Options
Form — Items Tab
This tab lets you:
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Specify the item number segments that will be used in your item numbers.
In Inventory Control, an item number can consist of up to ten parts, called segments (up to four segments in Sage ERP Accpac 100).
You use segments to organize items by common attributes such as item category, style, color, or size. On many reports, you can specify the segment of an item number by which you want reports sorted.
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Assign the default item structure for your Inventory Control ledger.
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Choose which characters can be used as segment separators in item numbers.
Once you add item number segments on this tab, you can define item number structures in the Item Structures form.
For more information on defining item number segments and structures, click the field list button at the top of this page, or choose from the following topics:
Segment—Defined
In Inventory Control, an item number can consist of up to ten parts, called segments. For example, item number #609-73-8-W contains four segments.
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You can use item segments to organize inventory items by common attributes such as item category, style, color, or size.
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You can also use them to set up different numbering systems for different inventory areas. On many reports, you can specify the segment of an item number by which you want reports sorted.
Structure—Defined
An item number structure describes the number of item segments in an item number, the order in which the segments appear, and the position and type of separator and prefix characters in the item number.
For example, you could define one item number structure having three segments and another having four segments.
Specifying
and Using Item Number Segments and Structures
Defining item number formats is a two-step process:
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Specify the item number segments that will be used in your item numbers on the Items tab of the I/C Options form.
You can define up to 10 item segments for your item number structures.
Note: Sage Accpac 100 allows a maximum of 4 segments.
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Use the Item Structures form to create the formats for your item numbers. For example, each of these item numbers represents a different item structure with a different number of segments:
#A19-6730-RR
34728-76932
N3272
Selecting
Separator and Prefix Characters
This tab lets you specify the characters that you can use as separators in your item number structures.
Item numbers can contain a separator character between consecutive segments and a prefix character in front of the first segment. For example, item number #609-73-8-W contains the prefix character # and three separator characters (-).
Note that if you specify that a character may be used as a separator, it cannot be used elsewhere in an item number.
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To choose a character to use as a segment separator, highlight it and set its status to "yes" or "no" by pressing the space bar or double-clicking on that field in the Use column.
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