Product Category Listing Instructions

Use the Product Category Listing to view the categories that have been set up for inventory items.  Product categories allow you to group similar inventory items in the system.

Tips:

• For more information about running reports, see Print View.

• For more information about the buttons on the toolbar, see the Reporting Toolbar.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening the Product Category Listing, click More.

   

  1.  Click Listing menu from the Menu.

  2.  Click Product Category Listing.

   

  Product Category Listing Window Example:

  

   

• Choosing the Selections for the report, click More.

   

  Product Category Listing Prompts Tips:   To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name. Product Category Listing Parameters can saved and then, loaded after being saved.  For information, see Reporting Toolbar.
  ID	To specify a range of Product category IDs to include in the report, enter the lower/beginning product category ID.  To specify the ending range, enter the upper range product category ID. Note:  To include all product categories in the report, leave the lower and upper range blank for All. Or, to only include a specific product category, click to select the specific product category ID as the lower range.
  Description	To specify a range of product category descriptions to include in the report, enter the lower/beginning description.  To specify the ending range, enter the upper range of the description. Note:  To include all descriptions in the report, leave the lower and upper range blank for All.   Or, to only include a specific description, enter the description as the lower range.
  Sort Parameters
  Sort	To specify the sort parameters, click Sort and the following screen displays.
  Order	To specify the fields to sort the report by, enter any positive number into the Order field.  A value of 1 means sort by this field first, 2 means sort by this field second and so on.  The numbers do not need to be sequential but they must be greater than zero.  In the example above, product categories are sorted description. Notes: Two sorts with the same number will get sorted before others with larger numbers and after those with smaller numbers, but the actual order for those two sorts is indeterminate. To remove a sort order for a field, delete the value in the Order field.
  Ascending	To sort in an ascending manner, click to select the Ascending checkbox.  Or, leave the Ascending checkbox blank to sort in descending order.
  Active	The Active flag must to set to enable the field to be sorted.  To set the Active flag, click to check the corresponding checkbox.  Important:  If Active is unchecked, the field will not be used for sorting even if there is a Order value entered for the field.
  	To begin printing to the Windows® default printer, click Print, or press [ENTER]. Or, to print to the Print View window, click Print View . Or, to escape from the print routine, click Cancel .

   

• Report Sample(s), click More.

   

  To see an example of the report, click Product Category Listing Sample.