor assigned--useful for automatic PO's.
Go to Items Search, Find All, click Add (+) on header row, and choose Vendor Name. This will add Vendor Name as a Column. Click Vendor Name column header to sort.
Right-click the Filter box above Vendor Name and choose # Not Equal To and Tab out. This will reduce the Items Search results to those "not equal to" blank for this Column.
Chapter 205 Item Admin
Item Admin describes the item tools to help you manage purchasing, builds, and more.
By automating more of your purchasing and build functions, you speed up operations.
Line Item Comments
If you enter long descriptions in Item cards, these descriptions can appear as comments for line items. See “Including Long Item Descriptions as Comments” in Chapter 5 for more information.
You can read or edit comments by clicking the small document icon in the rightmost column.
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If you enter Detail Descriptions in Item cards, these descriptions can appear as comments for line items. This preference is set in the Item Prefs by checking the box marked, "Load Detail Desc. into L.I. Comments."
You read comments by placing the cursor in a line that has a comment and clicking the Comment button. The presence of a small document icon in the rightmost column indicates that a line has a comment.
To add a comment:
1. With the cursor in the line to which you want to add comments, then click the Comment button.
2. Enter the comment text in the dialog box that appears, then click the OK button.
To print Line Item Comments you must select one of the forms, "with Comments." You might print one form for the recipient, "with Comments," and another for the accounting department without the comments.
Commenting Decription1 and Description2
Big Business lets edit the Description 1 and 2 fields on Line Items. Type the Comment character and Big Business will not look for a matching item and instead keep the changes.
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To Add a Comment to Description 1 or 2:
1. Insert your cursor in the Description to change.
2. Type the Comment Character, `, using the key above Tab (with tilde).
3. Type your comment or changes to the description.
4. Hit the Tab key.
The Comment Character is automatically removed and your comment remains without prompting an Item lookup. If you do not type the comment character, a lookup is triggered and another Item is selected or the Item Listing appears, sorted by the relevant column (Description1 or Description2) with the closest match highlighted. Cancel to restore the previous Item and carefuly type the comment character (` above the Tab key).