I want to delete 10 items, and make them all just 1 item. Possible

Posted by Jonathan Smith on November 19, 2006, 11:43 am

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I have a list of various services that I sell and I have them listed
individually as separate items for each service I provide.

I would like to replace all of those service items with just one item called
"service" and have it ask for the price at the POS.

The reason for this is that it is getting very confusing to ring up a
service due to the short description allowed in RMS and a bit too long to
search for the right service.

I rather add up the services manually based on a price sheet I have, and
just select "service" item and input the price manually since every service
price will vary.

The problem is that I have done previous sales with the other separate
services, and I want to delete them off the system so the sales people no
longer use those.
How will deleting them affect my purchase history or any other accounting or
long term effects?

What other alternatives can I use in order to not have any inconsistencies
in the system?

Posted by Rob on November 19, 2006, 2:51 pm

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If you have sold an item in the past you really do not want delete it from
your database.
What you can do is make the item InActive and block the sale of the item.
This way you can still report on those items but your cashiers cannot sell
them. Under item properties look at the Options tab.

Rob

>I have a list of various services that I sell and I have them listed

> individually as separate items for each service I provide.

> I would like to replace all of those service items with just one item

> called

> "service" and have it ask for the price at the POS.

> The reason for this is that it is getting very confusing to ring up a

> service due to the short description allowed in RMS and a bit too long to

> search for the right service.

> I rather add up the services manually based on a price sheet I have, and

> just select "service" item and input the price manually since every

> service

> price will vary.

> The problem is that I have done previous sales with the other separate

> services, and I want to delete them off the system so the sales people no

> longer use those.

> How will deleting them affect my purchase history or any other accounting

> or

> long term effects?

> What other alternatives can I use in order to not have any inconsistencies

> in the system?

Posted by Craig on November 20, 2006, 8:40 am

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You could use Lot Matrix and put all the service items under one ILC.
Craig

> If you have sold an item in the past you really do not want delete it from

> your database.

> What you can do is make the item InActive and block the sale of the item.

> This way you can still report on those items but your cashiers cannot sell

> them. Under item properties look at the Options tab.

> Rob

>>I have a list of various services that I sell and I have them listed

>> individually as separate items for each service I provide.

>> I would like to replace all of those service items with just one item

>> called

>> "service" and have it ask for the price at the POS.

>> The reason for this is that it is getting very confusing to ring up a

>> service due to the short description allowed in RMS and a bit too long

>> to

>> search for the right service.

>> I rather add up the services manually based on a price sheet I have, and

>> just select "service" item and input the price manually since every

>> service

>> price will vary.

>> The problem is that I have done previous sales with the other separate

>> services, and I want to delete them off the system so the sales people no

>> longer use those.

>> How will deleting them affect my purchase history or any other accounting

>> or

>> long term effects?

>> What other alternatives can I use in order to not have any

>> inconsistencies

>> in the system?

Posted by Curious on November 20, 2006, 9:59 am

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Jonathan, I have a related issue. How are other resellers helping clients
write-off obsolete and old, undervalued inventory via RMS? Do you just do an
inventory transfer-out? To where? Some inventory loss account? Any help
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

-Allen

"Jonathan Smith" wrote:

> I have a list of various services that I sell and I have them listed

> individually as separate items for each service I provide.

> I would like to replace all of those service items with just one item called

> "service" and have it ask for the price at the POS.

> The reason for this is that it is getting very confusing to ring up a

> service due to the short description allowed in RMS and a bit too long to

> search for the right service.

> I rather add up the services manually based on a price sheet I have, and

> just select "service" item and input the price manually since every service

> price will vary.

> The problem is that I have done previous sales with the other separate

> services, and I want to delete them off the system so the sales people no

> longer use those.

> How will deleting them affect my purchase history or any other accounting or

> long term effects?

> What other alternatives can I use in order to not have any inconsistencies

> in the system?

Posted by Terrible Tom on November 21, 2006, 1:46 pm

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Thre is a KB article on CustomerSource for merging two items (including all
of the histories, etc.). You could pick the one you want to keep, merge the
others into it, then delete the unwanted items.

Tom
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"Jonathan Smith" wrote:

> I have a list of various services that I sell and I have them listed

> individually as separate items for each service I provide.

> I would like to replace all of those service items with just one item called

> "service" and have it ask for the price at the POS.

> The reason for this is that it is getting very confusing to ring up a

> service due to the short description allowed in RMS and a bit too long to

> search for the right service.

> I rather add up the services manually based on a price sheet I have, and

> just select "service" item and input the price manually since every service

> price will vary.

> The problem is that I have done previous sales with the other separate

> services, and I want to delete them off the system so the sales people no

> longer use those.

> How will deleting them affect my purchase history or any other accounting or

> long term effects?

> What other alternatives can I use in order to not have any inconsistencies

> in the system?